“Alice Through the Looking Glass” tops foreign box officeMay 30, 2016 - 12:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Disney’s “Alice Through the Looking Glass” topped the foreign box office, earning a respectable $65 million this weekend from nearly 80 foreign territories, Variety reports. However, the fantasy adventure is still staring at a write-down after bombing domestically, where it earned a meagre $28.1 million in its opening weekend. By the time it ends its run, the follow-up to 2010’s “Alice in Wonderland” will have a hard time even earning half of its predecessor’s $1 billion global haul. “Alice Through the Looking Glass” did particularly well in China, where it generated an estimated $27.1 million. Other territories where it performed well include Mexico with $5 million, Russia with $4.6 million and Brazil with $4.1 million. In its second weekend of international release, Fox’s “X-Men: Apocalypse” added $55 million to its haul. The superhero sequel has earned $250.8 million globally. The film has debuted in most major foreign territories, but China (June 3) and Japan (Aug. 11) are still on deck. Universal and Legendary’s “Warcraft” got a jump on its domestic release, opening to $31.6 million from 20 foreign territories for a fourth place finish. It debuted in first place in Russia with $10 million and topped charts in Germany and France, earning $5.9 million and $4.5 million, respectively. The $160 million video game adaptation needs to do well overseas. It is facing fierce headwinds in North America, where it is tracking to open June 10 to a disappointing $25 million. Another video game adaptation, Sony’s “The Angry Birds Movie,” nabbed third place with $31.8 million, bringing its worldwide gross to $223.5 million. “Captain America: Civil War” rounded out the top five with $12.5 million. The comic-book adventure is the highest-grossing 2016 release, having earned $1.1 billion worldwide. 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 | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |