TOP-RANKING DOMESTIC FILMS AT MIDYEAR
With 1993 at the halfway mark, these films have brought in the most revenue at the box office. Six of the dozen top-grossing movies are holdovers from 1992. Ranking by box office to date, in millions of dollars: Rank: 1 Film: Aladdin Distributor: Buena Vista Wks. in release: 33 Box office to date: $206.9 Opening date: Nov. 11, 1992
Rank: 2 Film: Jurassic Park Distributor: Universal Wks. in release: 3 Box office to date: 186.8 Opening date: June 11, 1993
For the record:
12:00 a.m. July 7, 1993 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday July 7, 1993 Home Edition Business Part D Page 2 Column 6 Financial Desk 2 inches; 48 words Type of Material: Correction
Film Index--Due to an editing error, the Times Film Index in Tuesday’s Company Town pages did not include the precise dates covered in the chart. The listing showed domestic film grosses for the first six months of the year, excluding the extended Fourth of July weekend, when “Jurassic Park” passed “Aladdin” as the top-grossing film of the year.
Rank: 3 Film: Home Alone 2: Lost in N.Y. Distributor: Fox Wks. in release: 22 Box office to date: 173.0 Opening date: Nov. 20, 1992
Rank: 4 Film: A Few Good Men Distributor: Columbia Wks. in release: 29 Box office to date: 141.0 Opening date: Dec. 11, 1992
Rank: 5 Film: The Bodyguard Distributor: Warner Bros. Wks. in release: 26 Box office to date: 121.9 Opening date: Nov. 25, 1992
Rank: 6 Film: Indecent Proposal Distributor: Paramount Wks. in release: 12 Box office to date: 101.6 Opening date: Apr. 7, 1993
Rank: 7 Film: Groundhog Day Distributor: Columbia Wks. in release: 20 Box office to date: 70.2 Opening date: Feb. 12, 1993
Rank: 8 Film: Cliffhanger Distributor: TriStar Wks. in release: 5 Box office to date: 67.5 Opening date: May 28, 1993
Rank: 9 Film: Scent of a Woman Distributor: Universal Wks. in release: 27 Box office to date: 62.6 Opening date: Dec. 23, 1992
Rank: 10 Film: The Crying Game Distributor: Miramax Wks. in release: 31 Box office to date: 62.4 Opening date: Nov. 25, 1992
Rank: 11 Film: Dave Distributor: Warner Bros. Wks. in release: 8 Box office to date: 59.0 Opening date: May 7, 1993
Rank: 12 Film: Sommersby Distributor: Warner Bros. Wks. in release: 21 Box office to date: 49.0 Opening date: Feb. 5, 1993
Source: Entertainment Data Inc.
Coming Attractions . . . ‘In the Line of Fire’
* Distributor: Columbia Pictures
* Release date: Friday, on 2,000 screens
* Production cost: $32 million
* Synopsis: Over-the-hill Secret Service agent tracks presidential assassin. Drama. Rated R.
* Cast: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo
* Director: Wolfgang Petersen
* Prognosis: Bull’s-eye. The always popular Eastwood delivers in a taut political thriller.
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