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PEOPLE & ARTSMonday 9 November 2015
‘Spectre’ In this photo provided by Twentieth Century Fox & Peanuts Worldwide LLC, Charlie Brown and “Spotlight,” director Tom
McCarthy’s film about the
Continued from Lucy play in the new film, “The Peanuts Movie.” Associated Press Boston Globe’s Pulitzer
Previous Page Prize-winning investigation
The cross-generational ap- he noted of the cam- ed out the top five, while into the sex abuse scan-
It has earned a whopping peal was no accident for new opener “Miss You Al- dal in the Catholic Church,
$300 million worldwide in the Fox marketing team, paign. “That’s what we ready,” staring Drew Bar- was the strongest of the
less than two weeks and who were looking to ap- rymore and Toni Collette, pack, opening to $302,276
still has yet to open in a peal to all ages. thought we had to do to opened in 384 theaters to from only five theaters.
few major markets, includ- Chris Aronson, Fox’s presi- only $572,160. “Brooklyn,” a 1950s-set im-
ing China. dent of domestic distribu- get through the noise of Three possible awards con- migrant story starring Sao-
Stateside, though, reviews tion, attributes the success tenders also made their irse Ronan, took in a re-
have been mixed, and to getting both parents Bond to connect with mov- debut in limited release to spectable $181,000 from
“Spectre,” unlike “Skyfall,” and kids excited. mixed results — “Spotlight,” five theaters this weekend
had competition in its “We were everywhere,” iegoers from 8 to 80 which ‘’Brooklyn,” and “Trumbo.” after opening Wednesday.
first weekend in theaters “Trumbo,” starring Bryan
with another beloved set I think we really were suc- Cranston, took in $77,229
of characters — Charlie from five theaters.
Brown and Snoopy. cessful in doing.” Overall, things are look-
“The Peanuts Movie” pro- ing up at the box office.
vided a family-friendly al- Holdovers “The Martian,” The final installment of
ternative to James Bond’s “The Hunger Games” fran-
guns and martinis and ‘’Goosebumps,” and chise opens in two weeks,
took second place with a and “Star Wars: The Force
strong $45 million. The film “Bridge of Spies” round- Awakens” bows in just over
cost around $100 million to a month.
make. “We certainly needed this
Audiences, 70 percent of infusion of excitement into
whom were families, gave a marketplace that has
“The Peanuts Movie” a been just lying there doing
strong A CinemaScore, nothing almost for the past
suggesting that word of few weeks,” Dergarabedi-
mouth will be strong for the an said. “This is good news
animated pic. for Hollywood to get things
back on track.”q
