‘Home 2’ Alone at the Top

The national box-office gross zoomed into high speed over the weekend, giving the film industry renewed hope for a strong 1992 finale. With final figures reported on Monday, “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” came in with a dazzling $31.5 million in ticket sales in its opening weekend.

In its second weekend, “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” dropped sharply off the torrid pace it had established in the first week--but half of $30 million is still a bonanza and was good enough for second place.

“Malcolm X” scored a strong $9.8 million over the weekend and $13.6 million since its opening Wednesday. From an exhibitor’s standpoint, its lengthy running time and its serious political subject matter hampers the potential gross. But comparisons are being made to last year’s “JFK.”

Weekend Gross/ Screens/ Weeks in Movie (Studio) Total (millions) Average Release 1. “Home Alone 2” $31.1 2,222 1 (Fox) $31.1 $14,008 2. “Dracula” $15 2,491 2 (Columbia) $53.7 $6,030 3. “Malcolm X” $9.8 1,124 1 (Warner Bros.) $13.6 $8,782 4. “Passenger 57” $4.5 1,974 3 (Warner Bros.) $27.2 $2,283 5. “A River Runs Through It” $3 1,080 7 (Columbia) $23.8 $2,784 6. “Under Siege” $2.4 1,757 7 (Warner Bros.) $68.5 $1,401 7. “The Mighty Ducks” $2 1,708 8 (Walt Disney) $42.6 $1,228 8. “The Last of the Mohicans” $1.86 1,472 9 (Fox) $65.7 $1,268 9. “Jennifer 8” $1.4 1,002 3 (Paramount) $8.8 $1,382 10. “Pure Country” $915,464 892 5 (Warner Bros.) $10.7 $1,026 * “Reservoir Dogs” $129,518 58 5 (Miramax) $1.2 $2,233

* “Reservoir Dogs” is in its fifth week of limited release and continues at a slow pace. The violence-laden specialty film by director Quentin Tarantino has so far grossed $1.2 million.

SOURCE: Exhibitor Relations Co.