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Monday 30 october 2017
Clooney’s ‘Suburbicon’ tanks,

‘Saw’ sequel No. 1 with $16.3M

By JAKE COYLE see its return, giving “Jig- for about $25 million. The
AP Film Writer saw” a 39 percent Rotten studio has recently backed
NEW YORK (AP) — George Tomatoes score. The Holly- several divisive releases
Clooney’s “Suburbicon” wood Reporter said the film from respected filmmakers,
notched one of the most “now feels like an outlier in including Darren Aronof-
dismal wide-release de- a horror marketplace dom- sky’s “mother!” which also
buts in recent years on a inated by films that typical- sputtered at the box of-
sluggish pre-Halloween ly favor spooks over spurts.” fice and garnered an even
weekend where the horror Opening-weekend mov- worse F CinemaScore.
sequel “Jigsaw” topped all iegoers also weren’t over- The Miles Teller PTSD drama
This image released by Lionsgate shows Laura Vandervoort in releases despite an under- whelmed, giving the film a “Thank You For Your Ser-
the horror film, “Jigsaw.” performing debut. modest B CinemaScore. vice,” directed by “Ameri-
Associated Press The eighth “Saw” film But that rating still easily sur- can Sniper” writer Jason
landed at No. 1 with $16.3 passed the D-minus grade Hall, also opened weakly
million in North American that greeted Clooney’s with $3.7 million in 2,054
ticket sales, according to latest directorial effort. De- theaters for DreamWorks
studio estimates Sunday. spite debuting on more and Universal.
That came in below indus- than 2,000 screens, “Subur- Business overall was slow
try expectations and sug- bicon” managed just $2.8 ahead of Halloween.
gested the revived “Saw” million, making it one of Weekend ticket sales to-
franchise isn’t connecting Paramount Pictures’ worst taled about $75 million, ac-
with audiences the way performing wide-releases cording to comScore, mak-
other recent horror entries ever and marking a new ing it the second-lowest
have. box-office low for Clooney grossing frame of the year
In its first release since the as a director and star Matt in the U.S. and Canada.
Harvey Weinstein scandal Damon. But overseas, where “Thor:
began unfolding, the be- “Obviously we are disap- Ragnarok” began its world-
leaguered Weinstein Co. pointed in these results wide rollout, was a different
feebly released a horror se- which we don’t feel are story. The Disney release
quel of its own: “Amityville: indicative of the quality grossed $107.6 million in-
The Awakening.” It played and message of his original ternationally from about
in an unusual Saturday- movie,” said Kyle Davies, 52 percent of the market-
only engagement on just president of distribution for place. The “Thor” sequel
10 screens, and grossed a Paramount. opens in North America,
mere $742. “Suburbicon,” which de- China and elsewhere on
“Jigsaw” distributor Lions- buted at the Venice Film Friday.
gate also claimed the No. Festival, was crafted as a Yet a release in China
2 spot with $10 million in the fusion between an old Joel couldn’t rescue the box-of-
second week of release and Ethan Coen home- fice disappointment “Blade
for “Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A invasion comedy script Runner 2049.” Denis Ville-
Madea Halloween.” and a more pointed satire neuve’s film, starring Ryan
Made for about $10 mil- of racism in a 1959 suburb. Gosling and Harrison Ford,
lion, “Jigsaw” comes seven Critics didn’t respond well added $16.6 million over-
years after the notoriously to the mix, either; its Rotten seas this weekend, includ-
gruesome franchise — fa- Tomatoes score is just 26 ing its China debut. The film,
mously dubbed “torture percent fresh. distributed by Warner Bros.
porn” — bid adieu with Paramount paid $10 mil- in North America and Sony
“Saw 3D: The Final Chap- lion for domestic distribu- internationally, has earned
ter.” tion rights for the Black Bear $223.4 million globally in
Critics weren’t happy to Pictures production, made three weeks of release.q

Inarritu’s virtual reality installation
given special Oscar

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ale- annual Governor’s Awards
jandro G. Inarritu’s ground- in Los Angeles on Nov. 11.
breaking virtual reality in- The 7-minute VR experi-
stallation “CARNE y ARENA ence seeks to capture mi-
(Virtually Present, Physically grants’ experiences cross-
Invisible),” will be awarded ing the U.S.-Mexico border.
a special Oscar for its vi- Inarritu collaborated with
sionary and powerful story- his regular cinematogra-
telling. pher Emmanuel “Chivo”
The Board of Governors of Lubezki on the project. It
the Academy of Motion took about four years to In this Feb. 28, 2016 file photo,
Picture Arts and Sciences make. Alejandro G. Inarritu poses in
said Friday that the Oscar The installation is on display the press room with the award
statuette will be presented at the Los Angeles County for best director for “The
Revenant” at the Oscars in Los
at the film academy’s 9th Museum of Art.q Angeles. Associated Press