another in a long series of diversions
(I will probably get to another teacher movie tomorrow. But, today--the 30th anniversary of the release of Real Genius , I will be watching... well, Real Genius .) Real Genius was #7 at the box office it's first weekend. Back to the Future was #1 in its sixth weekend. Summer Rental was #2. Pee Wee's Big Adventure (which I never saw in the theater) was #3. European Vacation was #4. Fright Night , which I would see when we rented it from the Wherehouse , was #5. Weird Science , which I wouldn't see until cable, was #6. Rounding out the top ten were Cocoon , Follow that Bird and Silverado . ( Rambo: First Blood Part II was #13 in its 12th weekend, by the way.) Now, that we've got box office out of the way--and let's not even mention how it was the first instance for me of the movie not including something that was in the trailer (Chris (Val Kilmer) floating in a lawn chair dangling from balloons outside a window) but not in the movie. Speaking of which, I sa...