It's hard to compare the two since while DK 1-1 is sort of a crap shoot, in dkjr 1-1 you are in even less control. If you don't get a two-drop on the first fruit (luck based) you can probably forget a 13k+ score, and that's even if everything else cooperates. I think I've gotten 14,500 before, but that was a long time ago so I'm not sure.
Edit: Yeah it was 14,500, I still have the screenshot for some reason.