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■os ANGELES (AP) — The end of football
eason brought guys back to the movies,
wiping Mel Gibson’s Payback knock the teen
onlance She’s All That from atop the box-of-
ice heap.
fBayback had the best opening so far this
ear with a strong $21.4 million in ticket
alfes, while She’s All That had $12 million,
ccording to industry estimates Sunday,
■z'mp/y Irresistible, starring Sarah Michelle
lellar of TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” de-
iuted with a disappointing $2.4 million for
lint i place. The film was stung by bad re
news and fierce competition in the youth
naiiket from She’s All That and Varsity Blues,
vhich was fourth with $4 million.
I^^fter a couple of weeks dominated by teen
ilrls. Payback had the older-male audience
noltly to itself. The film stars Gibson as a
hrbinal who goes on a rampage after being
obbed and shot in the back by his double-
rousing wife and a friend.
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Like Gibson’s Lethal Weapon movies, the
audience for Payback was about 55 percent
male and mostly over age 25, according to
Rob Friedman, vice chairman of the Para
mount Motion Picture Group.
“February was a good time (for the film)
because it’s after football, after the Super
Bowl, and adults start to come back to the
movies in a big way again,” Friedman said.
Also finding older audiences was Saving
Private Ryan, which DreamWorks re-re
leased to cash in on its Golden Globe wins
and the buzz surrounding Tuesday’s sched
uled announcement of Oscar nominations.
Ryan, the No. 2 movie of 1998 after Ar
mageddon, collected $3.6 million for a fifth-
place tie with another film with Oscar poten
tial, Shakespeare in Love.
The quirky Bill Murray film Rushmore also
did strong older-audience business in limited
release, grossing $1.9 million on 103 screens
for a healthy per-theater average of just un-
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
der $18,000.
Meanwhile, Robin Williams’ Patch Adams
remained strong, collecting $4.5 million for
third place.
For another weekend, the overall box of
fice was down — this time by 7.6 percent —
from the same time last year, when Titanic
was shattering records and Good Will Hunt
ing was charming audiences.
The following are estimated grosses at
North American theaters for Friday through
Sunday. Final figures were expected Monday:
1. Payback, $21.4 million.
2. She’s All That, $12 million.
3. Patch Adams, $4.5 million.
4. Varsity Blues, $4 million.
5. Saving Private Ryan, $3.6 million.
5. Shakespeare in Love, $3.6 million.
7. A Civil Action, $3.2 million.
8. Stepmom, $2.6 million.
9. Simply Irresistible, $2.4 million.
10. You’ve Got Mail, $2.3 million.
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ams a lot, not Griffith said. “You can concen
trate on other things and show
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ways.”
Sis said couples also have a
her respect for the institution of
marriage.
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stain tend to have a higher re
spect for the institution of mar-
gage and therefore, in marriage,
work harder to maintain the
Aggies are not just talking
about abstinence, they are show-
ibg it by wearing a ring on the
left where
Bent ring would usually be
worn, to symbolize their choice
of abstinence.
I “1 started wearing my ring
when I was 15,” Hartline said. “I
chose to wear it because 1 believe
very strongly in saving yourself
for marriage.”
I Hartline said wearing the ring
is an opportunity to share her
■iew on abstinence, and many
students are beginning to agree.
I “I’ve seen that a lot more
people have started wearing
them, both guys and girls,” she
s. id.
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lace this trend is sweeping
rough.
A program called True Love
B aits is also advocating absti-
■nce as a healthy and moral de
cision in high schools and col
leges around the nation.
THsha Yearwood and Garth Brooks.
“Some of them are doing this as
a favor to me. Some figure it can’t
hurt their careers,” Goldberg said.
“I cherish all the people who have
said yes because they don’t care
what the perception is.”
Trump promotes
Missouri pageant
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — Pro
moting his Miss USA Pageant, Don
ald Tbump enjoyed being a big fish
in a small pond, dazzling the
Ozarks locals with the same kind
of banter that draws yawns in his
hometown of New York.
“I was a great genius in the ’80s.
Then I was a great moron in the
early ’90s,” Trump said. “That’s
probably why I bought this
pageant — so 1 could get a date.
Now they call me a genius again.
It’s great.”
The beauty pageant is not
Trump’s only interest in Missouri.
He recently made an offer to buy
Kansas City’s troubled Flamingo
Hilton Casino. Still, the New York
real estate developer said leaving
the Big Apple to visit Branson was
more pleasure than business.
“Usually, I build buildings. I
have to deal with the unions, the
Mob, some of the roughest men
you’ve ever seen in your life,” he
said. “I come here and see these in
credible beauties. It’s a lot of fun.”
King tones down
stories for TV
NEW YORK (AP) — Writer
Stephen King does not mind toning
down his horror stories for TV. He
thinks it is good for the imagination.
“A little footbinding can be good
for you,” King writes in the Feb. 13-
19 TV Guide. “When you know your
story is going under the gaze of peo
ple who are watching for dead folks
with open eyes (a no-no on network
TV), children who utter bad words
(another no-no) or large amounts of
spilled blood (a gigantic no-no), you
begin to think of alternative ways of
getting your point across.”
His latest miniseries, “Stephen
King’s Storm of the Century,” airs on
ABC this month.
Feature films require less editing,
but King said he likes TV because it
reaches the largest possible audience.
Newton-John
wins award
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Olivia
Newton-John will receive the Ameri
can Red Cross’ Humanitarian Award
for her dedication to community ed
ucation and to helping people in need.
Newton-John, a breast cancer sur
vivor who underwent a mastectomy
in 1992, was chosen by 10 local chap
ters of the American Red Cross.
“The awards recognize people
who elevate the public consciousness
on critical issues and help people in
need,” said Jenny Cooney, who is
chairing the March 6 awards cere
mony in Santa Monica.
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