"The Lego Batman Movie" retains box office domination February 20, 2017 - 10:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The Lego Batman Movie" still dominated North American box office over the holiday weekend. "The Lego Movie" spin-off earned an estimated $34.2 million domestically and is expected to gain more on President's Day on Monday, February 20, AceShowbiz reports. "Lego Batman", which still attracted moviegoers in family demography on its second weekend, once again defeated erotic romance "Fifty Shades Darker" starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan. The "Fifty Shades of Grey" sequel based on E.L. James' best-selling book earned an estimated $21 million domestically. Although the romance flick hasn't reached number one yet, it was steady on the second place of the chart for two weeks in a row. Matt Damon-starring "The Great Wall" entered the weekend box office chart on the third place. Despite its $150 million production budget, the historical monster movie premiered only to an estimated $18.1 million over its first three-days in North America. The movie distributed by Universal Pictures did quite well overseas, though, particularly in China. So far, it earned approximately $244 million from international territories. "This is absolutely a strategy that's worldwide," said Nick Carpou, distribution chief for Universal. "Worldwide, we are one of many markets." "John Wick: Chapter 2" starring Keanu Reeves as the titular hitman dropped to the fourth place over the holiday weekend, but still got a quite satisfying cume. The "John Wick" sequel gained an estimated $16.5 million and therefore earned an estimated total of $58.7 million domestically. New Line comedy "Fist Fight" starring Charlie Day, Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan rounded out the top five. The comedy earned roughly $12 million domestically. Meanwhile, "A Cure for Wellness" didn't have a very good start. The gothic medical horror thriller was poorly reviewed by critics and only earned an estimated $4.2 million in its domestic debut. The movie directed by Gore Verbinski sat on the tenth place of the box office chart.   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 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 skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: 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”. |
