. -Dogs . . : . . The Five Holdovers Attract 'Excellent' OTTAWA Business at Winnipeg Indoor Units WINNIPEG Business remained steadj with the best returns coming from holdovers: •Rocky." "Slap Shot," "The White Buffalo," •Annie Hall" and "Islands in the Stream" .ill "excellent." "Fun With Dick .ukI J.mc" ended a 13-week run siill above average. Capitol Rocky [UA), 14th wk 1 xcellent Colony The Van lAFD), 2nd wk Good Centre—The Eagle Has Landed ... . Very Good (PR' Fair Slap Shol (Univ), 8th wlc Excellent Fun With Dick and lane (Astral), 13th wk. Good Metropolitan—The White Builalo lUA). vi. Excellent Northstar 1 Islands in the Stream (Para). 2nd wk. Excellent Odeon—The Crater Lake Monster (PR) Poor Polo Park—Annie Hall (UA), 2nd wk Excellent 'Jabberwocky' 'Excellent' In Edmonton Opening EDMONTON—"Jabberwocky," a fresh new screen look, and "Rocky." the boxoffice champion of 13 weeks before Edmonton audiences, each posted "excellent" in a week thai also saw a quartet of "very good" results posted on the barometer. Highly touted "Annie Hall." new on the Capital Square 3 screen, had one of these "very good" marks and the others went to "Mr. Billion." "Airport '77" and "The Eagle Has Landed." Capitol Square 2—Rocky (UA), 13th wk Excellent Capitol Square 3—Annie Hall (UA) Very Good Capitol Square 4— Mr. Billion (BVFD), 4th wk Very Good Garnecfu—Jabberwocky (Amb) Excellent Meadowlark, Plaza 2—Nasty Habits (IFD) Good Odeon 1—Airport '77 (Univ), 7th wk Very Good Odeon 2—The Eagle Has Landed (Astral), 5th wk Very Good Paramount— Black Sunday (Para), 6th wk Good Plaza 1—The Van (PR) Good Westmount B—3 Women (BVFD) Poor 'Pom Pom Girls' Complete 52 Weeks in Calgary CALGARY—"Pom Pom Girls" — rounded a full year at the Marlborough Square 3 and still was grossing at an average rate. Most of the business in town, however, was well above-average and the barometer could boast of seven "excellent" results after all returns were in. Four of these "excellent" gross reports came from theatres showing first-week "The Van," "Nasty Habits," "Annie Hall" and "Jabberwocky." Holdovers "Rock\." "Slap Shot" and "Wizards" picked off the other "excellent" grades. Calgary Place 1—Mr. Billion (BVFD), 4th wk Very Good Calgary Place 2—3 Women (BVFD) Poor Chinook—Rocky (UA), 13th wk Excellent Grand 1- Slap Shot (Univ), 7th wk Excellent Grand 2—Strange Shadows in an Empty Room i.l Fair Mall 3—Jabborwocky (Amb) Excellent Market Mall 4—Wizards (BVFD), 5th wk. Excellent Market Mall 5, 6— The White Bufialo (UA) Very Good Marlborough Square 3— Pom Pom Girls (PR), 52nd wk. ...Fair North Hill, Westbrook 1—Nasty Habits (PR) Excellent Odeon 1, Uptown 2—Breaker! Breaker! (Astral) Good Palliser Square 1 — Annie Hall (UA) . Excellent Towne Red— Dirty Hands (IFD), 3rd wk Fair U: . .-.n 1 Airport '77 [Univ), 7th wi ..Good Westbrook 2— Slumber Party Girls (PR) Poor Westbrook 3- The Van (PR) excellent 'Annie Hall' Leads Grossing Returns From Montreal MONTREAL—City theatres collected one "excellent" and eight "very good" barometer ratings as Montreal people turned out in substantial numbers to view available products. "Annie Hall," third week at the Claremont Theatre, had the most enthusiastic following and was the film winning the "excellent" recognition. Atwater—Slap Shot (Univ), 8th wk Very Good Avenue—Nasty Habits (PR), 4th wk Very Good Claremont—Annie Hall (UA), 3rd wk. Excellent Eros—Love Clinic (PR), 3rd wk Good Loews—Rocky (UA), 16th wk Very Good Loews—Black Sunday (Para), 7th wk Very Good Loews—The Late Show (WB), 6th wk Very Good Palace—Behind the Shutters (PR) Good Place du Canada—The Car (Univ) Good- Place Ville Marie—Islands in the Stream (Para), 3rd wk Very Good Van Home— Pipe Dreams (Astral) Good York—Jabberwocky (Amb), 2nd wk Very Good French Films Berri—A Plains Gaz (PR), 3rd wk Very Good Champlain—Touche Pas a Mon Gazon (Col) Fair Le Dcfuphin— Jonas (Mutuel) Good Pansien— L'Heritage (DRM), 2nd wk Very Good Heat, Festival of Spring Hurt Ottawa Film Grosses OTTAWA—More hot weather, including a record high 92, plus the Festival of Spring, took a severe toll from theatre grosses in the report period. About the only decent boxoffice take in town was at the St. Laurent 1, where the third week of "Slap Shot" rated "excellent." Capitol Square 1—Nasty Habits (PR), 2nd wk Good Capitol Square 2—Voyage ol the Damned (Astral), 2nd wk Fair Capitol Square 3—The Late Show (WB) _, 4t.h wk Good Elgin—Annie Hall (UA), 2nd- wk Good Elmdale—The Eagle Has Landed (Astral) 6th wk pair Little Elgin—Rocky (UA), 16th wk. ... Good Nelson—Young Frankenstein (BVFD), 2nd wk. Good- Place de Ville 1—Jabberwocky (Amb) Fair Place de Ville 2—The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (Astral) Fair Queensway, Somerset—The Car (Univ) Very Good St. Laurent 1—Slap Shot (Univ), 3rd wk Excellent St. Laurent 2— Fun With Dick and Jane (Astral) '3th wk Fa. ir JJrnif Warren of the Elgin spent a week in Montreal . Canadian-made film, "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane," moved out of the Place de Ville after one week, with United Artists' "The White Buffalo" taking over the screen. "Audrey Rose" finally moved into the Capitol Square May 20, while "Nasty Habits" took up residence at the Capitol 2, sending "Voyage of the Damned" on its way. "The Late Show" was held over in Capitol 3. The week-long "Festival of Spring," formerly called the Tulip Festival, drew fantastic weather with the result that participants packed Majo's Hill Park, overlooking the Parliament buildings. Among the events that brought out pleasure-seekers, some of whom hopefully also attended motion picture theatres, were rock concerts, arts and crafts shows and a flotilla barge down the Rideau. A marathon race was held on a Sunday, with hundreds of spectators packing the route to cheer the competitors. The gala also garnered much publicity via a rilling by the LIBO. It was decreed that the word "beer" could not be used in the festival's Beer Garden. Probably because the civil servants in Toronto didn't have anything better to do, they ordered that the offensive word "beer" be removed from all advertising, which caused a great many bleeps on the radio. Needless to say, this irritated most of the city. Lowell Green, talk-show host on CFRA Radio, asked his - listeners what would be an alternative title, for "beer garden." To the delight of Green, one woman suggested "Sidney's Forbidden Garden"—after the man responsible. Minister Sidney Handleman. In view of this flap and the recent federal customs ban on the May issue of Penthouse, it would appear governmental agencies really don't have much of importance to do. Universal's multi-Academy Award winner, "The Sting," bowed May 27 at the Odeon Elmdale. Also set to open there was "The Other Side of Midnight." Muhammad Ali's bio-pic, "The Greatest," moved into the St. Laurent as "Fun With Dick and Jane" ended a pleasant three-month-run there . . . "Young Frankenstein" held for a third week at both the Nelson and the Britannia Drive-In. Following "Jabberwocky" at the Place de K MP's 'Town' Grosses Big In Chicago Multiple Bow CHICAGO—"The Town That Dreaded Sundown," American International Pictures' latest release, grossed a pleasing $243,045 in its first week of a multiple engagement in this area. Most of the 34 theatres participating in the booking held the picture for additional screen time. Ville is Sam Peckinpah's "Cross of Iron.' :; - Some complaints were registered anenl "Jabberwocky," because the film is billed as Monty Python's "Jabberwocky"—and only one member of the group has a starring role. Monty Python animator Terry Gillian" directed the feature. Extra attractions for dusk-to-dawn show: at drive-ins for the Victoria Day weekenc included: "The Raven" and "Clones," botl (Continued on page K-4) K-2 BOXOFFICE :: June 6, 197'
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