The Indie Top 10 and the Other Top 5: 1.23.98 - 1.25.98

by Eugene Hernandez

++ THE INDIE TOP 10 ++

STAR KID (Trimark): $1,060,325 (-64%) -- Total: $4,186,181

Week #2 -- 1,053 Screens (+12) -- $1,007 average per screen

EVE'S BAYOU (Trimark): $52,163 (-25%) -- Total: $13,777,158

Week #12 -- 54 Screens (-13) -- $966 average per screen

FALLEN ANGELS (Kino): $ 13,804 -- Total: $18,633

Week #1 -- 8 Screens (+4) -- $13,804 average per screen

GUANTANAMERA (LGF): $9,889 (-1%) -- Total: $855,579

Week #30 -- 9 Screens (+1) -- $1,099 average per screen

SICK (LGF): $9,473 (+67%) -- Total: $191,833

Week #12 -- 6 Screens (+1) -- $1,579 average per screen

HAPPY TOGETHER (Kino): $ 8,498 (+623%) -- Total: $240,442

Week #15 -- 3 Screens (+1) -- $2,833 average per screen

ILLTOWN (Live): $8,306 (-52%) -- Total: $29,113

Week #2 -- 2 Screens (+1) -- $4,153 average per screen

THE DRESS (Attitude): $7,683 (+5) -- Total: $16,556

Week #2 -- 1 Screens (+1) -- $3,842 average per screen

DON’T LOOK BACK (Artistict): $7,341 (-53%) -- Total: $27,158

Week #2 -- 6 Screens (+2) -- $619 average per screen

FIRE (Zeitgeist): $4,858 (+-38) -- Total: $500,606

Week #23 -- 5 Screens (+2) -- $972 average per screen

++ THE OTHER TOP 5 ++

GOOD WILL HUNTING (Miramax): $8,507,974 (-38%) -- Total: $48,371,200

Week #8 -- 1,831 Screens (+12) -- $4,647 average per screen

WAG THE DOG (New Line): $4,381,332 (-32%) -- Total: $23,296,373

Week #5 -- 1,726 Screens (-26) -- $2,538 average per screen

PHANTOMS (Miramax): $3,065,951 -- Total: $3,065,951

Week #1 -- 1,859 Screens -- $1,649 average per screen

STAR KID (Trimark): $1,060,325 (-64%) -- Total: $4,186,181

Week #2 -- 1,053 Screens (+12) -- $1,007 average per screen

SCREAM 2 (Miramax): $804,578 (-59%) -- Total: $94,673,427

Week #7 -- 1,015 Screens (-534) -- $793 average per screen

[All box office figures are provided by Entertainment Data, Inc.
www.entdata.com]

[EDITOR'S NOTE: The Indie Top 10 includes the top grossing EDI tracked films
distributed by distribution companies not owned or affiliated by major studios
or entertainment companies. The Other Top 5 includes the top grossing EDI tracked
films distributed by companies other than the primary major studios.]