Weekend Box Office : ‘Dracula’ Counts for Plenty

Weekend estimates of a $32-million gross for Francis Ford Coppola’s “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” fell to $30 million when the final tally came in on Monday, but it made no difference in its ranking as the year’s third-biggest opening and biggest-ever non-summer premiere. Thanks largely to “Dracula,” box-office grosses were roughly double the same weekend a year ago.

Box office held strong for the thriller “Passenger 57,” as well as for the longer-running “A River Runs Through It,” “Under Siege” and “The Mighty Ducks.”

* Disney’s animated musical “Aladdin” got off to a flying start with nearly $200,000 in its weekend debut at Los Angeles’ El Capitan and New York’s Cinema 1. The film also was shown once Saturday night with “The Mighty Ducks”; it opens nationally the day before Thanksgiving.

Weekend Box Office

Weekend Gross/ Screens/ Weeks in Movie (Studio) Total (millions) Average Release 1. “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” $30.5 2,491 1 (Columbia) $30.5 $12,253 2. “Passenger 57” $7 1,974 2 (Warner Bros.) $21 $3,584 3. “A River Runs Through It” $3.9 1,062 6 (Columbia) $19.7 $3,695 4. “Under Siege” $3.7 2,007 6 (Warner Bros.) $65.1 $1,847 5. “The Mighty Ducks” $3.6 1,770 7 (Disney) $40 $2,071 6. “The Last of the Mohicans” $2.6 1,777 8 (Fox) $63.1 $1,470 7. “Jennifer 8” $2 967 2 (Paramount) $6.9 $2,122 8. “Candyman” $1.7 1,500 5 (TriStar) $21.7 $1,162 9. “Consenting Adults” $1.4 1,182 5 (Hollywood) $19.1 $1,195 10. “Pure Country” $1.2 892 4 (Warner Bros.) $9.4 $1,386 * “Aladdin” $196,664 2 1 (Disney) $297,848 $98,332

SOURCE: Exhibitor Relations Co.