July Fourth was on a Thursday in 1991. There were 14 key films whose total gross was $88 million. TriStar's Terminator 2: Judgment Day opened in first place with $31.8 million and a six day cume of $52.3 million. It was followed by Paramount's The Naked Gun 2 ½ ($11.6 million), Warners' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves ($10.3 million), Columbia's City Slickers ($8.2 million) and Universal's Problem Child opening ($5.4 million and a five day cume of $7.6 million).

In 1990 July Fourth fell on a Wednesday. Fourteen key films grossed a total of $66 million with Paramount's Days of Thunder opening in first place ($15.5 million and a five day cume of $21.5 million). Also in the top five were Buena Vista's Dick Tracy ($10.1 million), Orion's Robocop 2 ($6.4 million), TriStar's Total Recall ($6 million) and Paramount's Another 48 Hours ($5.4 million).

OTHER OPENINGS

This weekend also saw the arrival of Fireworks Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films' R rated romantic drama Me Without You to a hopeful ESTIMATED $39,000 at 3 theaters ($12,975 per theater).

Directed by Sandra Goldbacher, it stars Michelle Williams and Anna Friel.

SNEAK PREVIEWS

There were no national sneak previews this weekend.

EXPANSIONS

On the expansion front this weekend Gold Circle Films and HBO's PG rated romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding added more theaters via IFC Films in its 12th week with a still attractive ESTIMATED $2.5 million (+25%) at 499 theaters (+6 theaters; $5,055 per theater). Its cume is approximately $23.6 million.

Directed by Joel Zwick, it stars Nia Vardalos and John Corbett.

Miramax's PG rated comedy The Importance Of Being Earnest added theaters in its seventh week with an unexciting ESTIMATED $0.5 million (+7%) at 216 theaters (+8 theaters; $2,315 per theater). Its cume is approximately $5.9 million.

Directed by Oliver Parker, it stars Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench and Tom Wilkinson.

United Artists' R rated satiric comedy Pumpkin went wider in its second week via MGM Distribution with a soft ESTIMATED $54,000 at 19 theaters (+11 theaters; $2,832 per theater). Its cume is approximately $109,000.

Directed by Adam Larson Broder and Tony R. Abrams, it stars Christina Ricci, Hank Harris and Brenda Blethyn.

WEEKEND COMPARISONS

Key films -- those grossing more than $500,000 -- took in approximately $151.2 million, up 19.29 percent from last year when they totaled $126.75 million.

Key films were up about 9.29 percent from the previous weekend of this year when they grossed $138.35 million.

Last year, Warner Bros.' opening week of Cats & Dogs was first with $21.71 million at 3,040 theaters ($7,141 per theater); and Dimension's opening week of Scary Movie 2 was second with $20.5 million at 3,220 theaters ($6,368 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $42.2 million. This year, the top two films grossed an ESTIMATED $72.9 million.