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Your support makes all the difference.TOP 10 UK
1 (1) Seven ..................... (pounds 2,672,896) US
2 (3) Babe (pounds 1,246,896) Aus
3 (2) Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (pounds 1,007,601) US
4 (4) Goldeneye (pounds 444,107) UK
5 (-) Showgirls (pounds 406,671) US
6 (5) Something to Talk About (pounds 183,792) US
7 (7) The Indian in the Cupboard (pounds 152,640) US
8 (6) The American President (pounds 151,070) US
9 (10) The Horseman on the Roof (pounds 52,630) France
10 (-) Devil in a Blue Dress (pounds 51,344) US
TOP 10 US
1 (1) Twelve Monkeys ($11,501,140) US
2 (-) Don't Be a Menace ($9,632,409) US
3 (-) An Eye for an Eye ($7,929,086) US
4 (2) Grumpier Old Men ($7,621,851) US
5 (4) Toy Story ($7,369,912) US
6 (3) Jumanji ($7,014,656) US
7 (7) Heat ($6,691,991) US
8 (5) Waiting to Exhale ($6,460,005) US
9 (-) Bio-Dome ($6,018,203) US
10 (6) Father of the Bride 2 ($5,229,044) US
Chart supplied by Screen International
The full title of America's highest new entry is (deep breath) Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood. It's a tardy spoof of black cinema with yet more members of the ubiquitous Wayans clan. Also new in the US: John Schlesinger's provocative Eye for an Eye, with Sally Field hunting Kiefer Sutherland, the psychopath who killed her daughter. Her time would be better spent hunting the fools who helped Showgirls (above) into the UK top 10.
(All figures denote weekend box-office only)
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