Sofia Coppola’s “The Bling Ring” starts strong at indie box office June 17, 2013 - 19:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Writer-director Sofia Coppola’s “The Bling Ring” made off with a strong $210,001 from just five locations in its debut this weekend for distributor A24, TheWrap said. That’s a strong $42,000 per-theater average for the crime comedy, which stars Emma Watson, as well as Taissa Farmiga, Leslie Mann and Kirsten Dunst. It’s based on the Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch -- aka the Bling Ring -- a group of teenagers who pulled off some brazen heists of celebrity homes, including those of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel Bilson, Megan Fox and Orlando Bloom, taking up to $3 million worth of goods. It is Coppola’s best opening in a decade. Her “Lost in Translation” took in $40,221 from 23 locations in 2003. And it’s way better than her last film, “Somewhere,” which averaged $17,012 on seven theaters in 2010.   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 Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
