Boxoffice-May.21.1979

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New York
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All Almost Perfect Affair (Para),
Trans-Lux East (8,500).
4th wk 1 2.000
Battlestar Galactica (Univ), 50 theatres.
1st wk 300.000
La Cage Aux FoUes (UA). 68th
Playhouse St. (5.200). 1st wk. .. 22,000
Death of a Bureaucrat (Tricontinental),
Cinema Studio II (3,700),
1st wk 8,000
Fedora (UA). Cinema Studio 1 (5,000),
5th wk 9,000
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
(New Line), Paris (9,000),
22nd wk 8,000
.\ Little Romance (Orion-WB), Sutton
(9,000), 4th wk 21,800
Manhattan (UA), 9 theatres,
4th wk 340.000
Saint Jack (New World). Cinema 1
(10.400). 4th wk 19.900
Teresa the Thief (World Northal).
Gemini 1 (7.500). 2nd wk 1 1.000
Winter Kills (Avco). 47 theatres.
1st wk 250,000
New Haven
The Champ (MGM-UA), Showcase
III, 6th wk 70
The China Syndrome (Col), Millord
II, 9th wk 80
The Deer Hunter (Univ), Showcase
V, 10th wk 125
House of Shame (,SR), Milford Twin
D-I. 1st wk 150
Love at First Bite (Al), Cinemart II,
4th wk 115
Manhattan (UA). Showcase I.
2nd wk 350
Murder by Decree (Avco). York
Square Cinema. 1st wk 200
The Promise (Univ). Showcase II.
3rd wk 70
The Silent Partner (EMC). Showcase
IV. 3rd wk. 145
Tourist Trap (Compass), Milford
Twin D-I. Screen Two, 1st wk 175
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The Champ (MGM-UA), Cinema II,
6th wk
The China Syndrome (Col),
Westview IV, 9th wk
The Deer Hunter (Univ), Towson,
12th wk
The Last Embrace (UA), Cinema I,
2nd wk
Love at First Bite (AI), Westview I,
Patterson I, 3rd wk
Manhattan (UA). Westview II,
2nd wk
Buffalo
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
(Univ). 1 theatre, 6th wk
The Champ (MGM-UA), 3 theatres.
4th wk
The China Syndrome (Col),
3 theatres. 8th wk
Coming Home (UA). 2 theatres.
6th wk
Dawn of the Dead (SR), 2 theatres.
1st wk
The Deer Hunter (Univ). 1 theatre,
11th wk
Firepower (SR), 5 theatres, 1st wk. .
The Last Embrace (UA), 4 theatres.
1st wk
Love at First Bite (AI), 3 theatres,
2nd wk
Manhattan (UA), 3 theatres, 1st wk.
Old Boyfriends (Avco), 2 theatres,
2nd wk
Silent Partner (SR), 2 theatres,
1st wk
Tourist Trap (SR), 4 theatres, Isl wk.
Hartford
The Champ (MGM-UA), Showcase
VI, 6th wk
The China Syndrome (Col), Cinema I,
UA Westfarms 3. 9th wk
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Circle of Iron (Avco), Cinema City
IV, Cine Enfield I, 1st wk 150
The Deer Hunter (Univ), Showcase IV,
10th wk 135
Here Comes the Bride (SR), Art Cinema,
2nd wk 175
The Innocent (Analysis), 3 theatres,
2nd wk 165
The Last Embrace (UA), Cinema City
II, Elm I. 2nd wk 135
Love at First Bite (AI), Showcase
II, 5th wk 120
Manhattan (UA), Showcase I,
2nd wk 375
Norma Rae (20th-Fox), Cinema Cily
III, Elm II, 6th wk KM)
The Promise (Univ), UA East III.
3rd wk 50
Richard Pryor—Live in Concert (SEE),
Showcase III. 3rd wk 175
The Silent Partner (EMC), Showcase
V, 2nd wk 200
Take Down (BV), 3 theatres, Isi wk. . . 100
Tourist Trap (Compass), Manchester.
Pike D-Is. 1st wk 200
Your Turn, My Turn (New Yorker).
Atheneum. 1st wk. 90
PHILADELPHIA
pete Ciccotta, Universal branch manager in
this area, arranged an invitational sneak
preview of "The Prisoner of Zenda" at the
SamEric Theatre in advance of its May 25
opening at Ihat theatre.
For "Dreamer," Bob Sokolsky in the Philadelphia
Bulletin, finds: "The performances
and direction of this bowling film are more
wooden than the pins, turning the entire
movie into one long, wide gutter ball."
Russell A. Miles is the new owner of the
Waverly Theatre in suburban Drexel Hill.
Desmond Ryan in the Inquirer sees
Woody Allen as "an imposing filmmaker"
in "Manhattan." stating that Allen has
"solved problems on the use of humor that
directors in the lower reaches of screen
comedy hardly know exist."
Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy
films and the like make up the programs
for the "Old Time Motion Picture Show"
at The Old Schoolhouse in Medford. N..T..
complete with hot popcorn, lemonade, penny
candy, and even a light-heailed 25 cenls
for admission.
Samuel Rudofker, president of After Six
Formal Wear, and Continental Bank president
Roy T. Peraino are serving as co-chairmen
for the world premiere of "Rocky 11"
here, followed by a $100 gala reception and
dance at the Philadelphia Museum of Art to
benefit the Police Athletic League. Originally
scheduled lor June 8 at Budco's Midlown
Thcatie. the premiere has been postponed
10 Jinie 14 due to "technical reasons" involving
the soundtrack.
Black Films and Filmmakers, a traveling
film series, makes its Philadelphia debut at
the Afro-American Historical &. Cultural
Museum, running consecutive Sundays at
3 p.nr throuyh Jinie 17. The four-part series
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