The Top Movies, Weekend of December 23, 1994

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Dumb & Dumber	New Line	Comedy	$15,586,425	-4.75%	2,470	$6,310	$40,732,713	10
2	(2)	The Santa Clause	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$9,784,889	+9.83%	2,352	$4,160	$123,230,876	45
3	(new)	Street Fighter	Universal	Action	$9,508,030		1,671	$5,690	$9,508,030	3
4	(3)	Disclosure	Warner Bros.	Drama	$8,425,301	+15.12%	2,168	$3,886	$33,016,747	17
5	(new)	Ri¢hie Ri¢h	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,830,302		1,748	$3,335	$8,042,750	5
6	(new)	Little Women	Sony Pictures	Drama	$5,303,288		1,503	$3,528	$5,422,237	5
7	(new)	The Jungle Book	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$5,129,959		1,880	$2,729	$5,129,959	3
8	(5)	Speechless	MGM	Romantic Comedy	$3,330,105	-16.10%	1,404	$2,372	$9,140,183	10
9	(4)	Drop Zone	Paramount Pictures	Action	$3,185,420	-20.91%	1,905	$1,672	$17,562,085	17
10	(33)	Nell	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,159,400	+4,941.89%	835	$3,784	$3,295,558	12
11	(new)	I.Q.	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$3,131,201		2,222	$1,409	$3,131,201	3
12	(new)	Mixed Nuts	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,307,850		1,318	$1,751	$3,108,626	5
13	(6)	The Lion King	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$2,028,169	+9.49%	1,360	$1,491	$295,132,896	194
14	(new)	Ready to Wear	Miramax	Comedy	$2,026,295		736	$2,753	$2,026,295	3
15	(7)	Star Trek: Generations	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$1,657,871	-10.24%	1,201	$1,380	$68,186,934	38
16	(8)	Junior	Universal	Comedy	$1,205,145	-32.38%	1,354	$890	$28,729,130	33
17	(12)	Pulp Fiction	Miramax	Drama	$1,081,071	+12.53%	407	$2,656	$60,731,182	73
18	(9)	A Low Down Dirty Shame	Walt Disney Pictures	Action	$1,056,019	-31.05%	718	$1,471	$25,387,684	33
19	(10)	Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles	Warner Bros.	Horror	$955,416	-24.79%	995	$960	$98,448,078	45
20	(11)	Miracle on 34th Street	20th Century Fox	Drama	$905,469	-28.44%	975	$929	$16,346,491	38
21	(13)	Stargate	MGM	Action	$685,424	-1.43%	775	$884	$67,280,619	59
22	(18)	Forrest Gump	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$462,448	+35.62%	240	$1,927	$297,225,072	173
23	(41)	The Specialist	Warner Bros.	Action	$418,681	+901.94%	945	$443	$55,210,742	80
24	(22)	The Swan Princess	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$295,280	+12.87%	716	$412	$8,107,154	38
25	(14)	The Pagemaster	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$295,106	-52.66%	567	$520	$10,550,515	33
26	(50)	Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle	Fine Line	Drama	$289,282	+1,203.31%	62	$4,666	$593,167	33
27	(21)	Bullets Over Broadway	Miramax	Comedy	$246,205	-7.65%	153	$1,609	$8,227,360	66
28	(16)	The River Wild	Universal	Action	$244,445	-43.89%	388	$630	$44,726,010	87
29	(20)	The Mask	New Line	Comedy	$237,954	-10.81%	310	$768	$118,212,833	150
30	(25)	The Last Seduction	October Films	Thriller/Suspense	$194,229	+35.03%	50	$3,885	$2,087,826	61
31	(27)	Natural Born Killers	Warner Bros.	Black Comedy	$188,887	+52.52%	400	$472	$49,889,658	122
32	(15)	The Professional	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$174,082	-61.86%	270	$645	$18,005,937	38
33	(39)	To Live	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$151,799	+245.59%	22	$6,900	$397,293	38
34	(19)	Little Giants	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$140,655	-51.68%	380	$370	$19,090,711	73
35	(24)	Red	Miramax	Drama	$138,124	-6.23%	30	$4,604	$782,811	33
36	(28)	Immortal Beloved	Sony Pictures	Drama	$137,126	+14.17%	4	$34,282	$324,482	10
37	(23)	Heavenly Creatures	Miramax	Drama	$112,130	-24.70%	56	$2,002	$1,052,260	40
38	(re-entry)	Milk Money	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$110,577		229	$483	$17,642,320	117
39	(new)	Legends of the Fall	Sony Pictures	Drama	$101,670		6	$16,945	$101,670	3
40	(new)	Nobody's Fool	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$92,838		6	$15,473	$92,838	3
41	(47)	Vanya on 42nd Street	Sony Pictures	Drama	$91,340	+208.36%	28	$3,262	$612,569	68
42	(31)	Hoop Dreams	Fine Line	Documentary	$83,575	-9.98%	36	$2,322	$1,798,414	73
43	(26)	Clerks	Miramax	Comedy	$79,564	-37.53%	73	$1,090	$2,212,192	68
44	(17)	Trapped in Paradise	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$76,177	-80.85%	295	$258	$5,701,280	24
45	(52)	Love Affair	Warner Bros.	Drama	$75,602	+258.22%	725	$104	$18,152,029	66
46	(new)	Death and the Maiden	Fine Line	Drama	$74,366		6	$12,394	$74,366	3
47	(32)	Jason's Lyric	Gramercy	Drama	$53,429	-27.08%	74	$722	$20,373,716	89
48	(29)	Clear and Present Danger	Paramount Pictures	Action	$52,420	-53.35%	82	$639	$121,627,039	145
49	(new)	A Man of No Importance	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$40,954		5	$8,191	$40,954	4
50	(36)	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Gramercy	Comedy	$39,181	-26.65%	31	$1,264	$10,147,536	138
51	(46)	Queen Margot	Miramax	Drama	$34,826	+9.57%	5	$6,965	$766,924	192
52	(54)	Cobb	Warner Bros.	Drama	$34,815	+85.37%	9	$3,868	$194,732	24
53	(38)	The Shawshank Redemption	Sony Pictures	Drama	$33,771	-32.54%	60	$563	$16,375,076	94
54	(44)	Quiz Show	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$29,534	-25.59%	25	$1,181	$21,815,795	103
55	(40)	Terminal Velocity	Walt Disney Pictures	Action	$25,897	-39.59%	19	$1,363	$16,455,799	94
56	(51)	Eat Drink Man Woman	Goldwyn Entertainment	Comedy	$21,070	-0.22%	24	$878	$6,986,338	145
57	(53)	Boys Life	Strand	Drama	$19,309	-6.64%	4	$4,827	$214,794	94
58	(re-entry)	Le Colonel Chabert	October Films	Drama	$19,101		2	$9,551	$186,136	94
59	(34)	In the Army Now	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$17,670	-67.54%	30	$589	$28,826,224	136
60	(37)	Squanto: A Warrior's Tale	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$17,238	-66.26%	34	$507	$3,319,344	59
61	(42)	Color of Night	Walt Disney Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$16,148	-59.74%	22	$734	$19,704,774	129

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