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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 11 deceMber 2017
‘Coco’ tops box office again before ‘Star Wars’ hits

By LINDSEY BAHR Warner Bros. and DC’s
AP Film Writer “Justice League” took sec-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ond place with $9.6 million
animated family film and Lionsgate’s sleeper hit
“Coco” has topped the “Wonder,” which has now
box office for a third time passed $100 million, placed
on a quiet, pre “Star Wars: third with $8.5 million. War-
The Last Jedi” weekend in ner Bros. also crossed the $2
theaters. billion benchmark domesti-
Disney estimated Sunday cally Saturday — the first
that “Coco” added $18.3 studio to do so in 2017.
million, which would bring This quiet period before
its domestic total to $135.5 “Star Wars” has allowed
million. some of the indie and pres-
The weekend’s sole new tige titles to thrive in limited
wide release was the Mor- releases and expansions,
gan Freeman film “Just like James Franco’s “The
Getting Started,” which Disaster Artist.” The film,
launched to a meager $3.2 about the making of one In this image released by Disney-Pixar, character Hector, voiced by Gael Garcia Bernal, left, and
million from 2,161 theaters of the worst films of all time, Miguel, voiced by Anthony Gonzalez, appear in a scene from the animated film, “Coco.”
and barely made the top “The Room,” expanded to (Disney-Pixar via AP)
10. 840 locations in its second end, “Lady Bird” has netted Me By Your Name” also “This is the best time to be
Most studios have cho- weekend in theaters. It $22.3 million. continue to thrive in more a moviegoer if you’re an
sen to avoid competing managed to bring in $6.4 The Guillermo del Toro- limited releases as well. “The indie fan,” said comScore
against “The Last Jedi,” million, landing it in fourth directed romantic fantasy Darkest Hour,” which stars senior media analyst Paul
which is expected to domi- place. “The Shape of Water” ex- Gary Oldman as Churchill, Dergarabedian. “The last
nate theaters and mov- Greta Gerwig’s coming-of- panded to 41 theaters in earned $777,000 from 53 few weeks have enabled
iegoer attention when it age film “Lady Bird” also its second weekend and locations, and “Call Me By films like ‘The Shape of Wa-
opens on Dec. 15. added 363 locations and earned $1.1 million. Your Name,” with Armie ter,’ ‘Three Billboards Out-
Thus, most of the charts placed 9th in its sixth week- The Winston Churchill film Hammer and Timothee side Ebbing, Missouri’ and
have looked quite simi- end in theaters. With the “The Darkest Hour” and the Chalamet, took in $291,101 now ‘I, Tonya’ to really find
lar for the past few weeks. $3.5 million from this week- summer romance film “Call from nine theaters. an audience.”q