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...million in its first weekend at 1,667 theaters -- despite mixed reviews. Paramount's astonishing Australian import, "Crocodile" Dundee, has just finished its twelfth week as a top grosser, having earned more than $103 million at 1,495 theaters. Headed in the same direction is Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, which has earned $47.5 million in three weeks. Well ahead of them all is Paramount's Top Gun, which has taken in $168 million since its May 16 release, making it the year's best seller. With only a week or so left in 1986, Paramount has grossed...
...preview the Paramount entry a week early, then expand its showing in the beginning of June. By bracketing the competition, explains Barry London, Paramount's new distribution and marketing chief, "we got the film established in the marketplace." In the same vein, Mancuso decided to release Star Trek IV at Thanksgiving, rather than Christmas, leaving the way clear for the launch of The Golden Child. Says Mancuso: "We would rather compete with the competition than with ourselves...
...love interest in Top Gun and rework completely the ending of Pretty in Pink. In the past, extensive additional film work was regarded as a "stigma," says a former Paramount executive. "But Paramount has done it consistently on almost every movie this year, with the exception of Star Trek IV...
...girlfriend." Buoyed by early raves for his new boat, Lexcen has hopes of selling nearly a thousand. Considering how poorly his full-size version is faring this time around, Lexcen may have to settle for the glory of financial victory with Mini 12. As of last week, his Australia IV had lost two preliminary races to its Aussie arch-rival, Kookaburra...
...number of cases among heterosexuals who do not inject narcotics into their veins, though small at present, is increasing and likely to rise further. How rapidly no one can predict, but the threat is at least great enough to justify targeting educational campaigns not just at homosexuals and IV drug users, who now account for more than 90% of all AIDS victims, but at everybody...