WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The summer box office continued strong over the weekend, with Orion’s “RoboCop”--a film with much violence and a high body count--doing surprisingly well in its debut. The shocker, to industry analysts, is Warners’ “Innerspace,” which was widely predicted to do well but which has fallen flat; the film’s business has dropped almost 30% since last week, and is playing in 60 fewer theaters.
Figures courtesy of Exhibitor Relations Co.
Weekend Screens/ Weeks Movie gross/ Average in (Studio) Total release (millions) 1. RoboCop $8.0 1,580 1n (Orion) $8.0 $5,064 2. Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs $7.5 1,729 1 (Walt Disney) $7.5 $4,338 3. Jaws the Revenge $7.2 1,606 1 (Universal) $7.2 $4,483 4. Revenge of the Nerds $4.6 1,358 2 (20th Century Fox) $16.4 $3,387 5. Full Metal Jacket $4.5 896 4 (Warner Bros.) $21.0 $5,022 6. Innerspace $3.1 1,546 3 (Warner Bros.) $19.9 $2,005
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