Boxoffice-October.07.1968

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You Ar& Whof ^ou Eaf 400 Opener
In New York; Charly' Pleasing 350
NEW ^ ORK— lt\ slill uncertain just how
the teachers" strike affected boxoffice
grosses here but for the most part business
was steady if unspectacular. The general
dearth of new product was not helping, causing
at least one Broadway house to play a
p.cture which had already been pretty well
played out at a nearby theatre. There were,
however, some big new openers.
In its first week at the Baronet, "Charly"
chalked up the biggest gross of the year for
that house and looked to do well for some
time to come. "You Are What You Eat'" was
another huge grosser in its opening sessions
at the Carnegie Hall Cinema. That house has
been considerably prettied up in a psychedelic
style, in keeping with the filnVs subject
matter. "Bofors Gun"" was disappointing in
its first week at the Sutton.
"Funny Girl"" was still capacity in its second
week at the Criterion, with the ticket
demand resulting in the scheduling of an
additional .Saturday morning performance
which will continue throughout what looks
to be a long run.
Grossing well above average was "Hot
Millions" at the Radio City Music Hall. The
next film scheduled for that showplace is
"The Brotherhood."'
.As in past weeks, the big holdovers weie
Rachel, Rachel,"" "Duffy,"" "The Graduate,"
'Salt and Pepper"" and "Thercse and Isabclle."
(Average Is 100)
Borcnef—Charly (CRC) 350
Holl Cornegie Cinema You Arc Whot You Eot
(CUC) 400
Cnema One— Duffy (Col), 2nd wk 235
Cinema 57 Rendezvous- Le Viol (Freena) 200
Ccronet The Groduote (Embassy), 41st wk 230
Girl (Cc-I), Cr.tericn— Funny 2nd wk 450
DeMiMe— The Stronger Returns (MGM), 3rd wk. ..125
86th Street Eo^t Salt and Pepper (UA), 2nd wk. 150
e t.val Capr:ci;us Summer Sigma III) 120
Any tun Con Ploy i\ Iden), 3rd wk 180
90
3V- Oe-lipus the King
Art— The Groduote
Univ), 2rd wk
Eiibassy), 41st ..130
wk.
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L.tt e Carneg.c- Belle de Jour lAAl, 25th wk.
^,J^o. Hill- The Heort Is o Lonely Hunter
(WB-7A), 9th wk
Cr eans— For Love of Ivy (CRC), 9th wk.
-The Heort Is o Lonely Hunter (WB-7A),
9th wk 125
il, Rochel (WB-7A), 5th wk 375
Roj.u C,t/ Muse Hal- Hot Millions (MGM),
2nd wk. w.th stageshow
85
Ra.to- iherese ond Isobelle (Audubon), 20th wk. 150
R vo 1—Gone With the Wind (MGM), 51st
ot 120
Suttcn—The Bofors Gun Lmivl 10
Icwer East- Rosemary's Baby (Para), 16th wk. ..195
Trans Lux Wet Rachel, Rachel (WB-7A), 5th wk. 360
V.ctcr.a- Salt and Pepper UA), 2nd wk 200
Vainer Cinerama 2001: A Spoce Odyssey
(MCM), 26th wk in Now York 350
'Therese and Isabelle' 200
At Baltimore Mayfair
B.M.TIMORE — A transit strike and a
newspaper strike coincided here, complicating
problems of exhibitors. In the face of this
situation, •'Therese and Isabelle'" opened
with a good 200 and "The Big Gundown"
with 175 for the best grossing marks firstweek
product.
Chores— For Love ot Ivy (CRC), 1 1 th wk 175
Cre t Senatrr Rachel, Rachel (WB-7A), 3rd wk. 200
Five West— Interlude Col), 7th wk 150
H:pprdr^me--The Big Gundown (Col) 175
L.tt e—The Queen (SR) 125
(^^^,0 r—Therese ond Isabelle (Audubon) ...... .2(30
•Rachel' 135, 'Baby' 130
Top Grosssrs in Buffalo
BUFFALO — "Rachel, Rachel"" and
"Rosemary's Baby'" were the boxoffice
leaders, the former racking up 135 in its
third week at the Center while "Rosemary's
Baby" rated 130 in a sixth week at the Amherst
and Cinema.
Center— Rochel, Rachel (WB-7A); '3rd wk 135
Granada
Therese and Isabelle (AudubonK
'Barbarella' Opens Oct. 11
In Three NYC Theatres
Nl VV YORK — Paramount Pictures'
space-age fantasy "Barbarella," starring Jane
Fonda in the title role, begins its triple-theatre
New York City premiere engagement on
Friday (11). The Panavision-Technicolor
atiract'on will be at presented the Forum.
Loew"s Cine and the Murray Hill Theatres.
"Barbareila," ;et
in the year 40,000 on the
mythical and mysterious planet Lythion. also
stars John Phillip Law and Marcel Marceau.
David Hemmings irakcs a special guest appearance
as Dildano and Ugo Togna//i pornavs
Mark Hand.
Senator Javits, Dignitaries
At 'Light Brigacle' Debut
NIAV YORK— Senator Jacob Javits. England's
ambassador to the United Nations
Lord Caradon and producer Otto Preminger
will be among the many notables attending
the American invitational premiere of Tony
Richardson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
on Sunday (6) at the Fine Arts Theatre
here. Trevor Howard and David Hcmmings
were co-hosts with United Artists.
which is releasing the motion picture.
Other first night celebrities included:
Lillian Hellman, Norman Lear, Frank Peri\,
Jules Pe'ffer, Leonard Sillman. David Susskind,
Arlene Francis, Martin Gabel, Jill Haworth,
Barbara Walters, Ina Balin, Tina
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Scalla, Gene Rayburn, Dick Cavitt, .Sonny
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Fox, Soupy Sales, and many others prominent
in the theatrical, motion picture and
television fields.
"The Charge of the Light Brigade," which
also stars Vanessa Redgrave. John Gielgud,
Harry Andrews and Jill Bennett, will begin
its regular reserved-seat engagement at the
Fine Arts on Monday ( 7 )
In the picture. Howard portrays Lord
Cardigan, the handsome, wealthy and arrogant
commander of the Light Cavalry Brigade,
who led his troops foolishly but gallantly
against the massed Russian cannim.
David Hemmings has the role of Capt.iin
Nolan, the controversial Irish officer, who
carried the ambiguous order that precipitated
the charge. The motion picture differs
sharply from the traditional treatment of the
charge, immortalized by Alfred Lord Tenn\-
'Shoes of Fisherman' Has
Big Mail Order Response
NFW YORK— Mail order response from
the first announcement in the New ^ork
Times of the world premiere reserved-scat
engagement of MGM's "The Shoes ot the
Fisherman" at the DeMille Theatre is running
20 per cent ahead of mail order busiiiLss
from the initial advertisements for two oi
the company's biggest moneymakers, '(lmk-
With the Wind" and "Doctor Zhivago u
was announced by Morris E. Lefko. MCiM
vice-president and general sales manager,
and Mel Maron, MGM roadshow sales manager.
The double page advertiseiiient was printed
in the Sunday Times September 8, two
months before the November 13 premiere.
Last May an announcement of "The Shoes
of the Fisherman" fall opening, minus theatre
and opening date, provided a "priority
list" coupon which also met with outsiaiidiiig
response.
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