Tom Hanks’ thriller “Inferno” tops int’l box officeOctober 26, 2016 - 10:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Tom Hanks’ thriller “Inferno” has passed the $100 million milestone in 64 international markets for Sony in its first ten days, with its domestic launch set for Friday, October 28, according to Variety. Ron Howard returns as helmer after directing Hanks in the franchise’s previous installments: “The Da Vinci Code” (2006) and “Angels & Demons” (2009). Howard and Brian Grazer are producing. David Koepp wrote the script, as he did for “Angels & Demons. The two previous installments, also adapted from Brown’s novels, grossed more than $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office with a lion’s share from international markets, where “The Da Vinci Code” took in $540 million and “Angels & Demons” totaled $352 million. “Inferno” carries a budget of around $75 million, about half of “Angels & Demons.” The movie opens with a mysterious death, followed by Hanks’ Robert Langdon character being awakened in an Italian hospital with amnesia. It turns out that a madman is trying to wipe half the world’s population, and kill Langdon. Langdon teams up with a doctor — played by Felicity Jones — in hopes that she will help him recover his memories and stop the madman’s plot. Omar Sy, Ben Foster, Sidse Babett Knudsen, and Irrfan Khan also star. “Inferno” will launch Oct. 28 in the U.S., Japan, South Korea, and China, then opens Nov. 9 in France. The film premiered on Oct. 8 in Florence, Italy, and notched first-place finishes in Germany, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, and Italy. “Tom Hanks has proven yet again that he is one of the world’s biggest stars, and Robert Langdon is one of his most iconic roles,” said Josh Greenstein, president of worldwide marketing and distribution for Sony Pictures. “Ron and Brian have delivered a film that hits the mark on everything that global audiences love about this series. This kind of international performance gives us strong momentum as we open domestically and continue to roll out in some of the most highly anticipated international markets this 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 | 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. |