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Tuesday 22 OcTOber 2019
'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' claims

No. 1 over 'Joker'

By LINDSEY BAHR Although it fell to second tures' "Zombieland: Double
Associated Press place after two weekends Tap" with $26.7 million. The
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The at the top, Warner Bros.' R-rated comedy comes
Walt Disney Co.'s "Ma- "Joker" continues to hold 10 years after the original,
leficent: Mistress of Evil" strong at the box office. reuniting Jesse Eisenberg,
knocked "Joker" out of the It added $29.2 million in Emma Stone and Woody
No. 1 spot at the box office, its third weekend in North Harrelson with director Ru-
but just barely. America. The villain origin ben Fleischer.
Studios on Sunday say the story has grossed over $247 "Three films earning over
This image released by Disney shows, from left, Harris Dickinson film starring Angelina Jolie million domestically. World- $25 million, that doesn't
as Prince Phillip, Elle Fanning as Aurora, Robert Lindsay as King and Elle Fanning grossed wide, it's earned $737.5 mil- happen very often," Derga-
John and Michelle Pfeiffer as Queen Ingrith in a scene from the an estimated $36 million in lion, and has already sur- rabedian noted, although
film, "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil."
Associated Press North America and $117 passed the lifetime grosses the weekend is down from
million internationally in its of "Justice League" and last year when "Halloween"
first weekend in theaters. "Suicide Squad." opened to over $76 million.
The first film had a much Now the big question is In notable landmarks, "Hus-
stronger domestic show- whether the R-rated film tlers" crossed $100 million
ing, opening to nearly $70 will make it to $1 billion, but domestically this weekend.
million domestically in 2014, with a $55 million produc- It's the second STX film to
and the sequel was ex- tion budget, it's already a do so this year after "The
pected to earn more state- massive hit for the studio Upside."
side. Although and will likely also become And buzzy, awards-friendly
"It's not as strong as we director Todd Phillips' high- indies are continuing to
hoped domestically, but est-grossing film too. thrive. "Parasite," which
it's a good start for October "It's already in territory that opened last weekend,
and we have a great win- nobody thought it would added $1.2 million. This
dow leading into Hallow- get to. It's achieved a box weekend, Taika Waititi's
een," said Cathleen Taff, office that is above the Nazi satire "Jojo Rabbit"
Disney's president of theat- wildest expectations of the opened in five theaters
rical distribution. "Most en- studio and analysts," said with a strong $350,000, the
couraging is the fact that Paul Dergarabedian, Com- black and white Robert
audiences seem to be re- score's senior media ana- Pattinson and Willem Da-
sponding very positively." lyst. "Even if the box office foe mindbender "The Light-
The A CinemaScore — in stopped right now it's an house" earned $419,764
contrast to the mixed criti- absolute, unqualified suc- from eight theaters, and
cal reviews — suggests that cess." "Jay & Silent Bob Reboot"
the film could have a lon- Third place went to another grossed $93,520 from one
ger life at the box office. new sequel, Columbia Pic- screen this weekend.q

Jim James taps orchestral sound on

impressive album

By RAGAN CLARK
Associated Press
Jim James, Teddy Abrams and the Louis-
ville Orchestra, "The Order of Nature" (Dec-
ca Gold)
A piccolo and glockenspiel delicately flut-
ter in as the voice of Jim James echoes out.
Slowly, the song builds and the breadth of
instrumentation becomes clear. You find
yourself in a seat at a theater, an orches-
tra stretching before you. This cover image released by Decca Gold
Woodwinds, percussion and a choir start shows "The Order of Nature," a release by Jim
the opening song before strings join in at James with composer Teddy Abrams & The
the chorus and brass swells. It all builds Louisville Orchestra.
to one resounding point: "Love universal/ Associated Press
The order of nature/Hate has nowhere to performs as both a solo artist and the lead-
grow." er of rock band My Morning Jacket, has
This is Jim James as you've never heard given Abrams and his orchestra an edge
him. In fact, it's likely you've never heard and lyrical depth. Abrams, meanwhile,
anything quite like this. has lent James a theatrical element un-
A Kentucky-native, James is joined by the matched by anything he could have cre-
Louisville Orchestra and music director- ated on his own in a studio.
conductor Teddy Abrams for "The Order Together, they build a story complete with
of Nature," an album that is sonically mag- expositions, arching climaxes and grand
nificent and recorded in one take during a denouements. Songs roll into one another
live performance in Louisville. in such a way that it's not always apparent
In their symbiotic relationship, James, who where one ends and another begins.q