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Monday 23 april 2018
A Quiet Place,’ ‘Rampage’ lead newcomers at box office

By LINDSEY BAHR film and thank audiences. guys so much.” injury. The concept be- its second weekend, while
AP Film Writer “I never take success like The staying power of both came somewhat divisive Lionsgate’s thriller “Traf-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s this for granted. Global somewhat overshadowed and the subject of a fair fik,” with Paula Patton,
another weekend of buzz success like this means so the newcomers, like Amy amount of scrutiny. launched in ninth with $3.9
versus pure star power much,” Johnson posted Schumer’s “I Feel Pretty” “She’s a force and that’s million.
at the box office as the
word of mouth sensation
“A Quiet Place” finds itself
neck-and-neck again with
Dwayne Johnson’s “Ram-
page.” This time buzz had
the slight advantage.
Studio estimates on Sun-
day have placed “A Quiet
Place,” with $22 million, in
first, and “Rampage” in
second with $21 million, but
it’s possible those numbers
may shift when final results
are tallied on Monday.
Still, John Krasinski’s “A Qui-
et Place” continues to be
a mini phenomenon. With
a $17 million production
budget, “A Quiet Place”
has grossed $132.4 million This image released by Warner Bros. shows Dwayne Johnson in a scene from “Rampage.”
from North American the- Associated Press.
aters in three weeks. “Ram-
page,” too, is down only 41 on his Instagram account and the sequel to the 2001 not going to change,” The box office for the year
percent domestically in its Saturday night. “I’m not a cult comedy “Super Troop- notes comScore senior remains down about 2.4
second weekend and con- Marvel movie. It’s not Star ers,” both of which never- media analyst Paul Der- percent from last year, but
tinues to rake in the dollars Wars. ‘Rampage’ may theless managed to find garabedian. “She’s always that will change next week.
globally. The film boasts a as well have been called their own niche audiences going to push the enve- “We’re going to see a
worldwide tally of $283 mil- ‘Dwayne Johnson and his despite largely negative re- lope. Sometimes that will huge turnaround later this
lion, and Johnson has con- albino gorilla friend’ be- views. bring big box office, some- week in the box office for-
tinued using his social me- cause it’s such an obscure “I Feel Pretty,” released by times it won’t.” tunes with ‘Avengers: Infin-
dia accounts to hype the video game ... Thank you STX Entertainment, grossed The partially crowd-funded ity War,’” Dergarabedian
an estimated $16.2 mil- “Super Troopers 2,” mean- said.
lion — a little less than half while, leaned into its April The film is tracking to make
of what Schumer’s “Train- 20 opening and scored a over $200 million in its first
wreck” opened to in July fourth place, $14.7 million weekend in theaters, lead-
2015. Unlike “Trainwreck,” opening weekend for Bro- ing some experts to won-
Schumer did not write “I ken Lizards and distributor der whether the superhero
Feel Pretty,” which is about 20th Century Fox. pic could have the highest
an insecure woman who Fifth place went to the opening of all time, beat-
gets a life-changing confi- Blumhouse horror “Truth or ing out even “Star Wars:
dence boost after a head Dare” with $7.9 million in The Force Awakens.”q
Julian Lennon

Continued from Page 29 If environmentalists see He also applauded Paul
dark skies coming, Lennon McCartney, who attended
“You have a voice. Can sees some bright spots, par- a New York anti-gun march
you help us?” She then ticularly in young people wearing a shirt reading “We
presented him with a male taking to the streets to de- can end gun violence”
white swan feather. Len- mand change. He noted and recalling the murder of
non said he immediately the “March for Our Lives” Julian Lennon’s father.
felt “goose bumps.” gun-control rally in Wash- “I was happy to see him
“It was a question of step- ington. there standing up and be-
ping up to the plate. Re- “It gave me such great lieving what we all believe,
main a rock ‘n’ roller or hope. I’m so proud of them which is that those kind of
actually do something and for the strength. I can’t guns just shouldn’t be any-
actually walk the walk,” even imagine being that where near anyone that’s
he said. The foundation brave at that age back not at war. But who agrees
has gone on to fund clean then,” he said. with war? Certainly not I.”q
water projects in Camer-
oon and Burkina Faso, girls’
education in Kenya and
a network of ambulances
in Uganda, among other
projects.
linda.reijnders@cspnv.com