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Article: `Batman' Edges Out `Apollo 13' For Top Box Office Take in '95
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- January 2, 1996
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HOLLYWOOD - The Oscars and various critics' awards are one thing,
but when report cards are handed out in Hollywood, not much is
sweeter than leading the domestic Top 10 box-office list.
The results are now in: The movie "Batman Forever" is the
domestic box-office champ of 1995.
With ticket sales of nearly $184 million, Warner Bros.' third
installment of the Caped Crusader of comic book fame outdistanced
Universal Pictures' space thriller "Apollo 13," which landed in
second place at $172 million.
Joel Schumacher, who directed "Batman Forever," said even he had
his doubts about the movie's box-office potential despite an all-star
cast that included Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey, Tommy Lee ...