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Monday 16 deceMber 2019
‘Jumanji’ ends ‘Frozen 2’ hot streak to claim top spot

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. record for a comedy in De-
Associated Press cember for the production
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Ju- company. The sequel is a
manji: The Next Level” puts followup to 2017′s “Juman-
“Frozen 2” on second- ji: Welcome to the Jungle,”
place ice, while Clint East- which grossed $962 million
wood’s “Richard Jewell” worldwide.
opened with one of the A week before it opened
worst box office debuts for in North America, Sony’s
the director. “Jumanji: The Next Level”
The Sony film starring debuted in 18 international
Dwayne Johnson and countries where it made
Kevin Hart brought in $60.1 $52.5 million.
million in the U.S. and Can- “Frozen 2” dropped to sec-
ada to break a three-day ond place with $19.2 million

This image released by Sony shows Kevin Hart, from left, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black and Karen
Gillan in a scene from “Jumanji: The Next Level.”
Associated Press

domestically after claim- with “Frozen” and “Zooto- ing in Atlanta.
ing top box office spot pia.” It also became Walt The 89-year-old Eastwood
for three straight weeks, Disney Studio’s sixth billion- calls Jewell’s story “a great
earning $367 million since dollar release in 2019. American tragedy.” The
its Nov. 22 release. The ani- “Richard Jewell” landed at docudrama focuses on
mated film following the No. 4, bringing in $5 million. Jewell, who was initially
adventures of Anna and The film took aim at the hailed as a hero for finding
Elsa crossed the $1 billion media and federal investi- a bomb at the event held
mark globally to become gators for what he sees as at Centennial Olympic
Disney Animation’s third a rush to judgment after Park and clearing bystand-
billion-dollar project along the 1996 Olympics bomb- ers from the area.q

Anna Karina, the icon of French New

Wave cinema, dies at 79

‘’Her look was the look of
the New Wave. It will re-
main so forever,’’ Culture
Minister Franck Riester
tweeted.
“Anna Karina radiated.
She magnetized the en-
tire world,”’ Riester said,
adding that ‘’French cin-
ema has lost one of its
legends.’’
Karina made seven films
with Godard, her part-
ner at the time, including
the 1961 “Une Femme Est
In this Aug. 31, 1965, file photo, French movie director Jean Une Femme’’ (A Woman
Luc Godard and French actress Anna Karina are shown at the
International Film Festival in Venice. is a Woman), in which she
Associated Press played a femme fatale.
For that, she received the
Associated Press died. She was 79. best actress award at the
PARIS (AP) — Anna Kari- The French culture minister Berlin Film Festival. Other
na, the French New Wave announced her death on cult Godard movies star-
actress who became an Twitter on Sunday. French ring Karina included the
icon of the cinema in the media said that the Dan- 1962 “Vivre Sa Vie’” (Live
1960s and was the muse ish-born Karina had cancer Your Life) and the 1965
of Jean-Luc Godard, has and died Saturday. “Pierrot Le Fou.” q