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      ‘WARNER
      BROS.
      IS
      #1
      STUDIO
     
    
   
   
    
     
      :
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “ONCE
      AGAIN
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      Hot
      on
      the
      heels
      of
      its
      biggest
      fourth
      quarter
      on
     
    

    
     
      history,
      Warner
      Bros.
      announced
      that
      it
      has
      placed
     
     
      number
      one
      in
      domestic
      market
      share
      for
      the
      fifth
     
    

    
     
      _
      time
      in
      ten
      years
      with
      a
      market
      share
      of
      13.9%,
      an
     
     
      unprecedented
      accomplishment
      was
      made
      by
      Dr.
     
    

    
     
      Barry
      Reardon,
      President
      of
      Warner,
      Bros.’
      Domes-
     
     
      tic
      Theatrical
      Distribution,
      who
      noted
      that
      the
      studio
     
     
      is
      also
      first
      for
      1991
      in
      domestic
      film
      rentals.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Warner
      was
      previously
      the
      box-office
      leader
      in
      1981,
     
     
      1984,
      1985
      and
      1989.
      Its
      first-place
      performance
      this
     
     
      year
      was
      propelled
      by
      the
      summer
      blockbuster
      release
     
     
      from
      Morgan
      Creek,
      ‘‘Robin
      Hood:
      Prince
      of
     
     
      Thieves,’’
      which
      grossed
      $165,494,000
      in
      the
      U.S.
     
     
      and
      Canada.
      The
      studio’s
      ascendancy
      was
      further
     
     
      fuelled
      by
      such
      hit
      pictures
      as
      ‘‘Doc
      Hollywood,’
     
     
      with
      $54,730,000
      in
      receipts;
      ‘‘New
      Jack
      City,’’
      with
     
     
      $47,605,000;
      ‘‘Out
      For
      Justice,’’
      with
      $39,364,000;
     
     
      **Curly
      Sue,’’
      with
      $30,337,000
      and
      ‘‘Don’t
      Tell
     
     
      Mom
      The
      Babysitter’s
      Dead,’’
      with
      $25,196,000.
     
     
      -
      JFK,’’
      which
      opened
      December
      20,
      had
      grossed
     
     
      $30,855,000
      in
      less
      than
      three
      weeks
      and
      ‘‘The
      Last
     
     
      Boy
      Scout,’’
      with
      and
      early
      December
      opening,
      had
     
     
      tallied
      $43,812,000;
      both
      are
      still
      playing
      to
      sold-out
     
     
      houses
      around
      the
      country.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
          
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      H!IREDA
      Body
      GUARD
      FoR
     
     
      You.
      LOOK
      MR
      MUFFIN,
      I
      F
     
    

    
     
      YOU'RE
      GOING
      TO
      RUN
      FoR
     
     
      PUBLIC
      OFFICE
      YOu
      HAVE
      TO
     
     
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      OF
      THESE
      THINGS
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Warner
      Bros.
      has
      totalled
      the
      third-best
      year
      in
      it’s
     
     
      history,
      with
      billings
      of
      more
      than
      $399
      million
      in
      the
     
     
      U.S.
      and
      Canada.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      23,
      1992
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