Any movie that rakes in $96.7 million in just 10 days is an unqualified blockbuster. Then again, despite the gargantuan expectations surrounding Batman Returns, there are signs that Tim Burton's sequel may fall short of the $200 million mark-which is to say, it may not become quite the out-of-the- galaxy megasmash some insiders predicted. The movie received a mere B from audiences polled by CinemaScore, and in its second weekend its take dropped by 47 percent. Unlawful Entry took a strong opening bow, also receiving a CinemaScore grade of B. The week's biggest surprise was the humdrum performance of Pinocchio-though distributors noted that this was the first Disney animation to be reissued after already having come out on video. WEEKEND TOP TEN GROSS WEEKS IN GROSS* TO DATE RELEASE
1 $25.43 Batman Returns $96.77 2 Warner Bros. (2,644 screens) 2 $10.07 Unlawful Entry $10.07 1 20th Century Fox (1,511 screens) 3 $7.21 Sister Act $67.26 5 Touchstone (2,087 screens) 4 $5.65 Housesitter $29.82 3 Universal (1,977 screens) 5 $5.32 Patriot Games $58.17 4 Paramount (2,284 screens) 6 $3.27 Lethal Weapon 3 $127.33 7 Warner Bros. (1,971 screens) 7 $3.15 Pinocchio $3.15 1 Walt Disney (1,907 screens) 8 $2.46 Far And Away $46.44 6 Universal (1,668 screens) 9 $1.08 Encino Man $34.61 6 Hollywood (1,250 screens) 10 $1.00 Alien3 $51.31 6 20th Century Fox (1,185 screens) Audience polling information provided by Cinemascore *Weekend of June 26-28 (all dollar figures in millions)
