Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie

The radioactive reptiles did it again. New Line Cinema's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" snapped up $18.8 million in ticket sales during their second week at the box office--bringing grosses to a shell-shocking $50.9 million. In release at 2,226 screens, the Turtles commanded a startling $8,452-per-screen. It's an assault that's expected to continue this week, since many youngsters are currently on spring break.

After what must seem like an eternity to weary parents and sales-starved makers of rival toys, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle mania is cooling. Sales of that gang of four pizza-chomping sewer dwellers--a whopping total of about $1.1 billion at retail over the past four years--dropped by about one-third this year, and analysts expect sales to taper off even more in 1992.

Every time you look over your right shoulder, there is another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles T-shirt. Every time you look over your left shoulder, there is another National Football League jacket or jersey. Pacific Outlook Sportswear Inc. decided it was time to get the two of them together. The NFL/Turtles will team up to produce girl's tops and boy's shirts which will be sold through major department and specialty stores, the Anaheim-based company announced.

If Christ were to return to Jerusalem today, would he be permitted to live in the Christian quarter or would his presence be unacceptable because he is a Jew? JOYCE FISHMAN Apple Valley

Every time you look over your right shoulder, there is another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles T-shirt. Every time you look over your left shoulder, there is another National Football League jacket or jersey. Pacific Outlook Sportswear Inc. decided it was time to get the two of them together. The NFL/Turtles will team up to produce girl's tops and boy's shirts which will be sold through major department and specialty stores, the Anaheim-based company announced.

Warning! Little Ninja People have descended on Orange County! Head for the hills! Or, if you want to catch a glimpse of them, head for your local theater. You can't miss the Little Ninja People--they look surprisingly like children. But they're odd little creatures. They congregate in dark auditoriums. They communicate in a strange language, using words like "cowabunga." And they worship mutant turtles. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to be specific.

Natural Kids Foods Inc. in Westlake Village was started in 1989 by three entrepreneurs looking for a niche in the children's food business. They found it in a big way. Since the company's all-natural fruit juices for children first appeared in supermarkets about a year ago, Natural Kids Foods has grown to become one of the nation's largest fruit juice marketers.

On Monday morning, April 2, as Hollywood counted the weekend box office receipts, marketing minds all over town fixed upon a single tongue-twisting title, put in the form of a question: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"? What were they? Where did they come from? And how did a movie with a title like that make $25 million in its opening weekend, an especially impressive figure since it was compiled in large part from children's lower ticket prices? The No.

Showtime Networks Inc. announced Tuesday that it has signed a deal to acquire the exclusive cable-TV rights to seven New Line Cinema films, including the record-shattering "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," which is close to becoming the highest grossing independently-released film in history.

Natural Kids Foods Inc. in Westlake Village was started in 1989 by three entrepreneurs looking for a niche in the children's food business. They found it in a big way. Since the company's all-natural fruit juices for children first appeared in supermarkets about a year ago, Natural Kids Foods has grown to become one of the nation's largest fruit juice marketers.

If Christ were to return to Jerusalem today, would he be permitted to live in the Christian quarter or would his presence be unacceptable because he is a Jew? JOYCE FISHMAN Apple Valley

On Monday morning, April 2, as Hollywood counted the weekend box office receipts, marketing minds all over town fixed upon a single tongue-twisting title, put in the form of a question: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"? What were they? Where did they come from? And how did a movie with a title like that make $25 million in its opening weekend, an especially impressive figure since it was compiled in large part from children's lower ticket prices? The No.

Showtime Networks Inc. announced Tuesday that it has signed a deal to acquire the exclusive cable-TV rights to seven New Line Cinema films, including the record-shattering "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," which is close to becoming the highest grossing independently-released film in history.

The radioactive reptiles did it again. New Line Cinema's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" snapped up $18.8 million in ticket sales during their second week at the box office--bringing grosses to a shell-shocking $50.9 million. In release at 2,226 screens, the Turtles commanded a startling $8,452-per-screen. It's an assault that's expected to continue this week, since many youngsters are currently on spring break.

After what must seem like an eternity to weary parents and sales-starved makers of rival toys, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle mania is cooling. Sales of that gang of four pizza-chomping sewer dwellers--a whopping total of about $1.1 billion at retail over the past four years--dropped by about one-third this year, and analysts expect sales to taper off even more in 1992.

Moviegoers shelled out $25.3 million at the weekend box office to see a quartet of heroic, man-size, pizza-eating, surf jargon-spouting "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." The film paced an unusually active weekend at the movies that saw "Pretty Woman" outperform its first weekend in release and also saw business jump for Oscar winners "Driving Miss Daisy" and "My Left Foot." But the heroes of the box office were New Line Cinema's heroes on the half shell.

Moviegoers shelled out $25.3 million at the weekend box office to see a quartet of heroic, man-size, pizza-eating, surf jargon-spouting "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." The film paced an unusually active weekend at the movies that saw "Pretty Woman" outperform its first weekend in release and also saw business jump for Oscar winners "Driving Miss Daisy" and "My Left Foot." But the heroes of the box office were New Line Cinema's heroes on the half shell.

Warning! Little Ninja People have descended on Orange County! Head for the hills! Or, if you want to catch a glimpse of them, head for your local theater. You can't miss the Little Ninja People--they look surprisingly like children. But they're odd little creatures. They congregate in dark auditoriums. They communicate in a strange language, using words like "cowabunga." And they worship mutant turtles. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to be specific.