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fmageddon fails to live up to Deep Impact’s power
JOS ANGELES (AP) — It isn't the
of the world, but Disney's "Ar-
^■eddon" still fell short of expecta-
ioa^ debuting at $36.1 million — below
■ Fourth of July action releases and
Hseason's first sky-is-falling picture,
^■ep Impact,'' final figures showed
/lorday
'\HVith the Fourth arriving on a Satur-
la)j this year, box office business overall
vaj down 14 percent from last year's
veekend, though family films held up
^■."Dr. Dolittle" grossed $19.7 million
^ftecond and "Mulan" collected $11.5
|eFii million for third.
■oth " I he X-Files" and "Out of Sight"
osj nearly half their audiences.
[The top 10 movies at North American
theaters Friday through Monday, fol
lowed by studio, gross, number of the
ater locations, receipts per location, total
gross and number of weeks in release as
compiled by ACNielsen EDI Inc. and Ex
hibitor Relations Co. Inc.:
1. "Armageddon," Disney, $36.1 mil
lion, 3,127 locations, $11,541 average,
$54.2 million, one week.
2. "Dr. Dolittle," 20th Century Fox,
$19.7 million, 2,871 locations, $6,853 av
erage, $64.8 million, two weeks.
3. "Mulan," Disney, $11.5 million,
2,953 locations, $3,886 average, $77 mil
lion, three weeks.
4. "Out of Sight," Universal, $6.6 mil
lion, 2,112 locations, $3,115 average, $23.2
million, two weeks.
5. "The X-Files," 20th Century Fox,
$6.3 million, 2,602 locations, $2,403 aver
age, $67.1 million, three weeks.
6. "The Truman Show," Paramount,
$6 million, 2,756 locations, $2,180 aver
age, $109.8 million, five weeks.
7. "Six Days, Seven Nights," Disney,
$5.8 million, 2,479 locations, $2,342 aver
age, $56.9 million, four weeks.
8. "A Perfect Murder," Warner Bros.,
$3.3 million, 2,076 locations, $1,607 aver
age, $61.1 million, five weeks.
9. "Hope Floats," 20th Century Fox,
$1.6 million, 1,248 locations, $1,285 aver
age, $51.9 million, six weeks.
10. "The Horse Whisperer," Disney,
$1.3 million, 1,048 locations, $1,280 aver
age, $68.9 million, eight weeks.
People in the news
In the world of comedy,
Berle's son laughs last
NEW YORK (AP) — Milton Berle's son is cir
culating a proposal for a tell-all biography that
his father might find as funny as a heart attack.
The New York Post reported Monday that sev
eral publishers have been reviewing a draft of the
book, which portrays the comic as an absentee
father, domestic tyrant, chronic gambler and a
world-class womanizer.
In Near You, 36-year-old Bill Berle writes that
he lost his virginity when his father hired a Las
Vegas showgirl to disguise herself as a maid and
seduce him.
"After that, when Berle and his son shared ho
tel suites, Milton would finish having sex with a
woman and then shout into Billy's room, 'Billy,
you want her now?"' the book's co-author, Brad
Lewis, told the newspaper.
Buddy Arnold, a writer and producer for
Berle, said he had not seen the draft. He said of
the general criticisms: "I don't believe any of
them. To me they are false."
Berle is about to celebrate his 90th birthday
with charity parties in Los Angeles this month
and in New York this fall.
Infamous Rodman
crashes rock concert
DALLAS (AP) — Dennis Rodman might want
to stick with his regular line of work.
The Chicago Bulls star decided to jam with
Pearl jam during a concert Sunday night. Guz
zling wine from a bottle, a shirtless, shoeless Rod-
man leaped on stage and tried to sing along dur
ing Alive and Spin the Black Circle.
After the stage crew finally cut off Rodman's
microphone, lead singer Eddie Vedder said to
Rodman: "I'm guessing you've been drinking for
about three days straight."
Songstress tries hand
at stage performance
LONDON (AP) — Madonna will make her
London theater debut next summer in a revival
of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
producer Bill Kenwright
said Monday.
Although contracts
have yet to be signed. Sir
Peter Hall's production,
with Madonna as the sex
ually voracious Maggie
the Cat, is expected to
begin rehearsals after
Madonna completes her
role in the film version of
the musical Chicago.
The Williams play will
mark Madonna's first stage appearance since
David Mamet's Speed the Plow on Broadway a
decade ago.
Madonna is expected to commit herself to
the role for 20 weeks.
Ohio names park after
television series veteran
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The park where M-
A-S-H actor Jamie Farr once trolled for dates
and dreamed of stardom has been renamed in
his honor.
"I wanted to be an actor, a famous actor, and
I wanted my hometown of Toledo to be proud
of me," TV's CpI. Max Klinger told about 400 ad
mirers Sunday. "Jamie Farr Park is certainly a
highlight of my life and career."
Farr said he used to go to the cantee in the
former Riverside Park in the 1940s to meet girls,
dance and brawl.
Toledo also has a park named for another
hometown boy, Danny Thomas.
Actor looks to quench
desire to play a cowboy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dennis Farina has plum
parts in two big summer movies but is still look
ing for his dream role.
"A cowboy," he said. "I'd love to do a West
ern."
The mustachioed actor is best known for play
ing gangster types. He appears this summer in
Out of Sight, an Elmore Leonard tale. Later this
summer, he plays a colonel in Steven Spielberg's
Saving Private Ryan.
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