Boxoffice-August.11.1975

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'Beyond the Door' 435;
'S.O.S.'al420inNY
NEW YORK.—-BcNond llu- Door.' iIk
Italian exorcist thriller, kept its first place
Enough." "Bite the Bullet" and the Disney
bill. "Herbie Rides Again" and "Robin
Hood."
:Average Is 100)
Baronet—-Noshville (Para), 8th wk 275
Beekman—Love and Deoth (UA), 7th wk 200
Cinema The Doy of fhe Locust (Para),
13th wk 235
Cinema II— Noshville (Para), 8th wk 385
Cinerama—Cooley High (AlP), 6th wk 240
Coronet The Fortune (Col), 1 1 th wk 180
Criterion Cleopatra Jones and the Casino
of Gold :WB), 3rd wk 100
East 59th Street 2 Cooley High (AlP), 4th wk. . . 95
86th Street East—S. O. S. (Milky Tone News) ..420
Guild— Bcnii (Mulberry Square), 6th wk 285
Notional Beyond the Door (Film Ventures Int'l),
2nd wk 450
Paramount Love and Death (UA), 8th wk 150
Paris CharloHe (Gamma III), 6th wk 180
Radio City Music Holl Hennessy (AlP) 120
Rialto II Intimate Teenagers .Mishkin),
14th wk 270
RKO 86th Street Twin I Cooley High (AlP),
6th wk 205
68th Street Playhouse Kamourasica (New Line
Cinemo), 3rd wk 90
Sutton Love and Death (UA), 8th wk 280
Trans-Lux East Beyond the Door
(Film Ventures Int'l), 2nd wk 420
World Naked Come the Stranger
(Catalyst Films), 1 1th wk 345
Ziegfcid— Rollerboll (UA), 6th wk 1 50
"RoUerbair Rocks Baltimore
At 545; "Panther' Is Hot 435
BALTIMORE — "Rollcrball" rocked to
the top with 545 in a third fast week at Cinema
II. "The Return of the Pink Panther"
turned in a nice 435 in a sixth week at two
houses while "Jaws" gripped three theatres
with a slashing 245 in a seventh outing.
Cinema I, Liberty II The Return of the
Pink Panther !UA), 6th wk 435
Cinemo II— Rollerboll (UA), 3rd wk 545
Playhouse Molizia (Para), 3rd wk 160
Three theatres— Jaws (Univ), 7th wk 245
Towson, Westview IV— Monty Python and the
Holy Grail 'SR), 3rd wk 205
Westview Nashville (Poro), 2nd wk 135
Westview III Jacqueline Susann's Once
NORTH JERSEY
genji" recently opened an exclusive engagement
at General Cinema's Brunswick
Twin Cinema One in Brunswick and, in its
third week, was reporting good grosses there.
position by conjuring up a 435 average in
second round the National (450) and
its at
Trans-Lux East (420). "S.O.S.." a new porno
John Scher'.s Capitol in Passaic ha.s begun
new policy of presenting strippers on
a
from Screw Magazine, debuted at the
stage during midweek, in addition to its
S6th Street East with a second place 420.
regular policy of showing three X-rated
•'Naked Came the Stranger" moved down
films. The Capitol normally presents live
one step to third place. .345 for the 11th
rock concerts on weekends. .Scher began the
round at the World.
stripper policy recently by announcing the
"Nashville" remained in fourth place,
appearance of Liz Renay, billed as "The
averaging 330 for the eighth week at the
Queen of the Strippers." According to Capitol
Baronet (275) and Cinema II (385). "Benji"
ads. a new show will be presented every
moved down two notches to fifth place,
Monday.
doing 285 business at the tiny but wellattended
Guild for the sixth week. Down RKO-SW"s Branford in Newark, managed
one position was "Intimate Teenagers." 270 by Leo Goldman, had John Daniels, star
and the long run champ in the 14th installment
of the new film "Candy Tangerine Man"
at Rialto II.
New York's heat wave, with temperatures
make in-person appearances at the theatre
during the recont engagement of that film
hovering at 100 degees. didn't do anything there. Daniels was on hand to greet patrons
in
to diminish business for "Jaws": the sihowcase
the lobby and to sign autographs.
winner took in $1 million in its seventh
week at air-conditioned houses. Following
this were "Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not
Richard Feinstein, area fikn booker who
res'des in Fair Lawn, recently celebrated
his 40th birthday at a party given by his
many friends. Highlight of the event was
the presentation of a blown-up portrait of
Feinstein's face superimposed over a picture
of Xaviera Hollander's body, with the caption
reading "Richard Feinstein, the Happy
Booker!"
Roland Hassanein, who operates the Verona
in Verona and Cinema 23 in Cedar
Grove, recently returned from a two-week
vacation . . . Also back from a two-week
holiday spent at the South Jersey shore is
Jack Smith. North Jersey/ Rockland County,
N.Y., division manager of UA Theatres.
Movie production continues to flourish in
Paterson, where Robert Sudol, Wallington,
is directing the shwning of a feature-length
film titled "Cwir's Keep." Described by
Sudol as a Gothic horror-fantasy, the picture
is being lensed on location at Palerson's
famed Lambert's Castle, high atop Garrett
Mountain. Being familiar with the area,
Sudol said he felt Lambert's Castle and the
surroundiing paths and greenery would provide
an ideal backdrop for a horror tale. In
addition to Sudol. Paterson director Alfred
Sole also is in the process of shooting a fibn,
"Communion." in the area.
Elwood in Atlantic City
Alters Operating Policy
NEWARK.. N.J.—The Elwood Theatre
here, operated by Jim Gilette, is now open
Friday through Sunday only, featuring regular-run
American films. Previously, the
theatre had been in operation full time presenting
Spanish films.
In addition to the new operating hours
and film policy, Gilette has begun a new
price policy of $1 for all seats at all times.
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Norbury Theatre Reopens
EI.LENVILI E. N.Y. — The Norbury
Theatre, shuttered since November 1974,
was reopened recently through the efforts
of the members of the Pioneer Engine Company.
The firefighters plan to use any profits
from the venture to augment their company's
building
fund.
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