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Wednesday, August 12,1981
PICTURE GROSSES
(WEEK EHBIHG AVBVSTS)
Compiledby Standard Data Corp., N.Y.
TITLE
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
BLOW OUT
TARZAN THE APE MAN
SUPERMAN II
ARTHUR
OISTR
PAR
FOX
FHA
UA
ORI
THIS WEEK
2.306,263
2,020,900
1,577,512
1,536,102
1,390,255
1,226,750
RANK
LAST WEEK
2,611,504
1,657,500
1,520,500
1,864,811
1,407,147
TOTALS
19
15
15
1«
19
18
FUST
RUN
14
12
10
14
13
SHOW
CASE
147
142
165
128
172
97
161
154
175
142
178
110
AVG. PER
SCREEN
14,324
13,122
9,014
10,817
7,810
11,152
WEEKS
ON
CHART
8
44
Compared with 'Blow Out', even the good pictures that have opened this year
look dowdy. Nancy Allen gives the film lts soul; Travolta gives it gravity and weight
and passion. He has a vibratlng physlcal sensitivity like that of a very young Brando.
De Palma has sprung to the place that Coppola reached with the two
'Godfather' mOVJeS." -Pauline Kael. New Yorker Magazine
'"Blow Out' isa
powerhouse thriller.
Not since 'Saturday
Night Fever' has
Travolta been so much
the star. Nancy Allen
isdeeply touching."
Mike Sragow, Rolling Storm
"De Palma seizes the
audience'sattention
from the opening frame
and holds it until the
final goose bump."
Paople Magazine
"Brian De Palma's best
picture and one of the
best pictures of the
year."
Hoger Ebert, Sneak Previews/PBS
"Travolta fans can
rejoice, he is
wonderful."
—Joel Siegel, ABC-TV
"Brian De Palma isa
movie magician.
Travolta's best screen
worksofar.'
Pater Rainer. L.A. Herald Examiner
"Brian De Palma has
made his best movie
to date." Travolta
proves himself to be
an excellent
actor—obstinate,
vulnerable and
totally sympathetic.
Bernard Draw, Gannet Syndicale
"Impeccably directed
and acted. A first-
rate thriller. A real
summertime treat.'
Jeflrey Lyons,
WCBS Radio and
WPIX-TV, Ne» York
"Don't miss 'Blow Out'. John Travolta's performance is strong, assured and
genuinely touching. With its sex, romance, film parody and paranoia,
'BlOW OUt' WHI blOW yOU aWay. -Slephon Schaeler. US Magazine
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TOTAL TO
DATE
27,319,398
47,043,372
3,448,394
3,336,669
25,262,758
4,095,564
