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  • Third Cars Overtakes ‘Wonder Woman’

    Third Cars Overtakes ‘Wonder Woman’

    The ‘Cars 3’ races past the ‘Wonder Woman’ hauling $53.5 million in the Sunday theater event held in US and Canada. The recent weekend event at the box office left people amazed when the third Cars from the Walt Disney Co.’s Pixar roared into the first place beating the Wonder Woman that has dominated the festivals for the past two weekends at the box office theaters.

    The Wonder Woman took the second position with an approximate of $40.8 million after a drop in the domestic box office of about 30% in the past week. The film that features a female superwoman as the head has been performing well for the last three weeks and has attained a total of about $275 million in the domestic box office theaters in addition to the international haul of more than $297 million hence making an overall total of $571 million.

    The third movie this Sunday was All Eyez On Me the Tupac Shakur biopic that made $27.1 million. The film, however, was criticized on the social media platforms especially on Twitter for its factual errors. The negative reviews made the movie to perform poorly though quite a number of the audiences enjoyed the film’s rendition of the iconic rapper who left the legacy.

    The fourth position was taken by The Mummy which was pulled from the second place it held last weekend. The film earned about $13.9 million on Sunday. Although the film continues to perform poorly in the North America, the movie is already earned more than $239 million in the international market by earning a total of $296 million globally.

    The 47 Metres Down took the fifth place while the Rough Night was placed in the seventh position. The two films are still new in the box office theater. The Rough Night scored an estimate of $8 million accrued from 3,162 localities. The film opened with less amount compared to the previous female-fronted comedians such as the Snatched which opened with $19 million among others.

    The Cars 3 new movie received 64% positive customer reviews with others criticizing its performance but nevertheless, it raced up to the first place.

  • Hillary Clinton Says ‘Wonder Woman’ Is ‘Right Up My Alley’ In Video Message At Crystal + Lucy Award

    Hillary Clinton Says ‘Wonder Woman’ Is ‘Right Up My Alley’ In Video Message At Crystal + Lucy Award

    Politics took centre stage at the Women in Film’s Crystal + Lucy Awards that featured Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Kamala Harris. In a video message, Clinton lauded the director of ‘Wonder Woman’ Patty Jenkins for creating the forum. Clinton also used the podium to dig into the Trump administration equating it to a massive international disaster.

    Clinton honored Elizabeth Banks, a recipient of Crystal + Lucy Award and one of her vocal supporters in last year’s election. Dan Rather, who was honored with Norma Zarky Humanitarian Award praised Clinton for being a true champion of American value. He said WIF leaders have always made their voices heard whenever there “boorish” behavior from the political class.

    Kirsten Schaffer, the WIF Los Angeles exec director said the country is divided culturally and politically. He advocated for use of art and Hollywood to increase the cohesiveness among the citizenry.

    In order to increase the number of female participants in Hollywood, Schaffer announced that Women in Film will be partnering with APM Music to launch a library exclusively for women composers. APM Music is one of the major creative music studios and music production library.

    During the awards, Tom Bernard and Michael Barker, the co-presidents of Sony Pictures Classics were honored with the inaugural beacon award in recognition of their role in advancing women’s art work from Jacki Weaver. Bernard noted that the showbiz industry drew a lot of support and inspiration from Clinton’s presidency. “If you support a woman to run the country, you should support women to run your film,” he said.

    Barker noted that Sony has given a strong consideration to the contribution of women in the Hollywood industry. He added that they have managed to work with a many women and their potential and ability has been outstanding.

     The award recognized Nair with the BMW Dorothy Arzner trophy for her role as Lupita Nyong’o’s director. Michelle Obama introduced Lucy honoree Tracee Ellis Ross and was presented with her award by Aisha Tyler. Ross noted that although a lot of progress has been made, there is still more work ahead to ensure continued progress of women in the industry.

  • Wonder Woman Looks Forward To Challenge ‘The Mummy’ At Box Office

    Wonder Woman Looks Forward To Challenge ‘The Mummy’ At Box Office

    The Mummy is likely to slump under the feet of Wonder Woman towards the weekend at US box office which concludes on June 11. If the pre-release prediction is correct, the Universal’s film,  The Mummy which features Tom Cruise as the main character, might not attain more than $35 million from the 4,000 plays, a move that has put too much pressure on the movie’s foreign performance.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Mummy reboot is supposed to draw between $35 million and $40 million during the domestic opening at the box office. On June 8, the major tracking service company further lowered The Mummy projections from $35 million to $33 million citing poor reviews ratings from the influencers.

    The modern action film which was directed by Alex Kurtzman cost more than $125 million to build. The film is currently anticipated to perform fairly in the foreign markets for it has previously scaled high in South Korea with about $7 million achieved in a single day. Other stars featured in the movie include; Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis, Russell Crowe, Jake Johnson and Courtney B. Vance.

    At the moment, the Wonder Woman that was released last weekend at the box office is expected to break sale record of more than $50 million in the coming weekend. Another film that is likely to perform better is the Captain Underpants which features Kevin Hart’s voice among others.

    Apart from The Mummy, other films opening this weekend include the indie-horror, It Comes At Night featuring Joel Edgerton which is expected to gross between $6 million to $7 million from an estimate of about 2,500 dramas. There is also the true-life war hero play, ‘Megan Leavey’, starring Kate Mara.

    It’s obvious that Wonder Woman will retain the first position in the second weekend with more than $50 million as a result of its popularity among the viewers. It will be a big challenge for The Mummy or another film-maker to surpass Wonder Woman’s prime position for the awaiting three-day period. The audience is eagerly waiting for the turn out of events over the weekend.