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PEOPLE/ARTS Monday 2 october 2017
‘It’ edges out Tom Cruise’s ‘American Made’ to take No. 1

By LINDSEY BAHR million-plus earners at the
AP Film Writer North American box office.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After ”The film, which cost a re-
dipping to No. 2 last week- ported $50 million to make,
end, “It” has regained got a few weeks head start
control of the North Ameri- internationally, however,
can box office in its fourth and has already raked in
weekend in theaters.The $81.7 million worldwide to
movie beat out the new date.Nick Carpou, who
Tom Cruise film “American heads up distribution for
Made” and “Kingsman: Universal Pictures, which
The Golden Circle.” is handling worldwide dis-
But it was a close race that tribution for “American
could shift when studios Made,” said this debut is
report actual weekend “the beginning of what will
totals on Monday.Accord- be a long playout and a
ing to studio estimates on successful one.”
Sunday, the Stephen King “Kingsman: The Golden
adaptation and box office Circle” fell about $56 per-
juggernaut added $17.3 cent in its second week-
million to take the top spot. end in theaters, bringing
The film now boasts its domestic total to $66.7
$291.2 million in domes- This image released by Universal Pictures shows Tom Cruise as Barry Seal in a scene from, “Ameri- million.“The Lego Ninjago
tic grosses.“It” edged out can Made.” Movie” took fourth place
last weekend’s box office (David James/Universal Pictures via AP) with $12 million, while
champ, “Kingsman: The $16,000 more than the North American debut for the conundrum he’s in,” the “Flatliners” remake
Golden Circle” and new- “Kingsman” sequel.Direct- the star. Liman also direct- said Paul Dergarabedian, opened to a cold $6.7 mil-
comer “American Made,” ed by Doug Liman, “Ameri- ed Cruise in “Edge of To- the senior media analyst for lion for a fifth place start.
which essentially tied for can Made” is earning morrow,” which opened to comScore. The weekend closes out
second with $17 million Cruise strong praise for his $28.8 million in June 2014. “Cruise will always be mea- what is looking to be a re-
apiece. portrayal of the real life TWA “Tom Cruise has set the bar sured against his unprece- cord-breaking September
Estimates have “Ameri- pilot turned drug smuggler so high for himself that any- dented bar-raising string of at the box office, although
can Made” taking a slight and CIA operative, but it’s thing less than No. 1 feels hits from 1992 to 2006 that the year is still down about
advantage, with around also a somewhat lukewarm like a comedown. That’s generated twelve $100 4.7 percent from 2016.q