"The Revenant" beats “Star Wars” to top box office January 25, 2016 - 10:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Leonardo Dicaprio's "The Revenant" managed to top this weekend's box office with an estimated $16 million from 3,711 theaters. The drama thriller's revenue was down about 50 percent from last week and this might be because of winter storm Jonas that struck the East Coast and claimed at least 18 lives, AceShowbiz reports. Taking the second position on the chart was J.J. Abrams' blockbuster "Star Wars: The Force Awakens". The seventh installment of the "Star Wars" movie series added another $14.2 million in its sixth weekend, pushing its domestic tally to approximately $879.3 million. Meanwhile, last weekend's champ "Ride Along 2" fell to the third place with around $13 million in its second weekend. Starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, the comedy has garnered more than $59.1 million globally. Rounding out the top five were newcomers "Dirty Grandpa" and "The Boy". The Robert De Niro starrer was in the fourth position, launching to around $11.5 million from 2,912 theaters. As for the horror movie, it opened beyond expectation with an estimated $11.3 million from 2,671 locations. "We're very happy, given the circumstances," STX distribution chief Kevin Grayson said. "We're hearing reports of sunny skies in New York and Washington and they'll need some time to dig out from the snow, but I think people will be ready to get out and do something today after being cooped up all weekend."  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 Mirzoyan says meeting with Bayramov was “constructive”  At the moment, Ararat Mirzoyan said, there is no basis for additional comments.OSCE vows support for Armenia “in all three directions of security” Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg.151 detained as civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan Citizens have been blocking streets in the Armenian capital, demanding Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation.France welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan meeting in Almaty France has welcomed the new round of negotiations between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. |
