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Jeremy Butler <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 12 Jul 1995 20:35:54 -0600
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On 12 Jul 95 at 11:51, Cal commented on "Re: Box Office Action":
 
> On Mon, 10 Jul 1995 22:06:16 +0200 Mario Gamper said:
> >1. Are there other sources on the economic success (or not) of the Action
> >   genre?
> >
> In general there are few sources other than VARIETY for distribution
> gross (that is, film rental transmitted to the distributor).
>
> Distributors gross is only one measure of "economic success."  A cheaply
> made film that does moderate business can be more profitable than a more
> expensive film that does somewhat more business.
>
> >2. Does Variety put is B.O. Data on the net?
>
> No
 
But...
 
ENTERTIANMENT WEEKLY does!  Here's last week's top five:
 
     WEEKEND                                 GROSS   WEEKS IN
     GROSS*                                TO DATE   RELEASE
 
 1   $29.5    POCAHONTAS
              Walt Disney, Animated          $34.5     2
 2   $29.2    BATMAN FOREVER
              Warner Bros., Val Kilmer      $106.6     2
 3    $8.1    CONGO
              Paramount, Dylan Walsh         $58.0     3
 4    $6.2    THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
              Warner Bros., Clint Eastwood   $46.3     4
 5    $4.9    CASPER
              Universal, Christina Ricci     $75.3     5
 
Their URL is:
 
http://www.pathfinder.com/ew/
 
But this is a graphics-heavy page.  I'd suggest going to their
graphics-lite page if you've got a slow link to the Internet:
 
http://www.pathfinder.com/ew/contents.html
 
Of course, this ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY stuff is only for current films.
They don't have grosses for older films.
 
 
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