{"id":224876,"date":"2019-07-29T03:37:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T07:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=224876"},"modified":"2019-07-29T03:37:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T07:37:55","slug":"lion-king-reigns-above-box-office-for-second-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/29\/lion-king-reigns-above-box-office-for-second-week\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Lion King’ reigns above box office for second week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LOS ANGELES \u2014 \u201cThe Lion King\u201d rode its circle of life into a second weekend atop the box office and \u201cOnce Upon A Time … In Hollywood,\u201d while not quite doing fairytale numbers, gave director Quentin Tarantino his biggest opening ever.<\/p>\n

Disney’s photorealistic remake of the Hamlet-themed tale of Mufasa, Simba and Nala, featuring the voices of Donald Glover and Beyonce, brought in $75 million in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. Its domestic total of $350 million makes it the year’s fourth highest-grossing film after just 10 days of release.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce Upon A Time … In Hollywood\u201d finished a distant second with $40 million in its opening weekend for Sony, but it bested the 2009 opening of Tarantino’s \u201cInglourious Basterds\u201d by $2 some million and made a strong showing for an R-rated, nearly-three-hour film that was not a sequel or remake and was aimed solely at adults.<\/p>\n

The film with Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie as denizens of a 1969 Los Angeles where old Hollywood was fading and the Manson family was rising was more star-powered than Tarantino’s previous eight movies, though the director himself was as big a draw as anyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our fan survey, over 40% of the audience went to see the movie because of the director,\u201d said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore. \u201cThat’s incredible. You almost never see that. Sony did a great job of putting that cast and certainly Tarantino at the front of the marketing. That collective star power just paid huge dividends.\u201d<\/p>\n

It’s also the sort of film that’s unlikely to experience a major drop-off in the coming weeks, and its long legs could walk it into awards season given Hollywood’s persistent love for movies about itself.<\/p>\n

But with all of that, the film’s opening take was still nearly doubled by \u201cThe Lion King\u201d and its broad appeal.<\/p>\n

\u201c’Lion King’ has appealed to everyone, that’s a second-weekend gross that would be the envy of most films on their opening weekend,\u201d Dergarabedian said.<\/p>\n

The two-week take is also a sign that audiences are not yet feeling fatigue for Disney’s live-action remakes in a year that has already seen \u201cDumbo\u201d and \u201cAladdin.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea that remake burnout would be in effect for ‘The Lion King’ has not proven true,\u201d Dergarabedian said. \u201cSome brands are inoculated from that kind of negative speculation.\u201d<\/p>\n

That’s even more good news for the ever-dominant Disney, with a live-action \u201cMulan\u201d slated for early next year and more remakes in the planning stages.<\/p>\n

The rest of the box office top 10 remained essentially unchanged from a week earlier. Sony’s \u201cSpider-Man: Far From Home\u201d was third with $12.2 million in its fourth weekend and has earned a cumulative $344 million, \u201cToy Story 4\u201d was fourth with $9.8 million, and \u201cCrawl\u201d fifth with $4 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Lion King\u201d could reign for a third week. With major summer releases slowing as fall approaches the only real competition it has opening next weekend is \u201cFast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw.\u201d<\/p>\n

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Comscore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cThe Lion King,\u201d $75.5 million ($142.8 million international).<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cOnce Upon a Time … In Hollywood,\u201d $40.3 million.<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cSpider-Man: Far From Home,\u201d $12.2 million ($21 million international).<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cToy Story 4,\u201d $9.8 million ($19.4 million international).<\/li>\n
  5. \u201cCrawl,\u201d $4 million ($3.4 million international).<\/li>\n
  6. \u201cYesterday,\u201d $3 million ($3.6 million international).<\/li>\n
  7. \u201cAladdin,\u201d $2.8 million ($7.2 million international).<\/li>\n
  8. \u201cStuber,\u201d $1.7 million ($1.6 million international).<\/li>\n
  9. \u201cAnnabelle Comes Home,\u201d $1.56 million ($3.7 million international).<\/li>\n
  10. \u201cThe Farewell,\u201d $1.55 million.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n

    Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at international theatres (excluding the U.S. and Canada), according to Comscore:<\/p>\n

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    1. \u201cThe Lion King,\u201d $142.8 million.<\/li>\n
    2. \u201cNe Zha\u201d $83.1 million.<\/li>\n
    3. \u201cSpider-Man: Far From Home,\u201d $21 million.<\/li>\n
    4. \u201cToy Story 4,\u201d $19.4 million.<\/li>\n
    5. \u201cLooking Up,\u201d $17.3 million.<\/li>\n
    6. \u201cAladdin,\u201d $7.2 million.<\/li>\n
    7. \u201cThe Secret Life of Pets 2,\u201d $7.2 million.<\/li>\n
    8. \u201cDancing Elephant,\u201d $5.2 million.<\/li>\n
    9. \u201cAnnabelle Comes Home,\u201d $3.7 million.<\/li>\n
    10. \u201cWhite Storm 2: The Drug Lords,\u201d $3.68 million.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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