John Horn

A lowbrow, low-budget comedy from a first-time director has trampled a sophisticated, $40 million Hollywood satire from Oscar-winning director James L. Brooks. "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" grossed $12.1 million for...

Three new films hit movie screens last weekend and only one-"Blink"-stuck. The flops included the movie version of the old TV series "Car 54, Where Are You?," which made $791,000...

`Philadelphia," starring Tom Hanks as a lawyer fighting AIDS and discrimination, vaulted into first place in its first weekend of wide release. Many of the figures for the three-day holiday...

Booming overseas returns and record domestic box-office grosses made 1993 one of Hollywood's best years. Some moviegoers groused about high ticket prices, but megahits like "Jurassic Park" and "The Fugitive"...

The "Addams Family" sequel won the weekend box office hands-down, but its relatively modest $14.1 million gross leaves the movie's future in the lurch. Hollywood prognosticators were expecting an opening...

They were one for all and all for one, and this week "The Three Musketeers" were also No. 1 at the box office. The movie made $10.6 million in its...

Domestic movie theaters set a box-office record for the fifth consecutive month in October, and 1993 ticket grosses are on a pace to set a record. Last month's returns of...

Two new films failed to knock "Demolition Man" out of first place at the box office while an improbable story about the Jamaican bobsled team emerged as the season's sleeper...

The dinosaur movie "Jurassic Park" has earned $704.7 million worldwide, passing the alien film "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" as the all-time moneymaker at the box office, according to figures released Monday....

`The Fugitive" took in almost as much money during its second weekend of release as it did during the first, keeping it No. 1 at the box office and indicating...