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ft wneficsraiesfnan roaay. juneiwj wis section is recyuauw moot mm irij! RSB" 0) Top grossing movies i Weekend Per screen Weeks in Total Movie, Distributor I gross Screens average release gross 1 Cliffhanger, IrlStar $20.5 million 2,333 $8,769 1 $20.5 million 2 Made In America, Warner Bros. $11.8 million 2,048 $5,772 1 $11.8 million 3 Dave, Warner Bros. $8.9 million 1,916 $4,662 4 $40.7 million 4 Super Mario Brothers, Disney $8.5 million 2,081 $4,100 1 $8.5 million 5 Hot Shotsl Part Deux, 20th Century Fox $8.2 million 2,140 $3,842 2 $21.3 million 6 Silver, Paramount $7.4 million 2,093 $3,512 2 $23.5 million 7 Menace II Society, New Line $3.8 million 464 $8,225 VA $4.6 million 8 Indecent Proposal, Paramount $3.3 million 1,602 $2,056 8 $93.2 million 9 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Universal $2.6 million 1,945 $1,325 4 $28.6 million 10 Posse, Gramercy $2.2 million 788 $2,833 3 $13.5 million crowd boosts attendance IVER A Paramount Conrnunications Company ijj' IliiCsCIWtThMBiwihiswilMlillililiiiiiit W' Vfi RI PRESIDIO THEATRES fcjg U) US HW 113 iW-jis Kl PRESIDIO THEATRES I I PRESIDIO THEATRES NOW SHOWING PRESItHO THEATRES i I Memorial Day By Bob Strauss New York Times News Service LOS ANGELES It may not have been the movie business' all-time busiest Memorial Day weekend, but it was up there. Led by Sylvester Stallone's Alpine actioner Cliffhanger, the summer film season's traditional kickoff holiday was the second best in at least a decade.

Movies making more than $500,000 accumulated nearly $88.3 million, which was topped only by 1992's Memorial Day weekend take of $93.4 million. Considering there were no high-profile sequel open-ings to fuel this year's filmgoing frenzy, the good business is even more remarkable. Speaking of sequels, Cliffhanger had the best Memorial Day opening of a nonseries film. It's the lOth-highest-grossing picture in the holiday's history; all nine that made more, including last year's second weekend run of Lethal Weapon 3 and premiere of were sequels to previous hits. "It certainly indicates that if you give people movies they want another $8.9 million, the populist presidential fantasy has earned more than $40 million, making it by far the front-ninning favorite of pre-summer season releases.

Another new film, the glorified Nintendo game Super Mario Bros. debuted a disappointing fourth with $8.5 millioa Considering the supposedly vast video game audience and the rumored $50 million the critically flushed adventure cost, this tale of plucky plumber heroes could be the second high-priced failure of the early summer season. The first, of course, being Sliver, the heat-resistant, Sharon Stone sex thriller. Premiering in first place a week earlier, the high-rise hc-hummer plunged to sixth over the holiday weekend. That's behind another sophomore entry, the spoofy Hot Shots! Part Deux.

Seventh place belonged to another new entry, the urban crime drama Menace II Society. Although the Watts-set film's four-day gross of $3.8 million was nearly half that of next up Sliver's, it was playing in less than a fourth as many theaters. Insida Lino's Entertsinmsnt GuisSa nice to see, they tend to go in large numbers," said William Soady, president of distribution for Cliffhanger' studio, TriStar Pictures. Cliffhanger knocked Stallone's own Rambo III out of the historical 10th spot with a four-day gross of slightly more than $20.4 million. The movie's performance reestablishes Stallone as the holiday's king it's the actor's fifth film to make the all-time Memori-al Day top 15 and as a viable action star.

But comedy made a strong showing in the holiday's second and third box-office slots. Another newcomer, the Whoopi Goldberg-Ted Danson starrer, Made in America, finished second with $11.8 million not too far off the opening pace of Goldberg's '92 summer smash, Sister Act. The 4-week-old political farce, Dave, did even better than it did a week earlier. In third place with I Mox stem" "The Jokes keep Going And Call 416-5700 and press in a four-digit category for reviews of restaurants, current movies and plays or Soundbites from music releases. I Indian Restaurant ft Bar Restaurant review: Directory of categories 3663 Inside Une can help guide you through restaurants in the Austin area.

Drawing from past reviews in the American-Statesman, the restaurants line provides a sampling of various fares. New reviews will be added as they become available. To hear the selections, call Inside Line's main number, 416-5700, and then punch in FOOD (3663). You then can choose reviews by type of cuisine. Is VWO-OF COHKDY Michael MacCambridge film reviews: Directory of categories 3456 Menace II Society Made In America Last Days of Chez Nous Watch It Hot Shots Part Deux Sliver Lost In Yonkers 1808 1807 1806 1805 1804 1803 1802 1799 Like Water for Chocolate 1798 Dave 1797 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story 1796 Indecent Proposal 1779 Benny Joon 1778 The Crying Game 1704 Aladdin 1665 Going And Gene StaRt, THE TODAY SHOW "Do I Uke It? I Deux! Laughed Myself Silly." Joel Siejel, GOOD MORNING AMERICA The Foreigner 7548 Sex, Drugs, Rock Roll 7549 FST2: Channel Surfing 7550 Dating Ourselves 7551 The Bible Belt and Other Accessories 7545 Nine 7546 12 Steps to a More Dysfunctional You 7547 A Few Good Men 7566 The Lady from Havana 7567 Sweeney Todd 7520 Shear Madness 7505 I Compact Discs si of Austin Soundbites samples from releases): Directory of categories 2483 Ice-T (Home Invasion) 7700 Dire Straits (On the Night) 7703 Janet Jackson (Janet) 7706 Wynonna (Tell Me Why) 7709 RUN DMC (Down With the King) 7712 George Michael and Queen (Five Live) 7715 New Order (Republic) 7718 Larry Stewart (Down the Road) 7721 Darden Smith (Little Victories) 7724 Porno for Pyros 7727 ft v.

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