COMING ATTRACTIONS

The fall movie calendar is glutted with pictures--promising a feast for viewers and fierce competition among film distributors. Exhibitor Relations, a Los Angeles consulting firm, counts 34 movies set for September, compared with 20 a year ago. The October count is 49 vs. 24, and November looks like 21 vs. 20. But the numbers could change as companies try to squeeze in dozens of movies that don’t yet have firm release dates. John Krier, partner in the consulting firm, says movies have piled up as the big studios delayed some earlier-planned releases (e.g., Universal’s “Amazon Women on the Moon”). Krier’s “genre” scoreboard for the majors’ fall releases: drama--10; comedy--9; human relationships--8; suspense--7; fantasy adventure--2; horror--2; plain adventure--1, and animated--1.