`FLUBBER' BOUNCES TO TOP SPOT.Byline: Dara Akiko Tom Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. The funny green goo of Robin Williams' ``Flubber'' topped the Thanksgiving holiday box office with $36.4 million, bouncing ahead of ``Alien Resurrection,'' according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. industry estimates Sunday. The latest sequel to 1979's ``Alien'' was the only other film to debut in wide release over the five-day weekend, and it grossed $27.2 million, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. ``Flubber,'' Disney's remake of its 1961 comedy ``The Absent Minded Professor,'' didn't come close to beating last year's record Thanksgiving opening of $45.1 million for another Disney remake, the live-action version of ``101 Dalmatians.'' However, ``Dalmatians'' was the only wide-release premiere that weekend. Phil Barlow, president of distribution for Disney's Buena Vista Pictures, called ``Flubber'' ticket sales ``fantastic, terrific and all those others words I wished I had saved up.'' ``We were expecting a very big gross. I don't think anyone could logically expect this gross,'' he said. ``It's fun to know the public likes to watch good, old-fashioned fun.'' A PG-13 comedy, the British import ``Bean,'' was No. 9 but had the lowest audience drop-off of any top 10 film. Its take of $4.1 million was off just 4 percent from a week earlier. Family oriented movies often do better during holiday weekends, said industry analyst David Davis David Davis, the name of several people, may refer to:
Davis noted that Fox's animated musical ``Anastasia'' also performed well in its second week against Disney's re-release of ``The Little Mermaid little mermaid the sacrifices her own life to save her beloved prince. [Dan. Lit.: Andersen’s Fairy Tales] See : Self-Sacrifice .'' ``Anastasia'' fell from No. 2 to No. 3 in its second week, with $16.7 million. ``The Little Mermaid'' was No. 8 with $4.7 million in ticket sales. ``It's put Fox on the map and establishes them as the leading competitor to Disney,'' Davis said. Moviegoers should prepare for a busy holiday movie season, with a slew of releases every weekend between now and the end of the year. ``It's going to be brutal,'' Davis said of the studios' competition to get an audience. ``If you're not in that elite pack, if you don't finish one, two, you're going to get lost.'' Final weekend box office figures were to be released today. Here are estimates for Wednesday through Sunday for movies released in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. : 1. ``Flubber,'' $36.4 million. 2. ``Alien Resurrection,'' $27.2 million. 3. ``Anastasia,'' $16.7 million. 4. ``John Grisham's The Rainmaker Rainmaker An employee of a brokerage firm who brings a large amount of wealthy individuals or corporations to the brokerage firm's client base. Notes: Rainmakers are usually compensated very well for their efforts (or connections). ,'' $14.5 million. 5. ``The Jackal jackal, name for several Old World carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, which also includes the dog and the wolf. Jackals are found in Africa and S Asia, where they inhabit deserts, grasslands, and brush country. ,'' $10.3 million. 6. ``Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat (commonly abbreviated as MK) is a popular series of fighting games created originally by the Midway Manufacturing Company. Mortal Kombat Annihilation,'' $9.25 million. 7. ``Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,'' $7.3 million. 8. ``The Little Mermaid,'' $4.7 million. 9. ``Bean,'' $4.1 million. 10. ``Starship Troopers,'' $4 million. |
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