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HOLLYWOOD — "The Naked Gun," a spoof of television police shows, and "Screooged," a slapstick update of a classic Christmas story, touched the hearts and wallets of the nation's moviegoers last weekend.
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"The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squand!" which stars Leslie Nielsen as a hardboiled detective who stumbles on a murder plot, rated first place at the box office, earning $9.3 million in its first weekend
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"Scrooged," featuring Bill Murray as a modern day Scrooge in the retelling of "A Christmas Carol," was second with $7.5 million, according to figures released Monday by Exhibitor Relations Co.
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Here are the top movies for the weekend as tallied by Exhibitor Relations, with distributor, weekend gross, number of theater screens, average per screen for the weekend, total gross and number of weeks in release.
screen, $2.9 million
■ 2. "Scrooged," Paramount, $7.1
million, 1,262 screens, $5,947
pe screen, $29.2 million, second week.
1. "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!" Paramount, $9.3 million, 1,576 screens, $9.291 per screen, $9.291 one week.
4 "The Land Before Time." Universal, $3.5 million, 1403 screens, $2.520 per screen, $23.09 million, three weeks.
3. "Tequila Sunrise," Warner Bros., $6.3 million, 1,115 screens, $6,195 per screen, $6.3 million, one week
5. "Oliver and Co.", Disney, $3.1 million, 952 screens, $3.257 per screen, $16.02 million, three weeks.
8. "Cocoon: The Return," 20th Century Fox, $2.1 million, 986 screens, $2.147 per screen, $10.6 million, two weeks.
6. "Ernest Save Christmas," Disney, $2.3 million, 1,640 screens, $1,451 per screen, $21.6 million, four weeks.
7. "Child's Play," United Artists, $2.2 million, 1,457 screens, $1,559 per screen, $25.1 million, four weeks.
mon, 100 weeks.
■ 9. "The Accused," Paramount,
$725,273, 812 screens, $893 per screen,
$27.7 million, eight weeks.
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10. "High Spirits," Tri-Star,
$87,323, 821 screens, $387 per screen,
$7.3 million, three weeks.
Ringing in the season
The Plymouth Congregational Church Festival Ringers perform Christmas songs with hand-held bells. The Festival Ringers performed in front of Crafton-Preyer Theatre last night.
Season shows variety of fun
By Deb Gruver Kansan staff writer
Eldon Harwood, city manager for Hillcrest Theaters in Lawrence, said that this year's Christmas movies were comedies that included holiday themes but were not traditional Christmas movies.
Lawrence arts patrons should be able to choose from a variety of holiday shows this season.
For example, "Screooged," a film starring Bill Murray, is a take-off of Charles Dickens' classic, "A Christmas Carol." Another seasonal movie, "Ernest Saves Christmas," involves a nerd性角色 played by actor Jim Varnay who rescues Santa Claus from jail.
Classics Both movies are being shown at the Dickinson Theaters, 23rd and Iowa streets.
said. "They just don't make Christmas pictures anymore," Harwood said.
Although movies released at Christmas are on the increase, there haven't been many Christmas movies in recent years, Harwood said.
"True Christmas pictures have just gone on the decline."
But Harwood said that the Christmas classics, movies such as "A Miracle on 34th Street" and "It's a Wonderful Life," are still being shown on television.
show on television.
Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts
St., will take a more traditional
stance for the holidays.
"A Christmas Carol" will be performed at the theater throughout this weekend. Show times are 7:30 p.m.
today, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Maurice Simpson, the manager of Liberty Hall, said the play had been an annual event for the theater. The Rick Avery Seem-to-Be Players will perform the play.
Simpson expects an average crowd for the show.
"We hold about 600," Simpson said. "I expect about 200 to 300 people to show up."
"Amahl and the Night Visitors" will be performed at the University of Kansas Dec. 16, 17 and 18. Jack Wright, the director, said that Umi
versity Theatre wanted to do something special for Christmas.
The 50-minute opera is the story of a poor crippled boy and his mother who encounter the three kings from a traveling to see the newborn Jessiah.
thing speculated on," Wright said. "We're hoping to make it a tradition."
"The little boy offers his crutch as a gift," Wright said. "In the process, he's healed. It's a lovely little story about people giving and sharing. It's also a wonderful opportunity for college people to see an opera."
Wright said that the performances went well last year. Some of the cast has returned for this year's performances.
duthee. The opera will be 8 a.p.m. on Dec.
16 and 17 and 3:30 p.m. Dec. 18. All
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