It was, to say the least, and excellent opening. Wayne's World took in a socko $18.1 million over the extended President's Day weekend, earning a CinemaScore grade of A- in the bargain. The grosses were something of a vindication for Paramount Pictures chairman Brandon Tartikoff, who stumbled out of the gate with last year's less-than-successful All I Want For Christmas. With Wayne, his much-vaunted strategy of keeping costs down and mining concepts from television appears to be paying off. Speaking of comebacks, Disney, with this week's rerelease of The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective, currently has five-count 'em-pictures in the top 10. So much for reports that the studio is in a rut. WEEKEND TOP TEN GROSS WEEKS IN GROSS* TO DATE RELEASE
1 $18.12 WAYNE'S WORLD $18.12 1 Paramount (1,768 screens) 2 $8.92 MEDICINE MAN $19.75 2 Hollywood (1,368 screens) 3 $7.06 FRIED GREEN TOMATOES $34.26 8 Universal (1,306) 4 $6.88 THE HAND THAT ROCKS... $59.81 6 Hollywood (1,750 screens) 5 $6.29 FINAL ANALYSIS $14.56 2 Warner Bros. (1,599 screens) 6 $4.13 GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE $4.13 1 Walt Disney (1,408 screens) 7 $3.28 FATHER OF THE BRIDE $76.31 9 Touchstone (1,574 screens) 8 $3.18 SHINING THROUGH $15.82 3 20th Century Fox (1,417 screens) 9 $3.14 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST $110.16 14 Walt Disney (1,500 screens) 10 $2.68 GRAND CANYON $27.00 8 *Weekend of Feb. 14-17 (All Dollar Figures In Millions)
