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''We knew Ghost was a good picture,'' said an elated Paramount spokesman, discussing the impressive opening weekend performance of the Patrick Swayze- Demi Moore supernatural romantic-comedy thriller. ''But with all the competition out there, we didn't know if the audience would find the movie right from the start.'' It sure looks like they did. Ghost's hefty per-screen average of $11,073 ranks as the summer's second-best showing, right behind Total Recall's $12,395. According to opening-day surveys female moviegoers are responding extremely positively, and the word of mouth is that Ghost is a ''must-see'' romance. On the action front, Die Hard 2 stayed on top for the second straight week and Days of Thunder proved it still has some gas left in its tank. weekend gross weeks in gross* TOP TEN to date release 1 $14.51 Die Hard 2 $60.69 2 20th Century Fox (2,433 screens) 2 $12.19 Ghost $12.19 1 Paramount (1,101 screens) 3 $8.17 Days of Thunder $54.05 3 Paramount (2,307 screens) 4 $7.71 Jungle Book $7.71 1 Walt Disney (1,901 screens) 5 $6.37 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane $10.03 1 20th Century Fox (1,245 screens) 6 $4.83 Dick Tracy $90.36 5 Touchstone (1,813 screens) 7 $4.70 Quick Change $4.70 1 Warner Bros. (1,595 screens) 8 $3.22 Total Recall $104.86 7 Tri-Star (1,551 screens) 9 $2.97 Another 48 HRS. $71.06 6 Paramount (1,428 screens) 10 $2.85 Jetsons: The Movie $10.86 2 Universal (1,566 screens)
*weekend of July 13-15 (all dollar figures in millions)
