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If a few familiar titles seem to keep topping the chart, that may be for want of competition. Basic Instinct, Beethoven, and White Men Can't Jump continued to rule this week, but mostly because the majority of new openings were too feeble to make the top 10. The undercover suspenser White Sands dribbled in at No. 4, with a $3.1 million gross. But the week's other openings included the family comedy Passed Away (No. 13, $1.5 million) and the romantic thriller Year of the Comet (No. 17, $1.3 million). Each new release received a B- from audiences polled by CinemaScore. Why so many lackluster performers? The weeks before Memorial Day are traditionally a time when the studios unload their weaker films, clearing the decks for the blockbusters to come. WEEKEND TOP TEN GROSS WEEKS IN GROSS* TO DATE RELEASE
1 $5.36 Basic Instinct $77.98 6 TriStar (1,866 screens) 2 $5.03 Beethoven $31.98 4 Universal (1,938 screens) 3 $4.49 White Men Can't Jump $54.79 5 20th Century Fox (1,835 screens) 4 $3.15 White Sands $3.15 1 ; Warner Bros. (1,275 screens) 5 $3.15 Sleepwalkers $22.78 3 Columbia (1,853 screens) 6 $3.01 The Babe $9.70 2 Universal (1,568 screens) 7 $2.81 FernGully $13.32 3 20th Century Fox (1,568 screens) 8 $2.42 Deep Cover $8.00 2 New Line (901 screens) 9 $2.33 Wayne's World $106.42 11 Paramount (1,402 screens) 10 $2.20 City Of Joy $6.97 2 TriStar (884 screens) Audience Polling Information Provided By CinemaScore *weekend of April 24-26 (all dollar figures in millions)
