Will Studio Execs Learn From ‘First Wives’?
Do you suppose after the reports (“ ‘First Wives Club’ Chalks Up Biggest Debut Ever in Sept.,” Sept. 23) that in its first weekend “The First Wives Club” nearly tripled the gross of “Last Man Standing” that studio executives will be saying to themselves and each other, “Gosh, this means that audiences want to see films about women and not about men killing each other”?
Not likely. But you can easily imagine that if “Last Man Standing” had out-grossed “First Wives Club” they would be saying, “Women’s pictures just don’t gross as much as action flicks.”
TOM STEMPEL
Los Angeles
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