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Wednesday 27 December 2017

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ still dominating the movie galaxy

By SANDY COHEN theater, which could prove
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Star daunting to most moviego-
Wars: The Last Jedi” is con-
tinuing its dominance over ers,” said box office ana-
the movie galaxy as ex-
pected, outpacing three lyst Paul Dergarabedian
new releases. The eighth
installment in the Disney- of comScore. “But you’d
owned space saga is ex-
pected to add another have to be a Scrooge not
nearly $69 million to its cof-
fers over the weekend, ac- to find a movie you like in
cording to studio estimates
Sunday. this marketplace.”
Sony’s adventure caper
“Jumanji: Welcome to the Sony’s president of distribu-
Jungle” debuted in sec-
ond place with $34 million. tion, Adrian Smith, said he
A pair of critically panned
new musicals followed: was “absolutely pleased”
Universal’s “Pitch Perfect
3” opened in third place with the performance of
with $20.4 million and Fox’s
“The Greatest Showman” “Jumanji” so far.
debuted in fourth with $8.6
million. “It’s above our expecta-
These three new releases
collectively earned less tions,” he said. “We have
than “The Last Jedi” since
opening on Friday. incredible momentum
“It’s an overwhelming ar-
ray of options at the movie as we head into one of

the biggest movie-going

weeks of the year.”

Dergarabedian said the

period between Christmas

and New Year’s Day is tra-

ditionally among the busi-

est times at the Cineplex.

Families are together and This image released by Sony Pictures shows Kevin Hart, from left, Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan
and Jack Black in “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.”
theaters are brimming with
Associated Press
blockbusters and awards-

season hopefuls. Two cel-

ebrated films, “Darkest

Hour” and “The Shape of

Water,” expanded to hun-

dreds more screens this

weekend.q

Review: Robert Crais’
‘The Wanted’ is
rewarding page-turner

By BRUCE DESILVA This cover image released by
Associated Press G.P. Putnam’s Sons shows “The
Devon Connor is beside Wanted,” a novel by Robert
herself with worry. Crais.
Her teenage son, Tyson,
keeps showing up with Associated Press
things that neither of them
could possibly afford: New go on the run, Cole finds
clothes from Barney’s. himself in a riveting race
High-end electronics. against time.
What appears to be a gen- The police, of course, are
uine Rolex. And his expla- seeking the gang, too.
nations are ludicrous. But so are two quirky, high-
Fearing that he might be ly resourceful thugs who
dealing drugs, she hires pri- prove to be the most in-
vate detective Elvis Cole to teresting characters in the
look into it. tale. q
It doesn’t take Cole long to
discover that the situation
is much worse. Tyson is part
of a three-person teenage
gang that’s been breaking
into homes in rich neighbor-
hoods around Los Angeles.
So begins “The Wanted,”
the latest in Robert Crais’
series of cleverly plotted,
stylishly written private-eye
novels featuring Cole and
his fearsome, taciturn part-
ner Joe Pike.
When Tyson and his friends