‘Tango’ Dances to Top as Box Office Rebounds
The Christmas box-office blues are over, with most of the season’s top movies enjoying a huge leap in business during the New Year’s Day weekend.
“Tango & Cash,” Warner’s Sylvester Stallone-Kurt Russell buddy movie, moved up 53% to top the chart with about $10.4 million, according to preliminary figures released today.
Meanwhile, Danny De Vito’s black comedy about divorce, “War of the Roses,” jumped more than 140%, with roughly $10 million worth of tickets sold over the four-day weekend. And children flocked to see Disney’s animated feature, “The Little Mermaid.”
Its early business may have been disappointing--particularly considering the critical acclaim surrounding the old-fashioned fairy tale--but ticket sales jumped nearly 200% over the weekend to nearly $10 million.
Universal’s “Back to the Future II,” which opened more than a month ago, also made a big comeback with more than $8 million in ticket sales, a 100% increase over the Christmas weekend.
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