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From: dwight@timeinc.UUCP (Dwight Ernest)
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Subject: DUNE is doing well at the box office
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Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 20:20:58 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 19 20:20:58 1984
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Seen on the wire today; thought it would be interesting in light of
the divergent opinions from those who've seen DUNE:

"HOLLYWOOD (AP) -- `Beverly Hills Cop' single-handedly subdued a mob of
Christmas releases over the weekend... [it] grossed $11.5 million
during the weekend to boost its 12-day total to $36.5 million for an
average of more than $3 million a day.
	"`Dune,' the sage of an arid planet's squabbles based on the
popular Frank Herbert science fiction novel, opened well despite the
pressure from the leader, taking in $6 million at 915 theaters."

That makes it second place for the week. It outranked "City Heat,"
"2010," "The Cotton Club," "Starman," and "Runaway," which were,
together, followed by everything else that's in current release.
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