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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1978
Page
10
Hollywood reports in autumn terms profits and losses from the summer season. Major studios tally box office success with stars John Travolta Burt Reynolds Warren Beatty and disappointments tied to the O Neil family Beatles remakes and disasters.
The article notes Grease leads with 102,377,413 in 70 days in the United States and Canada, with rentals around 60 to 65 percent. Paramount also reports Heaven Can Wait 47,560,115 in 58 days and Foul Play 19,390,471 in 37 days, while Saturday Night Fever adds 21,240,000 since December 16, totaling 121,060,575. Other studio titles include The End 33,583,777 in 16 weeks, Hooper 34,800,000, Revenge of the Pink Panther 27,168,350 in seven weeks, Jaws II surpassing 70,000,000, Damien: Omen II 19,896,000, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan 12,000,000, and mixed results for International Velvet and The Driver. Star Wars re-release campaign yields near 40,000,000, pushing domestic gross toward 260,421,049, while Close Encounters remains strong at 120,000,000 and The Cheap Detective 31,118,249.
Turner County Sheriff Lamar Whiddon says his new quarter horse was stolen from a farmer in Alma about a week after purchase. The registered cutting and roping horse was returned to the rightful owner as Whiddon vows to jail the thief. ON THIS DATE in 1892, Taft was born. The note also reviews 1978 film grosses including The Swarm Jungle Book reissue and Animal House.
Theater Times list showings across ROOSEVELT ROYALE IOWA WORLD PLAZA STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 STAGE 4 EASTOWN EASTOWN II COLLINS TWIN WEST TWIN EAST with titles including The Cat From Outer Space Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Grease The Norseman Heaven Can Wait National Lampoon's Animal House The Buddy Holly Story The Revenge of the Pink Panther Foul Play Jennifer They Came From Within The Devil Within Her At Last At Last Sweet Sugar Teenage Tramp The Incredible Melting Man Bobby Joe and the Outlaw The Norseman and other last shows.
Cedar Rapids Community Theatre opens its fall term for young people with six week sessions. Classes run Saturdays 10 to 11 at CRCT Studio Theatre Annex 1124 Third St SE and Tuesdays after school for junior high. Instructors include Robert Assink and fees are five dollars.
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