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'Rocky' Rings Up Excellent' First<br />
Week at New Vancouver Multiplex<br />
VANCOUVER — The opening of ihe<br />
Capitol 6 dominated the Granville Mall and<br />
the city boxoffices. The big winner was<br />
"Rocky," the only picture in the city to post<br />
"excellent" figures. The theatre also opened<br />
with "The Last Tycoon," "The Late Show,"<br />
"Voyage of the Damned," "Bound for<br />
Glory" and "Thieves." Other newcomers<br />
included "The Littlest Horse Thieves,"<br />
"The Slipper and the Rose" and "Strange<br />
Shadows in an Empty Room."<br />
Capitol 6—Rocky (Para) Excellent<br />
Capitol 6—The Last Tycoon (Para)<br />
Good<br />
Capitol 6—The Late Show (WB)<br />
Fair<br />
Capitol 6—Voyage oi the Damned<br />
(BVFD) Very Good<br />
Capitol 6—Bound for Glory (UA) Poor<br />
Capitol 6—Thieves (Para) Good<br />
Coronet—Strange Shadows in an Empty Room<br />
(Astral)<br />
Poor<br />
Coronet—Exit the Dragon. Enter the Tiger (PR),<br />
2nd wk<br />
Average<br />
Denman Mall—The Pink Panther Strikes Again<br />
(UA), 15th wk Very Good<br />
Downtown—The Cassandra Crossing (BVFD),<br />
4th wk Average<br />
Fine Arts—The Story ol Joanne (PR), 2nd wk Fair<br />
Lougheed Mall—Wizards (BVFD),<br />
3rd wk Very Good<br />
Lougheed Mall—Network (UA), 15th wk Good<br />
Odeon—Fun With Dick and Jane (Astral),<br />
5th wk Average<br />
Park—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ) Good<br />
Park Royal—The Littlest Horse Thieves<br />
(BV) - Average<br />
Stanley—A Star Is Bom (WB), 14th wk Good<br />
Varsity—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 4th wk Fair<br />
'Dick & Jane,'<br />
'Freaky Friday,'<br />
'Rocky' 'Excellent' in Winnipeg<br />
WINNIPEG—"Fun With Dick and<br />
lane" joined the steady "Rocky" and<br />
"Freaky Friday" in the "excellent" column<br />
this week. "Bound for Glory" opened to<br />
"very good" grosses as did "The Town That<br />
Dreaded Sundown" while "Wizards" bowed<br />
to "average" returns. "Voyage of the<br />
Damned" ended a four-week run on an<br />
"average" note.<br />
Capitol—Rocky (UA), 6th wk Excellent<br />
Colony—Bound ior Glory (UA) Very Good<br />
Convention Centre—The Cassandra Crossing<br />
(Astral), 5th wk Good<br />
Downtown—Erotic Wives (PR), Love Variations<br />
(PR)<br />
.Average<br />
Garden City—Fury of the Dragon (PR) --..Average<br />
Garrick—Voyage of the Damned (BVFD),<br />
4th wk Average<br />
Garrick—Fun With Dick and Jane (Astral),<br />
5th wk Excellent<br />
Grant Park—Wizards (BVFD) ..._ Average<br />
Hyland, Kings—The Adventures of the Wilderness<br />
Family (PR), 4th wk Good<br />
Metropolitan—Freaky Friday (BV),<br />
4th wk Excellent<br />
Northstar—The Pink Panther Strikes Again<br />
(UA), 14th wk Very Good<br />
Northstar—Silver Streak (BVFD),<br />
13th wk Very Good<br />
Odeon—The Town That Dreaded Sundown<br />
(AFD) Very Gooi<br />
Polo Park—Network (MGM/UA), 7th wk. ..Very Good<br />
'Slap Shot,' 'Airport' Open<br />
'Excellent' in Montreal<br />
MONTREAL—The openings of "Slap<br />
Shot" and "Airport 77" shared "excellent"<br />
honors with "Rocky" which is in its ninth<br />
week here. Other new entries were "La<br />
Chien Enrage" and "The Domino Principle,"<br />
both in the "very good" column and<br />
"Assault on Precinct 13," which grossed a<br />
"good."<br />
Atwater—Slap Shot (Univ) Excellent<br />
Avenue— Bound for Glory (UA),<br />
4th wk Very Good<br />
Berri—Un Cudavre au Dessert (Col), 5*h wk Good<br />
K-2<br />
Cinema—A Star Is Born (WB),<br />
14th wk<br />
.Very Good<br />
Claremont—Network (MGM/UA),<br />
15th wk Very Good<br />
Decarie Square—The Slipper and the Rose<br />
(Univ), 2nd wk Good<br />
Eros—Banging in Bangkok (Cinepix),<br />
2nd wk<br />
Very Good<br />
Le Dauphin— J. A. Martin Photographe<br />
(NFB), 9th wk Goo:l<br />
Loew's—Rocky (UA), 9th wk ... Excellent<br />
Loew's—The Cassandra Cro.sing (Astrcl),<br />
6th wk Very Good<br />
Loew's— Chatterbox (AFD), 3rd wk Very Good<br />
Parisien—Le Skieur de L'Everest<br />
(Nouveau Reseau), 2nd wk<br />
Very GooJ-<br />
Parisien—Le Chien Enrage (KAR) Very Good<br />
Palace— Assault on Precinct 13 (Astral) Good<br />
Place Desjardins—Barocco (FF), 5th wk Good<br />
Place du Canada—Airport '77 (Univ) Excellent<br />
Place Ville Mane—The Last Tycoon (Para),<br />
6th wk Very Gocd<br />
Snowdon—The Little Girl Who Lives Down the<br />
Lane (Astral), 4th wk Very Good<br />
St. Denis—On Continue a L'Appeler Trinita (FF),<br />
4th wk Good<br />
York—The Domino Principle (Astral) Very Good<br />
'Slap Shot,' 'Airport' Open<br />
'Excellent' in Toronto<br />
<strong>TO</strong>RON<strong>TO</strong>—Two newcomers and two<br />
holdovers broke into the "excellent" column<br />
this week. "Slap Shot" and "Airport '77"<br />
both bowed at the top along with "Islands<br />
in the Stream" in its fourth week and<br />
"Rocky" in its 14th week. Other new entries<br />
included "The Late Show" and "Breaker!<br />
Breaker!" at "very good" and "Not<br />
Now, Comrade," "poor."<br />
Coronet—Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (PR),<br />
2nd wk Poor<br />
Eglmton—Freaky Friday (BV), 6th wk Good<br />
Fairlawn—The Slipper and the Rose (Univ),<br />
3rd wk Good<br />
Fairlctwn—Fun With Dick and lane (Astral),<br />
6th wk Gooi<br />
Hollywood North—The Pink Panther Strikes Again<br />
(UA), 14th wk Good<br />
Hollywood South—The Late Show<br />
(WB) Very Good<br />
Hyland—Slap Shot (Univ) Excellent<br />
Hyland— Airport '77 (Univ) Excellent<br />
Imperial Six—The Enforcer (WB), 13th wk Good<br />
Imperial Six—Breaker! Breaker!<br />
(AFD)<br />
Very Good<br />
Imperial Six—Chatterbox (AFD), 3rd wk Good<br />
Imperial Six—Come Home and Meet My Wife<br />
(IFD), 2nd wk Good<br />
Imperial Six—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral),<br />
6th wk<br />
International Cinema—Not Now Comrade<br />
Good<br />
AFD Poor<br />
( )<br />
Plaza—Network (MGM/UA), 15th wk<br />
Plaza—Voyage of the Damned (Astral),<br />
Very Good<br />
14th wk<br />
Good<br />
Towne Cinemd— Islands in the Stream (Para),<br />
4th wk Xxcellent<br />
University—A Star Is Born (WB),<br />
13th wk Very Good<br />
Uptown—Rocky (UA), 14th wk Excellent<br />
Uptown—Silver Streak (BVFD),<br />
14th wk Very Good<br />
Uptown—Wizards (BVFD), 6th wk Good<br />
York—Fellini's Casanova (Univ), 7th wk Fair<br />
Six Holdovers 'Excellent'<br />
At Edmonton Boxoffices<br />
EDMON<strong>TO</strong>N—In spite of seven new entries,<br />
the six "excellent" here were recorded<br />
by holdovers. Hitting the top were "Rocky,"<br />
"Network," "A Star Is Born," "Fun With<br />
Dick and Jane," "The Cassandra Crossing"<br />
and "The Pink Panther Strikes Again."<br />
Avenue—Voyage of the Damned (Astral) Poor<br />
Capilano—Never a Dull Moment:<br />
Three Caballeros (BV) .<br />
Poor<br />
Capitol Square—Wizards (BVFD), 3rd wk Good<br />
Capitol Square—Rocky (UA), 6th wk Excellent<br />
Capitol Square—Network (UA), 7th wk Excellent<br />
Capitol Square—The Town That Dreaded<br />
Sundown (AFD) Good<br />
Gameau—A Star Is Bora (WB), 13th wk Excellent<br />
Jasper Blue—The Shaggy D.A. (BV), 3rd wk Fair<br />
Londonderry A—Freaky Friday (BV),<br />
6th wk - Very Good<br />
Londonderry B Thieves (Para), 3rd wk Fair<br />
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Meadowlark, Rialto—Fun With Dick and Jane<br />
(Astral), 5th wk. excellent<br />
Odeon—The Confessional (IFD), 2nd wk. Good<br />
Odeon—Cousin Cousine (PR), 2nd wk Fair<br />
Paramount—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral),<br />
4th wk Excellent<br />
Plaza—Special Delivery (AFD)<br />
Plaza—Blood in the Streets (PR)<br />
Poor<br />
Poor<br />
Rialto— Aces High (Astral) .... Fair<br />
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Strand—Born for Hell; Hellhouse Girls (AFD) Fair<br />
Westmount A—The Pink Panther Strikes A'; i.i<br />
(UA), 14th wk Excelli<br />
Westmount B—Bound ior Glory (UA), 2rd wk<br />
'The Town That Dreaded Sundown'<br />
Opens 'Excellent' in Calgary<br />
CALGARY—"The Town That<br />
Dreaded<br />
Sundown" opened at the Grand with "excellent"<br />
grosses, an honor shared with six<br />
holdovers. They are "A Star Is Born," "The<br />
Pink Panther Strikes Again," "Rocky," "Silver<br />
Streak," "Fun With Dick and Jane"<br />
and "Network."<br />
Calgary Place—A Star Is Born (WB),<br />
13th wk Excellent:<br />
Calgary Place—The Pink Panther Strikes Again<br />
1<br />
(UA), 14th wk Excellent<br />
Chinook—Rocky (UA), 6th wk Excellent<br />
Grand— Silver Streak (BVFD), 13th wk. Excellent<br />
Grand—The Town That Dreaded Sundown<br />
(AFD)<br />
Excell<br />
Marlborough Town Square, Westbrook— The<br />
Confessional (IFD)<br />
North Hill, Uptown—Fun With Dick and Jane<br />
1<br />
5th wk excellent<br />
Palace—Never a Dull Moment; Three Caballeros<br />
(BV), 2nd wk Very Goo.<br />
Palliser Square—Network (UA), 6th wk Excelle<br />
Palliser Square— It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet<br />
(AFD), 3rd wk Very Goo<<br />
Towne Red—The Sentinel (Univ), 6th wk. Very Got<br />
Uptown—The Cassandra Crossing (Astral),<br />
5th wk Very<br />
Westbrook—Victory at Entebbe (WB) Fai<br />
Westbrook—Mysteries of the Gods (PR),<br />
2nd wk Fai<br />
Journal, Air Canada Hold<br />
Oscar Contest in Ottawa<br />
OTTAWA—Monday evening, March 28<br />
wasn't just an important night in Holly<br />
wood—a lot of people in this city waitei<br />
breathlessly<br />
were,<br />
too.<br />
to learn who the Oscar winner<br />
Early last month, the Ottawa Journa<br />
in conjunction with Air Canada's 40th ar<br />
niversary, offered a flight for two to Lc<br />
Angeles as first prize in the newspaper<br />
Academy Awards contest. Entrants wei<br />
asked to select winners in each of 13 catij<br />
gories and then mail their contest blanl<br />
festival<br />
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to the Journal. One or two tricky categorit<br />
were included, such as best foreign fill<br />
More II<br />
and best adapted screenplay.<br />
Besides the trip via Air Canada to Li<br />
i of tke<br />
Angeles, visits to motion picture studii<br />
ndept<br />
were included as part of the top prize.<br />
Consolation prizes included: Two doub<br />
Will C<br />
passes for the remainder of the year<br />
Famous Players and 20th Century theatr<br />
in Ottawa and one double pass for t'<br />
remainder of the year to Odeon houses<br />
Ottawa; a weekend for two (including a<br />
commodations and one dinner for two)<br />
the Holiday Inn, 100 Kent St.; two priz<br />
of a superb full-color book about the Mc<br />
treal and Innsbruck Olympics in 1976, al<br />
Journal sweatshirts, film books and varic><br />
other prizes to "reward good effort."<br />
A happy feature of the competition v><br />
that any person could enter more than on<br />
making a calculated guess on the outcoi?<br />
of the Academy Awards. Entries were ju