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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 4 deceMber 2017
‘Coco’ tops box office for second straight week with $26.1M

By JAKE COYLE Shape of Water,” an ac-
AP Film Writer claimed monster-movie
NEW YORK (AP) — In a fantasy from director Guill-
sleepy post-Thanksgiving ermo del Toro, opened
weekend at the box office, in two New York theaters
Pixar’s “Coco” remained with $167,000. (The $83,400
the top film for the second per-screen average ranks
straight week while a num- as among the best of the
ber of Oscar contenders year.) Searchlight’s “Thee
packed theaters in special- Billboards Outside of Ebb-
ty release. ing, Missouri,” also expand-
“Coco” again easily led ed to 1,630 screens and
all films with $26.1 million in grossed $4.5 million. The
the U.S. and Canada, ac- Frances McDormand-led
cording to studio estimates film has grossed $13.7 mil-
Sunday. The acclaimed lion.
animated tale based on The coming-of-age tale
the Mexican holiday Dia “Call Me By Your Name,”
de los Muertos (Day of the which topped the Go-
Dead) has dominated new tham Awards on Monday,
releases both domestically In this image released by Disney-Pixar, character Hector, voiced by Gael Garcia Bernal, left, and remained in very limited
and abroad. It has already Miguel, voiced by Anthony Gonzalez, appear in a scene from the animated film, “Coco.” release — four theaters
racked up a global gross Associated Press — and pulled in an excel-
of $280 million, including mightier, with nearly $300 co’s “The Disaster Artist.” was with awards-season lent per-screen average
record-breaking totals in million in five weeks of re- The comedy opened with releases. They helped drive of $67,000. The Sony Pic-
Mexico and an impressive lease. $1.2 million on 19 screens, the weekend to the big- tures Classics last weekend
$75.6 million in China. The family film “Wonder,” good for a per-screen av- gest post-Thanksgiving debuted with the high-
With no major wide releas- about a fifth-grade boy erage of $64,254. The film, weekend in five years, ac- est screen-average of the
es, Warner Bros.’ “Justice (Jacob Tremblay) with fa- directed by and starring cording to comScore. year. The film’s young star,
League” also held in sec- cial abnormalities, likewise Franco, is about the mak- Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird,” Timothee Chalamet, has
ond place with $16.6 million stayed in third with $12.5 ing of the infamously bad which spent the week col- emerged as one the lead-
in its third weekend. With a million. The sleeper hit of cult movie “The Room.” lecting honors from the ing best-actor contenders.
domestic total of $197.3 mil- the season, also starring With most studios staying New York Film Critics Circle, Also of note: Woody Allen’s
lion in three weeks, the DC Julia Roberts and Owen clear ahead of the im- the Gotham Awards and latest, “Wonder Wheel,”
Comics superhero team-up Wilson, has taken in $88 mil- pending release of “Star the National Board of Re- opened with $140,555 in
release isn’t going to catch lion in three weeks for Lion- Wars: The Last Jedi” (which view, added 403 theaters, five theaters; Focus Fea-
Marvel’s “Thor Ragnarok.” sgate. some forecasts peg for a for a total of 1,194. The A24 ture’s Winston Churchill bi-
The better-received “Thor” Among new releases, most $200-million debut), much release, starring Saoirse opic “Darkest Hour” took
sequel has proved far successful was James Fran- of the weekend’s action Ronan and Laurie Metcalf, in $106,000 in four theaters;
earned $4.5 million, bring-
After erroneous Flynn report, ing its total to $17.1 million. and the 20th anniversary
release of “Titanic” grossed
Searchlight’s
Fox
“The $415,000 in 87 theaters.q
ABC News suspends Brian Ross

By JOCELYN NOVECK Washington Post
AP National Writer Continued from Page 29 Quinn’s relationship with
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC Kennedy had slept with his Bradlee had its share of
News on Saturday sus- then-wife Toni’s twin sister drama, too. Then a Post
pended investigative re- and had made a crude reporter, she took a tele-
porter Brian Ross for four pass at Bradlee’s wife, too. vision job and prepared
weeks without pay for his It was a far different era in to move to New York be-
erroneous report on Mi- terms of the attention paid cause she realized she
chael Flynn, which it called by the press to personal was in love with her then-
a “serious error.” lives. There’s a reminder married boss.
Ross, citing an unnamed toward the end of “The She summoned the nerve
confidant of Flynn, the for- Newspaperman” when to take him to lunch and
mer national security advis- there’s a brief clip of Bra- confess how she felt, to
er, had reported Friday that dlee being interviewed by learn he felt the same
then-candidate Donald In this Nov. 16, 2015 photo provided by ABC, correspondent Charlie Rose, who just lost way.
Trump had directed Flynn Brian Ross speaks on “Good Morning America,” which airs on his job at PBS because of Working with Bradlee, be-
to make contact with the the ABC Television Network, in New York. sexual misconduct allega- fore they became a cou-
Russians. That would have Associated Press tions. In a public screen- ple, gave Quinn a front-
been an explosive devel- so not as a candidate, but tion later in the evening. ing this week, Maggio row seat to what made
opment in the ongoing as president-elect. At that “It is vital we get the story said there was an audible him special as an editor.
investigation into whether point, he said, Trump had right and retain the trust we gasp from the audience He had a leadership qual-
the Trump campaign col- asked Flynn to contact the have built with our audi- when Rose’s face is seen. ity that few possessed, she
luded with Russia to inter- Russians about issues in- ence — these are our core The director said he would said.
fere in the election. But cluding working together principles. We fell far short have recut the film if there “He walked through the
hours later, Ross clarified to fight ISIS. ABC was widely of that yesterday. Effec- were more extensive shots room and he owned
his report on the evening criticized for merely clarify- tive immediately, Brian Ross of Rose to avoid the dis- the room,” she said. “He
news, saying that his source ing and not correcting the will be suspended for four traction. owned the newsroom.”q
now said Trump had done report. It issued a correc- weeks without pay.” q