Boxoffice-March.1988
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A GOOD REASON WHY MOVIES COST SO<br />
MUCH<br />
Unable lo agree on billing for Outrageous<br />
Fortune," Belle Midler and Shelley Long<br />
forced Buena Visia lo strike two different sets<br />
of prints and posters, each giving one of the<br />
actresses the more prominent spot.<br />
A BETTER REASON WHY MOVIES COST SO<br />
MUCH<br />
Dustin Hottman and Warren Beatty (reportedly<br />
paid S6 million apiece for "Ishtar")<br />
Sylvester Stallone (reportedly paid $12 million<br />
for "Over the Top")<br />
Bill<br />
Cosby (paid untold millions for "Leonard<br />
Part b").<br />
These three films combined grossed under<br />
$35 million by year's end.<br />
A LANDFILL BY ANY OTHER NAME...<br />
Alter a disastrous lirst sear Oino I)e Laurentiis<br />
stepped down from his own company<br />
and suggested that the De Laurentiis Entertainment<br />
Croup come up with a new moniker.<br />
WORST FISCAL YEAR<br />
DEC stock staggered into 1487 at 12 3/4 By<br />
year's end, it had been beaten down to 13/<br />
16 Why' Well tell you why<br />
THE RELEASE SCHEDULE FROM HELL!<br />
Five goofl reasons DEC teeters at the brink oi<br />
insolvency<br />
1. "From the Hip"<br />
2. "King Kong Lives "<br />
3. "Tai-Pan"<br />
4 'Million Dollar Mystery<br />
5 "Date with an Angel"<br />
BEST LINE IN "SPACEBALLS"<br />
"What are we - in France'<br />
COOLEST NAME OF A MA|OR STUDIO<br />
PRESIDENT<br />
Dawn Steel, new head ol Columbia<br />
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT<br />
"Straight to Hell<br />
Rurtners-up<br />
"Ishtar"<br />
"Someone To Watch Over ,Me "<br />
MOST DISAPPOINTING BOXOFFICE<br />
"Innerspace. " a critically and popularly<br />
praised Steven Spielberg project, should have<br />
been this year's "Back to the Future " It<br />
wound up making less than Harry & the<br />
Hendersons "<br />
THE RUN-D.M.C. AWARD FOR INTIRTAIN-<br />
MENT-RELATED VIOLINI CRIME<br />
Patrons of Eddie Murphy Raw" were responsible<br />
for shootings and gang violence at<br />
screenings in Los Angeles and Baltimore<br />
"<br />
THE "SOLID CRANITl BACKBONE<br />
AWARD<br />
lo New York mayor Ed Koch, who rallierl<br />
moviegoers to boycott Manhattan theatres<br />
charging a $7 admission, then was spolte
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