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D3 SYLVIA Nicole Hollander Hollywood has best summer ever THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1989 Si. TTvi one of foe drocr as were a number of other heavily promoted sequels. "Karate Kid III" and the latest James Bond installment "Licence to Kill" also failed to spin turnstiles with any consistency. In the horror genre, the retreads "A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" and "Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan" did not make a killing at the box office. Several industry observers have pointed out that the summer record was sparked by higher ticket prices, with some theaters in New York and Los Angeles charging $7 for single admissions.

"I've always maintained that if there are good movies out there, people will go to them," said Si Kornblit, executive vice president of worldwide marketing for Universal, distributors of "Parenthood." "If you've got something good, (adults) will come." The healthy summer season is expected to lead to a record year at the nation's theaters, with last year's total of $4.46 billion likely to be surpassed. In a summer stuffed with sequels, "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," "Lethal Weapon 2" and "Ghostbusters II" entertained capacity crowds for weeks. But it was original, uncalculated programming such as "Dead Poets Society," "When Harry Met Sally "Parenthood" and "Turner Hooch" that gave this summer's Top 10 list its real depth. Five summer movies surpassed the $100 million mark. The top five were "Batman," "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," "Lethal Weapon 2," "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and "Ghostbusters II." The titles accounted for 40 percent of all summer tickets sold.

Rounding out the Top 10 were, in order, "Dead Poets Society," "When Harry Met Sally "Parenthood," "Turner Hooch" and "Star Trek The Final Frontier." Even though it finished atop the leader board, "Star Trek The Final Frontier" was not a huge hit, By JOHN HORN Associated Press HOLLYWOOD Propelled by the blockbuster action film "Batman" and the family themed comedies "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and "Parenthood," Hollywood raced to its best summer ever this year, with a record gate of $2.05 billion. According to figures released Tuesday, Memorial Day to Labor Day box-office revenues were up 20 percent from last summer's record of $1.7 billion, with "Batman" emerging as at least the sixth most successful film in movie history on ticket sales in excess of $240 million. "Nobody in the business can predict how big a movie goes once it goes big," Rob Friedman, president of worldwide advertising and publicity for Warner said of "Batman's" spectacular summer. "Did we know 'Batman' was going to be a big movie? Yes. Did we know how big? You never know." John Krier, president of Exhibitor Relations which compiles box-office figures, said that "Batman's" smash showing encouraged audiences to explore the entire summer slate.

"The popularity of 'Batman' created a lot of interest in other movies," Krier said. "And once people arrived, there was a little bit of everything out there, great variety." Among those contributing to the record season were adult moviegoers, who in recent years have stayed at home. Although exact figures are unavailable, it is believed older patrons boosted the grosses of "Dead Poets Society," "Parenthood" and "Honey, I Shrunk the Henry Winkler directs. Rated PG. Lakeside 5 Cinemas, Santa Rosa, and Washington Square Cinemas, Petaluma.

UNCLE BUCK John Candy is a ne'er-do-well bachelor left in charge of his nephew and two nieces, ages 6 to 1 5. The question appears to be: Who is going to take care of Uncle Buck? Also stars Amy Madigan. Rated PG-13. UA Movies 5. WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S Two friends, invited to their boss' beach house for a weekend, arrive to find their host murdered.

Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman star. ated PG-13. Lakeside 5 Cinemas. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY Rob Reiner directed and co-wrote this romantic comedy about a pair of high school sweethearts who meet at a reunion and rekindle their old uh friendship. Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher star.

Rated R. UA Cinemas 6, Santa Rosa; Washington Square Cinemas, Petaluma. WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN Carmen Maura plays a woman who is trying to track down the boyfriend by whom she has been abandoned, and meets numerous characters along the way in this Spanish comedy. Rated R. Today through Sept.

14 only at the Plaza Theatre, Lakeside 5 Cinemas, Santa Rosa. Psk AOreNj on in AU.f.o. AND I MABOV CNP Op FLDCCIERS THE ABYSS James Cameron wrote and directed this horror-suspense film set 700 fathoms beneath the sea, where oil drillers have tapped into a monster's ocean-bottom lair. Rated PG-13. UA Movies 5, Santa Rosa; Washington Square Cinemas, Petaluma.

THE ADVENTURES OF MILO AND OTIS Live-action fantasy-adventure about a dog and cat, created by Japanese director Masanori Hata, has been given an English-language soundtrack featuring narration by Dudley Moore. Rated G. UA Cinemas 6, Santa Rosa; Washington Square Cinemas, Petaluma. BATMAN Michael Keaton stars as Batman and Jack Nicholson plays The Joker in the movie based on the comic book character. Directed by Tim Burton Rated PG-13.

UA Movies Santa Rosa. CASUALTIES OF WAR Sean Penn and Michael J. Fox star as, respectively, a battle-hardened sergeant and a new member of the squad in this Vietnam drama. A brutal incident in 'Nam leads to a battle of conscience. Brian De Palma directs.

Rated R. UA Cinemas 6, Santa Rosa; Washington Square Cinemas, Petaluma. CHEETAH AND FRIENDS Live action family film set in the rugged outlands of Africa. American children and their Masai friend try to rescue their pet cheetah, Spots, from Cheetah-napcrs so they can see Spots returned to her natural environment. Rated G.

Lakeside 5 Cinemas, Santa Rosa; Washington Square Cinemas, Petaluma. DEAD POETS SOCIETY Robin Williams stars in this comedy drama as a charismatic English teacher at a private boys' school. Rated PG. Lakeside 5 Cinemas. FIELD OF DREAMS Kevin Costner stars as an Iowa farmer who builds a baseball field on his property so ghosts of baseball can play again.

Rated PG. UA Movies 5. HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS A group of kids who've been zapped by their physicist dad's (Rick Moranis) electromagnetic shrinking machine, find themselves suddenly a quarter-inch tall and trapped in a landscape (the back yard) where pebbles loom as high as mountains and puddles may as well be oceans. Rated PG. Lakeside 5 Cinemas, Santa Rosa; Washington Square Cinemas, Petaluma.

INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE The adventuresome archaeologist teams up with his dad, Dr. Henry Jones (Sean Connery), in battle against the Nazis. George Lucas produced; Steven Spielberg directed. Rated PG-1 3. UA Coddingtown Cinemas.

KICK BOXER No information available. Rated R. UA Coddingtown. LETHAL WEAPON II More action-adventure with Los Angeles police detectives Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), this time battling international drug smugglers who've hit the streets and harbors of L.A. Rated R.

UA Coddingtown Cinemas. LITTLE MONSTERS Always blamed for messy mishaps, 12-year-old 3 i 'ssamt Hollywood's tops and flops 528-7200547 Mendocino Avenue FIELD OF DREAMS THEABYSS (No Passes) PG13 00-9 45 BATMAN (No Passes) 2 00 PG13 UNCLE BUCK 1 15 3 15 5 THEABYSS (No Passes) 15 PG13 544-1970 1630 Range Santa Rosa SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE PG13 1 00 and STAR TREK PG KICK BOXER 1:15 15 LETHAL WEAPON 1 00-3 15-5 COME EARLY ON FRI. SAT. 528-8770620 Third Street issssisikssssssisssssfeBsWkssBtnilMMim PG PG Mon. Associated Press HOLLYWOOD Here is a list of summer movie revenues, as tallied by Exhibitor Relations with distributor and the gross between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

The Summer's Top 10 Hits: 1. "Batman," Warner $238.6 million 2. "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," Paramount, $189.5 million 3. "Lethal Weapon 2," Warner $131.3 million 4. "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" Disney, $119.1 million 5.

"Ghostbusters II," Columbia $109.9 million 6. "Dead Poets Society," Disney, $86.4 million 7. "When Harry Met Sally Columbia, $66.6 million 8. "Parenthood," Universal, $64.1 million 9. "Turner Hooch," Disney, $57.1 million 10.

"Star Trek The Final Frontier," Paramount, $50.5 million The Summer's Biggest Disappointments: 1. "Karate Kid III," Columbia, $37.9 million 2. "Licence 'to Kill," MGM-UA, $33.2 million 'OR ONC op -Hie Adepts7 Fred Savage claims there is a monster under his bed. There really is a creature, Maurice (Howie Mandel), and he is about to indoctrinate Fred into the world of mischievous monsters who wreak havoc on unsuspecting sleeping children. Rated PG.

Lakeside 5 Cinemas. MILLENNIUM Kris Kristofferson plays a government air-crash investigator who falls in love with a traveler from the future (Cheryl Ladd). Rated PG-13. UA Cinemas 6. NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET THE DREAM CHILD Lisa Wilcox and Robert Englund star in the latest segment of this seemingly endless saga.

Rated R. UA Cinemas 6. THE PACKAGE Gene Hackman stars as an army master sergeant whose prisoner (Tommy Lee Jones) escapes. The action-adventure also stars Joanna Cassidy. Rated R.

UA Cinemas 6. PARENTHOOD Steve Martin stars and Ron Howard directs this comedy about the stages of parenthood within a large unconventional American family. Also stars Jason Robards, Tom Hulce, Rick Moranis, Martha Plimpton, Mary Steenburgen and Dianne West. Rated PG-13. UA Cinemas 6, Santa Rosa; Washington Square Cinemas, Petaluma.

PETER PAN This is the reissue of Walt Disney's 1953 animated film about the boy who won't grow up. Journey with the Darling children to Peter's home in Never-Never Land. Rated G. Lakeside 5 Cinemas, Santa Rosa. RELENTLESS When Judd Nelson is turned down by a police academy, he becomes a serial killer.

Leo Rossi and Robert Loggia portray the two police assigned to track him down. Rated R. Lakeside 5 Cinemas. RUDE AWAKENING Eric Roberts and Cheech Marin, back in New York after twenty years of living in a Central American Utopia, are stunned to see their former radical friends now yuppified. How to bring back those days of peace and love? Tried-and-true methods sit-ins, social upheaval, et cetera.

Rated R. UA Cinemas 6. SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE A darkly comic psychological drama wherein a repressed wife, her sister and her adulterous husband's former roommate confront their sexual problems, partly through videotaped interviews. Rated R. UA Coddingtown.

STAR TREK THE FINAL FRONTIER In an Old West setting on Nimbus 3, a border planet and neutral zone where Klingons, Romulans and Federation folk hang out, an insurrection is breaking out among the workers, due to an ecological disaster. Also, a mysterious alien hombre named Cybok is giving the Enterprisers trouble. William Shatner directs and stars, along with the usual suspects. Rated PG. UA Coddingtown.

TURNER AND HOOCH Tom Hanks is Turner, a by-the-book detective whose well-ordered world is shaken when teamed with a new partner, Hooch, on a murder case. Hooch is a dog. Also starring Mare Winningham. NOW AVAILABLE FROM VESTROn VIDEO! 95 Teen idol Christian Slater stars in this electrifying adventure. Entertainment for the whole family.

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"Casualties of War," Columbia, $13.7 million 7. "Great Balls of Fire," Orion, $13.7 million 8. "Pink Cadillac," Warner $12.1 million 9. "Young Einstein," Warner $10.4 million 10. "Wired," Taurus, $1 million mJUST 10 MINUTES CAN ADD YEARS TO YOUR CAR'S LIFE! The most important thing you can do for your car is change the oil regularly, according to automotive engineers.

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