GOING STEADY

As the headline- grabbing summer blockbusters-Terminator 2, Robin Hood, and City Slickers-continue to draw audiences, a few of the season's smaller movies are showing their legs. Doc Hollywood, with Michael J. Fox, has proved a slow- growing winner. Earning a solid $5.2 million in its third week, the rural comedy seems to be benefiting from good word of mouth-in Cinema Score exit polling (see box, opposite page), moviegoers overall rated the film B+. Similarly, The Doctor, which expands its run to 800 screens, is continuing to perform strongly after receiving an A- from surveyed audiences. Meanwhile, Boyz N the Hood, with its $44.2 million, is now a stone's throw from the $47 million gross of New Jack City. In its first week, though, Mystery Date strikes out. WEEKEND GROSS WEEKS IN GROSS* TOP TEN TO DATE RELEASE 1 $6.33 HOT SHOTS! $39.86 3 20th Century Fox (1,999 screens) 2 $5.54 TERMINATOR 2 $168.45 7 Tri-Star (2,263 screens) 3 $5.22 DOC HOLLYWOOD $26.27 3 Warner Bros. 1,646 screens) 4 $4.64 THE DOCTOR $13.50 4 Touchstone (801 screens) 5 $4.50 DOUBLE IMPACT $15.26 2 Columbia (1,747 screens) 6 $3.29 PURE LUCK $10.87 2 Universal (1,569 screens) 7 $2.45 ROBIN HOOD $142.63 10 Warner Bros. (1,363 screens) 8 $1.95 MYSTERY DATE $1.95 1 Orion (1,371 screens) 9 $1.92 BOYZ N THE HOOD $44.27 6 Columbia (895 screens) 10 $1.89 101 DALMATIONS $50.60 6 Walt Disney (1,713 screens) *weekend of August 16-18 (all dollar figures in millions)