BOX-OFFICE CHARTS

TOP 10 LONDON

1 (1) The Nutty Professor (pounds 5,181,745) US

2 (-) Jack (pounds 560,834) US

3 (2) Courage Under Fire (pounds 1,111,147) US

4 (4) Emma (pounds 3,406,126) US

5 (3) Independence Day (pounds 35,641,312) US

6 (5) A Time to Kill (pounds 3,160,511) US

7 (5) Last Man Standing (pounds 1,643,623) US

8 (8) Jude (pounds 474,919) UK

9 (7) Striptease (pounds 2,166,470) US

10 (-) Jane Eyre (pounds 627,845) US

Charts supplied by 'Screen International'

TOP 10 US

1 (-) The Ghost and the Darkness................................($9,215,063) US

2 (1) The First Wives Club............................................($9,129,015) US

3 (-) The Long Kiss Goodnight ($9,065,363) US

4 (-) The Chamber ($5,612,095) US

5 (3) That Thing You Do ($4,929,221) US

6 (4) D3: The Mighty Duck ($4,161,537) US

7 (2) The Glimmer Man ($4,093,674) US

8 (5) Extreme Measures ($1,641,575) US

9 (6) Fly Away Home ($1,603,033) US

10 (9) Independence Day ($1,296,679) US

The Nutty Professor is holding off all comers in the UK, doing twice as much business as its nearest revival, Jack, the latest Robin Williams-in-grown-man's-body vehicle. Over in America three films rule. The First Wives Club is being squeezed hard by Michael Douglas's The Ghost and the Darkness and The Long Kiss Goodnight, on which plenty hangs for Geena Davis.