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Justice League’ disappoints in U.S. with $96 million opening

By LINDSEY BAHR production budget and
AP Film Writer could be on its way to be-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Only coming a sleeper hit. Lion-
in the modern era of super- sgate distributed the film,
hero films could a $96 mil- which was financed and
lion opening weekend be produced by Participant
considered anything less Media.
than impressive. But that’s “Any time you have a big
the situation Warner Bros. superhero movie open-
and DC’s “Justice League” ing, a movie like ‘Wonder’
find themselves in. could be overshadowed.
The big budget superhero But it’s one of the brightest
mashup came in well under spots of the weekend,” said
expectations, which had Paul Dergarabedian, a se-
pegged it for a $110 million nior media analyst for com-
launch in North American Score. “This could be a $100
theaters. If studio estimates million movie as people get
hold, it will also have the the word out.” Disney and
dubious distinction of being Marvel’s “Thor: Ragnarok”
the lowest-opening film in fell to third place in week-
the DC Extended Universe. end three with $21.8 million,
It has been a rollercoaster bringing its North Ameri-
for the DC Universe since can total to $247.4 million.
“Man of Steel” kicked off This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Gal Gadot, from left, Ben Affleck and Ezra “Daddy’s Home 2” took
the comic book franchise Miller in a scene from “Justice League.” fourth with $14.8 million
in 2013, with films battling Associated Press and “Murder on the Ori-
high expectations, critical der Woman to fight a new which doesn’t include mar- were up from Friday’s. ent Express” landed in fifth
reviews and the impossible threat facing earth while in- keting expenses. “Clearly there is interest in with $13.8 million. Both are
standard of competing troducing new characters “I did have a higher expec- the movie,” Goldstein said. in their second weekend
against the Marvel Cin- like Ezra Miller’s The Flash, tation for the three days,” “Justice League” pulled in theaters. Opening out-
ematic Universe. “Batman Jason Momoa’s Aquaman said Jeff Goldstein, who most of its weight abroad, side of the top 10, the faith-
v Superman: Dawn of Jus- and Ray Fisher’s Cyborg. heads up domestic distribu- where it launched to $185.5 based animated film “The
tice” may have been a crit- “Justice League” didn’t im- tion for Warner Bros. “(But) million from 65 markets, Star,” from Sony’s AFFIRM
ical dud in early 2016, but it press critics, but neither did this is a big vacation week, boosting the worldwide de- label, took sixth place with
still opened to $166 million “Batman v Superman” or and we have an opportu- but to $281.5 million. $10 million. And both “Lady
and went on to net $873.3 “Suicide Squad,” which still nity to get a big audience One film that did have a he- Bird” and “Three Billboards
million worldwide by the managed to earn $133.7 to see us in a different pat- roic showing this weekend Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
end of its run. million out of the gates. tern.” is “Wonder,” an adapta- continue to thrive in their
“Justice League” comes on Warner Bros. is remaining Goldstein said he is also en- tion of R.J. Palacio’s novel expansions. The Thanks-
the heels of the widely well- optimistic about “Justice couraged by a few factors, about a child with a facial giving holiday should not
received “Wonder Wom- League’s” prospects, even including the overall B+ deformity that stars Julia be discounted either in its
an,” the first DC Extended with the lower than ex- CinemaScore, the fact that Roberts, Owen Wilson and potential to boost a film’s
Universe film to score with pected launch against a women, who accounted Jacob Tremblay. The fam- earnings, and the only, al-
both critics and audiences. production budget that’s for 42 percent of the audi- ily-friendly drama opened beit formidable, competi-
It reunites Ben Affleck’s Bat- reported to be in the $250 ence, gave it an A- overall, in second place with $27.1 tion will be from Disney and
man and Gal Gadot’s Won- million to $300 million range, and that Saturday earnings million against a $20 million Pixar’s latest “Coco.”q

‘Wind River’ filmmakers take control back from Weinstein

By LINDSEY BAHR accused of similar things. be donated to National
AP Film Writer For Sheridan, a 47-year-old Indigenous Women’s Re-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Like native Texan who wrote “Si- source Center, a non-profit
an avenging character caro” and was nominated organization devoted to
straight out of one of his for an Oscar for writing the enhancing the safety of
films, writer-director Taylor working class revenge tale Native women.
Sheridan said he was not “Hell or High Water,” it was The Weinstein name will
going to let “Wind River” an unacceptable situation not appear on awards
stay in Harvey Weinstein’s that had to be rectified. screeners, the home vid-
control. So in an extraordinary eo release, which is being
The Weinstein Co. acquired move fitting of this unchart- handled by Lionsgate, or its
his film and released it the- ed time for Hollywood, not Netflix release. This image released by The Weinstein Company shows Elizabeth
atrically in August, posi- only did he and his produc- Acacia Entertainment, an Olsen, left, and Jeremy Renner in a scene from “Wind River.”
tioning the Elizabeth Olsen ers get their film back from entity of the Tunica-Biloxi Associated Press
and Jeremy Renner drama The Weinstein Co., but they Tribe, which also financed acting quickly in recent shooting Kevin Spacey’s
as a possible awards con- also scrubbed the Wein- the production of the film, weeks to distance them- scenes from his film “All the
tender. But Sheridan’s film stein name off it complete- has also stepped in to pay selves from the stain of as- Money in the World” and
was about sexual violence ly and ensured that neither for and attempt to salvage sociation with alleged sex- replacing the disgraced
against young women on a of the Weinstein brothers the awards run. ual harassers. One of the actor with Christopher
tribal reservation, and sud- would see a penny of fu- It is one of a few examples more high profile examples Plummer six weeks before
denly Weinstein was being ture profits. Those will now of individuals in Hollywood is director Ridley Scott re- the film is to hit theaters.q