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Proving that sex does sell-and that there really is no such thing as bad publicity-Basic Instinct had the second biggest opening of any film this year (right behind Wayne's World), earning a steamy $15.1 million and a CinemaScore grade of B+. The film has the makings of a major hit, but it will take at least another week to see if Instinct can keep generating controversy, media coverage, and big grosses. Word of mouth on My Cousin Vinny seems promising: The comedy held up nicely in its second week. Two other films weren't as fortunate: Noises Off failed to chart (despite a CinemaScore grade of A-), and Woody Allen's Shadows and Fog, playing on only 288 screens, had a gloomy $3,859 per-screen average. WEEKEND GROSS WEEKS IN GROSS* TOP TEN TO DATE RELEASE
1 $15.13 BASIC INSTINCT $15.13 1 TriStar (1,567 screens) 2 $7.67 WAYNE'S WORLD $78.99 6 Paramount (1,878 screens) 3 $7.21 MY COUSIN VINNY $17.42 2 20th Century Fox (1,500 screens) 4 $3.69 THE LAWNMOWER MAN $21.15 3 New Line (1,308 screens) 5 $2.90 FRIED GREEN TOMATOES $61.37 13 Universal (1,329 screens) 6 $2.26 AMERICAN ME $6.95 2 Universal (826 screens) 7 $1.70 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST $122.92 19 Walt Disney (1,157 screens) 8 $1.65 STOP! OR MY MOM $22.50 5 Universal (1,432 screens) 9 $1.57 ARTICLE 99 $4.82 2 Orion (1,263 screens) 10 $1.46 HAND THAT ROCKS $78.10 11 Hollywood (1,292 screens) FOR the results of audience polling done by CinemaScore call 1-900-903-FILM ($1.95 for first minute; 95 cents for each additional minute). *weekend of March 20-22 (all dollar figures in millions)
