Company Town : SUMMER OF 1994’S TOP 20 FILMS

Here’s how the top summer movies of 1994 performed. Box office figures, ranked by play period May 27 through Sept. 1, in millions of dollars:

Play Wks. in Opening period Rank Film Distributor release date B.O. 1 The Lion King Buena Vista 11 June 15 $258.4 2 Forrest Gump Paramount 8 July 6 226.5 3 The Flintstones Universal 14 May 27 128.4 4 True Lies Fox 7 July 15 128.1 5 Speed Fox 12 June 10 113.7 6 The Mask New Line 5 July 29 93.7 7 Clear and Present Danger Paramount 4 Aug. 3 89.5 8 The Client Warner Bros. 6 July 20 79.5 9 Maverick Warner Bros. 15 May 20 73.6 10 Wolf Columbia 11 June 17 64.0 11 Angels in the Outfield Buena Vista 7 July 15 45.5 12 City Slickers 2 Columbia 12 June 10 42.9 13 The Little Rascals Universal 4 Aug. 5 38.3 14 Beverly Hills Cop 3 Paramount 14 May 25 38.2 15 The Shadow Universal 9 July 1 31.3 16 It Could Happen to You TriStar 5 July 29 31.3 17 Blown Away MGM/UA 9 July 1 29.5 18 I Love Trouble Buena Vista 9 June 29 29.0 19 When a Man Loves a Woman Buena Vista 18 April 29 25.9 20 Wyatt Earp Warner Bros. 10 June 24 24.4

U.S. B.O. Rank to date* 1 $258.4 2 226.5 3 128.4 4 128.1 5 113.7 6 93.7 7 89.5 8 79.5 9 96.7 10 64.0 11 45.5 12 42.9 13 38.3 14 41.7 15 31.3 16 31.3 17 29.5 18 29.0 19 49.0 20 24.4

* Distributors receive roughly half of box office revenue, on average.

Source: Top 10 provided by Entertainment Data Inc.