WEEKEND BOX OFFICE : ‘Pacific Heights’ Reaches Top

With ticket sales of $6.9 million, the yuppie thriller “Pacific Heights” claimed the No. 1 spot in its opening weekend. Starring Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine as landlords who rent their San Francisco apartment to a cunningly deranged Michael Keaton, the 20th Century Fox film--directed by John Schlesinger--opened at 1,278 theaters for a per-screen average of $5,409. With ticket sales of $5.8 million, Martin Scorsese’s “GoodFellas” slid to second place, but with only a 9% drop over the film’s opening weekend. Meanwhile, Paramount’s “Ghost” climbed more than 5%, with ticket sales of $5.4 million and has now surpassed the $150 million mark.

* Peter Bogdanovich’s “Texasville,” the sequel to the 1971 “The Last Picture Show,” earned just $823,534 on 354 screens--averaging $2,326 a screen.

Movie Weekend Screens/ Weeks in Total (Studio) Gross Average Release Gross 1.”Pacific Heights” $6.9 1,278 1 $6.9 (20th Century Fox) Million $5,509 Million 2.”GoodFellas” $5.8 1,291 2 $14.8 (Warner Bros.) Million $4,556 Million 3.”Ghost” $5.4 1,323 12 $155.2 (Paramount) Million $3,078 Million 4.”Postcards From the Edge” $4.1 1,323 3 $23.2 (Columbia) Million $3,100 Million 5.”Narrow Margin” $1.9 1,253 2 $6.5 (Tri-Star) Million $1,563 Million *”Texasville” $823,534 354 1 $823,534 (Columbia) $2,326

SOURCES: Exhibitor Relations Co.