‘Goldeneye’ Hits $70 Million

In light of the success of “Toy Story,” one nickname for Walt Disney Studios could be Profits R Us.

That, at least, seems to be the case with the new computer-animated feature from the studio that Walt built. According to figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations Co., “Toy Story” captured the No. 1 spot for the second straight week.

The $20.2 million it racked up brought its overall gross to a cool $64.7 million.

That puts it on line to be the 1994 holiday season’s big hit, ahead of other high-grossers such as “GoldenEye” (No. 2 at $8.8 million, $70 million in three weeks), “Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls” (No. 5 at $6 million, $93.9 million in four weeks) and “Get Shorty” (No. 9 at $1.72 million, $64.6 million in seven weeks).

In contrast, the week’s major openers fared poorly. “White Man’s Burden,” the film that stars John Travolta as an oppressed man in a world where African Americans hold the reins of power, debuted at No. 8 with a $1.73 million gross.

And back at No. 12., the Jeff Bridges vehicle “Wild Bill” took in just $988,000.

Woody Allen’s new movie, “Mighty Aphrodite,” rounded out the weekend’s top 20. The film, which is scheduled to open in Spokane Dec. 15, grossed $250,000 while playing in 189 locations, upping its six-week total to $4.4 million.

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