WEEKEND BOX OFFICE : ‘Rain’ Dampens ‘Innocent Man’s’ Debut

Paramount’s Michael Douglas thriller “Black Rain” led the box office for the third weekend in a row with $6.4 million. With Columbus Day, Yom Kippur and Canadian Thanksgiving all falling on Monday, the studios extended their weekend box-office tally to include Monday’s receipts. The soft debut of Touchstone’s “An Innocent Man” once again raised the question of Tom Selleck’s big-screen appeal. The crime drama grossed $6.3 million on 1,561 screens for a four-day holiday average of $4,091 per screen. Last year on Columbus Day weekend, Fox’s “Alien Nation” opened for $8.4 million. Three Universal releases--”Sea of Love” ($5.8 million), “Parenthood” ($3 million) and “Uncle Buck” ($2.8 million)--rounded out the Top 5.

* Jane Fonda’s epic “Old Gringo” rode in on a wave of publicity but opened quietly on 237 screens. The Mexican Revolution drama, co-starring Gregory Peck and Jimmy Smits, grossed $1.1 million, a per-screen average of $4,859.

Weekend Gross/ Screens/ Weeks Movie (Studio) Total (millions) Average in Release 1.”Black Rain” $6.4 1,760 3 (Paramount) $27.7 $3,648 2.”An Innocent Man” $6.3 1,561 1 (Touchstone) $6.3 $4,091 3.”Sea of Love” $5.8 1,331 4 (Universal) $37.6 $5,869 4.”Parenthood” $3 1,370 10 (Universal) $85.3 $2,210 5.”Uncle Buck” $2.8 1,611 8 (Universal) $56.6 $2,859 *”Old Gringo” $1.1 237 1 (Columbia) $1.1 $4,859

SOURCE: Exhibitor Relations Co.