Weekend Box Office

Weekend box-office standings are relative since four-day totals are, in some cases, being compared with two-day figures. “Jungle Book” and “I.Q.” opened on Christmas Day; “Little Women” went into wide release on Sunday after a limited opening last Wednesday. Its cumulative figure, as with “Richie Rich,” reflects the total six-day take; “Nell” played on only two screens until this weekend. Sometimes the per-screen averages do not compute because the number of screens changed mid-run.

Weekend Gross/ Screens/ Weeks in Movie (Studio) Total (millions) Average Release 1. “Dumb and Dumber” $15.6 2,470 2 (New Line) $40.7 $6,310 2. “The Santa Clause” $9.8 2,236 7 (Walt Disney) $123.2 $4,256 3. “Streetfighter” $9.5 1,671 1 (Universal) $9.5 $5,690 4. “Disclosure” $8.4 2,168 3 (Warner Bros.) $33.0 $3,884 5. “Richie Rich” $5.8 1,748 1 (Warner Bros.) $8.0 $3,335 6. “Little Women” $5.3 1,503 1 (Columbia) $5.4 $3,528 7. “The Jungle Book” $5.1 1,880 1 (Walt Disney) $5.1 $2,729 8. “Speechless” $3.3 1,404 2 (MGM) $9.1 $1,560 9. “Drop Zone” $3.19 1,905 3 (Paramount) $17.6 $1,672 10. “Nell” $3.16 835 2 (Fox) $3.3 8,569 * “I.Q.” $3.13 1,409 1 (Paramount) $3.13 2,222

SOURCE: Exhibitor Relations Co.