Disney’s stellar “Into the Woods” launches solidly with $1.1 million December 26, 2014 - 13:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Disney’s star-studded movie musical “Into the Woods” has launched solidly with $1.1 million in Christmas Eve shows in North America, Variety said. That figure is far ahead of the Dec. 18 latenight opening for Sony’s musical “Annie,” which opened with $360,000, and just behind Disney’s animated “Big Hero 6″ at $1.4 million. “Into the Woods” expands into 2,440 theaters on Christmas Day. The cast includes Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Johnny Depp, Chris Pine, Daniel Huttlestone, Tracey Ullman and Christine Baranski. Rob Marshall directed “Into the Woods,” based on the Stephen Sondheim musical first launched in 1986. Box office trackers expect “Into the Woods” to finish the four-day Christmas weekend with $26 million to $29 million domestically. Universal’s war drama “Unbroken” also launched respectably with $850,000 in Christmas Eve showings at 1,979 North American theaters. Universal is expanding “Unbroken” into 3,131 locations on Christmas Day. Two other films are opening — Sony’s controversial “The Interview” at more than 300 locations and the Weinstein Co.’s “Big Eyes” at 1,307. Additonally, Sony began streaming “The Interview” on Wednesday via four digital platforms — an unprecedented step for a major film. New Line-MGM’s second weekend of “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” looks likely to come out on top in the $30 million to $35 million range. “Five Armies” took in $6 million at 3,875 locations on Christmas Eve to lift its eight-day U.S. total to $114 million.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
