Word: boxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That's not to say he was the only attraction. Before Reagan's arrival, the master of ceremonies introduced the other guests of honor, all box office draws in their own right...
...three dollar bleacher seats are cheaper than tickets to the zoo; dishing out the four extra bucks for more civilized lodgings in the grandstand or box seats will save your clothes numerous beer baths...
...Cotton Club is just one of a growing number of Hollywood films that are packing them in at the video stores after playing to empty seats at the Bijou. Crimes of Passion, Ken Russell's flamboyantly seedy sex drama, was a flop at the box office last October, but has earned nearly $3.6 million in cassette sales thus far. Dune, a big-budget bomb last Christmas, has made $7.5 million in sales to video stores and has been on Billboard's Top 40 chart for 13 weeks. Even the most famous box-office fiasco of all, Michael Cimino's Heaven...
Home video's hit parade, of course, is not made up solely of theatrical clinkers. Big box-office winners nearly always repeat their success when they appear on cassette (usually four to six months after their theatrical debut). Current video chart-toppers, for example, include such 1984 hits as The Terminator and The Karate Kid. But well-publicized box-office disappointments often do nearly as well as the blockbusters. "Sometimes the best video title is a movie that has run in a number of theaters but had a mediocre response," says Reg Childs, president of distribution for Embassy Home Entertainment...
...Bendectin, a pill prescribed for morning sickness during pregnancy, caused birth defects. But attorneys for some plaintiffs rejected the settlement, and the debate about Bendectin is back in the courts. Last week Eli Lilly pleaded guilty to criminal charges stemming from injuries caused by its arthritis drug Oraflex (see box...