New offerings at the specialty box office included Disney's Queen of Katwe, directed by Mira Nair and starring Madina Nalwanga as real-life Ugandan chess player Phiona Mutesi. Blair Witch tumbled 59 percent to $3.9 million in its second outing for a domestic total of $16.1 million for Lionsgate.
Open Road Films and Oliver Stone's Edward Snowden biopic Snowden declined 48 percent to $4.1 million for a muted domestic total of $15 million. San Sebastian: 'Magnificent Seven's' Ethan Hawke on Donald Trump, Working With Denzel Washington and Plans for Directing It has earned a dazzling $21.9 million in the U.K. The romantic comedy is doing far better overseas, where its 10-day foreign total is $67.1 million for a global total of $83.6 million. 4 in its second outing, declining 47 percent to $4.5 million for a disappointing 10-day North American cume of $16.5 million. Universal and Working Title's Bridget Jones's Baby placed No. Village Roadshow is a partner on the film, which took in $6.5 million overseas this weekend from 45 markets for a foreign total of $35.4 million and worldwide cume of $126.9 million. The movie declined just 36 percent in its third weekend to $13.8 million for a domestic total through Sunday of $92.4 million. 3 spot with Clint Eastwood's box-office hit Sully, the adult drama starring Tom Hanks. In recent decades, Warners hasn't been a big player in the animation space, although 2014's The Lego Movie was a box-office sensation. The prime audience was between the ages of five and 10," said Warners domestic distribution chief Jeff Goldstein. "It really delivered to a very young age group. The voice cast includes Andy Samberg, Katie Crown, Kelsey Grammer, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell and Danny Trejo. Storks, produced for roughly $70 million by Warner Animation Group, was directed by Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland. Overseas, Storks opened to $18.3 million from 33 markets - including a tiny China debut of $5.2 million - for a worldwide bow of $40.1 million. Like Magnificent Seven, it also underperformed tracking. 2 with a modest $21.8 million from 3,922 theaters. Warner Bros.' animated family film Storks, the weekend's other new nationwide offering, came in No. 'The Magnificent Seven': Film Review | TIFF 2016 As expected, Magnificent Seven skewed male (56 percent) as well as older, with 67 percent of ticket buyers over the age of 25. They are proven stars and just so winning, especially together," said Sony worldwide president of marketing and distribution Josh Greenstein. "It's great to have a movie with Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt in it. To date, Washington's biggest opening is 2007's American Gangster ($43.6 million) followed by 2012's Safe House ($40.2 million). Magnficent Seven is a career best for Fuqua his previous top opening was The Equalizer ($34.1 million), also starring Washington. Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett and Peter Sarsgaard round out the cast. The movie - avoiding the sequelitis virus that has plagued other remakes and reboots - stars Washington opposite Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke and Vincent D'Onofrio. Village Roadshow and LStar Capital helped co-finance the $90 million film, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month. California Enacts Law Requiring IMDb to Remove Actor Ages on Requestįrom Sony and MGM, Magnificent Seven is a remake of the classic 1960 movie, which in turn was a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.