Jumanji, starring Dwayne The Rock Johnson along with funnymen Jack Black and Kevin Hart, netted just over US$20 million for the three-day weekend, bringing its total to $317 million in its fifth week out, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations reported. The film follows four teens who find themselves transported inside the video game world of Jumanji. Debuting in second place was “12 Strong” from Warner Bros., starring Chris Hemsworth, about US Special Forces deployed to Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001 attacks. It had a take of $16.5 million. Gritty heist thriller Den of Thieves from STX Films was third on the list in its debut weekend, with $15.3 million. The movie, starring Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Gerard Butler, follows the intersecting lives of the major crimes unit of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and an elite band of robbers. Fox’s The Post dropped to fourth place from second, after pulling in $12.2 million over the weekend for a total take of $45.2 million in four weeks. The political thriller recounts the nail-biting behind-the-scenes story of the 1971 publication by the Washington Post of the Pentagon Papers, which exposed the lies behind US involvement in the Vietnam War. The Greatest Showman, a Fox film about larger-than-life circus impresario P.T. Barnum, netted $11 million to take the fifth spot. It has taken in $113.5 million in five weeks. Rounding out the top 10 were: Paddington 2 ($8.2 million) The Commuter ($6.7 million) Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($6.6 million) Insidious: The Last Key ($5.9 million) Forever My Girl ($4.7 million). Source AFP
Crime thriller "Prisoners," about a father whose daughter is mysteriously kidnapped, took the top spot at the North American box office in its debut weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday. The horror sequel "Insidious: Chapter 2" slid one spot to second place on its second weekend out, raking in $14.5 million, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations. The film, starring Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson as a haunted husband and wife, is a follow up to the successful 2010 horror flick "Insidious." In third place, "The Family," starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro as a mafia clan in witness protection…... [read more]
The estimated three-day opening take for Annabelle, the fourth installment in the popular Conjuring franchise, was considered healthy for a supernatural horror flic. The film stars Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Miranda Otto, Lulu Wilson and Anthony LaPaglia.While this has been a weak summer overall for film, it was a good weekend for Warner Bros, which saw another of its productions, war movie Dunkirk, hold steady at second in the box-office race, with ticket sales of $11.4 million, industry site Exhibitor Relations reported.That movie, starring One Direction singer Harry Styles, depicts the heroic 1940 evacuation of hundreds of thousands of Allied…... [read more]
The reboot of the horror classic "Evil Dead" slayed its rivals in its opening weekend, topping the North American box office with $26 million in ticket sales, industry estimates showed Sunday. "Evil Dead," a reinvention of Sam Raimi's cult 1981 film about a group of friends hunted by demons in the woods, bested stone-age cartoon "The Croods," DreamWorks Animation's latest family crowd pleaser, which took in $21 million. Long-delayed sequel "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" - an action film about a fantasy elite military unit starring Channing Tatum and Bruce Willis - dropped from first to third place at $20.5 million,…... [read more]
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"Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" and "Prometheus" leapfrogged a fairy tale to take the top spots in the North American box office charts over the weekend, industry figures showed Monday. Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Camille Reign and Will Smith attend the "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theatre on June 7 in New York City. "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" and "Prometheus" leapfrogged a fairy tale to take the top spots in the North American box office charts over the weekend, industry estimates showed. Photo: AFP The animated "Madagascar 3," the third installment in the wildly…... [read more]
