“Hunger Games,” “Krampus” top box office chartsDecember 7, 2015 - 15:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Wake Hollywood up when “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” arrives. With two weeks to go before Luke, Leia, Han and a phalanx of stormtroopers and droids descend on multiplexes, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” topped box office charts in an otherwise quiet weekend. The science-fiction sequel earned $18.6 million, pushing its stateside haul to $227.1 million, Variety reports. The weekend after Thanksgiving is historically one of the slowest of the year and the 2015 edition didn’t break with tradition. Studios largely steered clear. There was only one new major release in “Krampus,” a darkly comic horror film from Legendary and Universal that picked up a solid $16 million. The story of a horned demon who injects a sinister edge into a suburban family’s Christmas celebrations stars Adam Scott and Toni Collette. It was directed by Michael Dougherty (“Trick ‘r Treat”) and had been projected to pull in between $10 million and $13 million. Without much in the way of new blood, a trio of holdovers rounded out the top five. “Creed” rode Oscar buzz and strong word-of-mouth to a third place finish, racking up $15.5 million to drive the “Rocky” spinoff’s domestic total to $65.1 million. “The Good Dinosaur” tied for third with $15.5 million, dropping off more than expected and falling roughly 60%. Usually Pixar and Disney films have better holds, but this is a sign that audiences aren’t responding to the picture with the enthusiasm they showed for other efforts such as “Toy Story” and “Inside Out.” The animated film has earned $75.9 million so far. “Spectre” took fifth position with $5.4 million. The latest James Bond adventure has generated $184.5 million since opening at the beginning of November. 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 | 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. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |