"Finding Dory" tops North American box office for 3rd straight weekJuly 4, 2016 - 16:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Finding Dory" tops North American box office for a third straight week. The Disney animation remains unmoved at the peak with an estimated $41.9 million (42.6% decrease), bringing its total domestic income to $372.2 million so far. It is projected to earn $50.5 million in the four-day Fourth of July weekend, AceShowbiz reports. "Finding Dory" is expected to overtake "Toy Story 3" ($415 million) as the highest grossing Pixar movie of all time at the domestic box office by next week. Other records the "Finding Nemo" sequel is looking to take over is the highest grossing Disney animated film ("The Lion King", $422.8M) and the highest-grossing animated film of all time ("Shrek 2", $441.2M). The "Finding Nemo" sequel narrowly beats "The Legend of Tarzan" which debuts in the second place. The adventure epic film rakes in an estimated $38.1 million, above the expectation of $30 million. The film earned an A- CinemaScore from moviegoers. "We're in a much better place today than we thought we were going to be," Jeff Goldstein, head of distribution for Warner Bros., said. He added, "We're positively looking forward. Friday came in much stronger than we thought. Yesterday was much stronger than we thought." Another newcomer "The Purge: Election Year" starring Frank Grillo and Elizabeth Mitchell opens to an estimated $30.9 million to secure the third place. The film makes back its budget which is estimated at $10 million. Also opening in theaters last week, "The BFG" nabs the fourth place with an estimated $19.6 million. Landing on the fifth place is "Independence Day: Resurgence", which drops three spots with an estimated $ 16.5 million domestically. 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 | Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh. France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |