Box - Office CHART

Topping the US chart: Billy Madison, nicknamed Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest by US critics. Like Jim Carrey's Dumb and Dumber (still riding high in fifth place), it's another comedy celebrating the cult of stupidity, and stars Adam Sandler. Paul Newman has just been Oscar-nominated for his impressive performance as an irresponsible small-town loser in Nobody's Fool (above).

TOP 10 US

1 (-) Billy Madison.......................................................... US

2 (-) The Quick and the Dead....................................... US

3 (1) Legends of the Fall.................................................. US

4 (2) Boys on the Side...................................................... US

5 (5) Dumb and Dumber................................................. US

6 (6) Nobody's Fool.......................................................... US

7 (4) In the Mouth of Madness...................................... US

8 (9) Murder in the First................................................ US

9 (3) The Jerky Boys........................................................ US

10 (7) Highlander 3: The Sorcerer................................... US

Chart compiled by Screen International