“Fifty Shades Darker” tops social media buzz January 17, 2017 - 10:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Universal’s “Fifty Shades Darker” topped social media buzz last week with an impressive 152,000 new conversations, Variety reports citing media-measurement firm comScore and its PreAct service. The studio released the soundtrack listing on Jan. 12, three days after Taylor Swift also posted a “first look” of her soundtrack music video with Zayn Malik. PreAct estimates that a total of 1.12 million new conversations have been generated for the sequel, which opens on Feb. 10. The sequel depicts an escalating romance between the characters played by Dakota Johnson (Anastasia Steele) and Jamie Dornan (Christian Grey) with plenty of steamy scenes and shadowy figures from Christian’s past emerging. “Fifty Shades Darker” also led the “most talked-about movies” chart during the previous week in the wake of releasing an extended trailer during the season premiere of “The Bachelor.” Disney-Pixar’s “Cars 3” generated 59,000 conversations, thanks to the release of an extended teaser on Jan. 9 — five months ahead of its June 16 debut. The upcoming film will focus on Lightning McQueen, voiced by Owen Wilson, enlisting his new friend Cruz Ramirez as a technician to compete against a new generation of racers. The characters Mater (voiced by Larry the Cable Guy), Sally (Bonnie Hunt), and Ramone (Cheech Marin) will return. Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” produced nearly 31,000 new conversations in the wake of the Jan. 11 announcement that John Legend and Ariana Grande would collaborate on the title track. The studio also released a featurette on Jan. 13. “Beauty and the Beast” has now generated over 644,000 conversations since the studio began promoting the live-action film, starring Emma Watson. It opens March 17. Paramount’s “xXx: The Return of Xander Cage” generated 27,100 new conversations last week. The action sequel, starring Vin Diesel, opens nationwide on Friday. Universal’s horror-thriller “Split,” directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring James McAvoy as a man with 23 different personalities, generated 14,000 new conversations last week. It also opens nationwide on Friday. Warner Bros.’ “The Lego Batman Movie” produced nearly 12,000 conversations in the wake of being featured in a joint TV spot with Chevrolet on Jan. 14. “Lego Batman,” a spinoff of 2014’s “The Lego Movie,” opens on Feb. 10.  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 Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year.Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan.Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan.Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |
