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Monday 13 august 2018

‘The Meg’ chomps $44.5M, ‘BlacKkKlansman’ opens strong

By JAKE COYLE, AP Film After two weeks at no. 1,
Writer “Mission: Impossible — Fall-
NEW YORK (AP) — Adding out” slid to second place
to Hollywood’s sizzling sum- in its third weekend with
mer, the shark thriller “The $20 million. The Paramount
Meg” opened well above Pictures release starring
expectations with an esti- Tom Cruise has pulled in
mated $44.5 million in ticket $162 million in three weeks.
sales, while Spike Lee had Lee’s critically acclaimed
his best debut in a decade. “BlacKkKlansman” also
“The Meg” had been fore- opened strongly with $10.8
cast by some analysts for million in 1,512 theaters.
closer to half that total. An The Focus Features release,
American-Chinese co-pro- which took the Grand Prix
duction between Warner at the Cannes Film Fes-
Bros. and China’s Grav- tival in May, was timed
ity Pictures, it also debuted to the anniversary of the
well overseas, taking in violent clashes between
$50.3 million in China and white nationalists and anti-
totaling $96.8 million inter- racism counter protesters
nationally, according to in Charlottesville, Virginia.
studio estimates Sunday. Lee’s film, produced by
With an international cast Jordan Peele (“Get Out”),
led by Jason Statham and This file image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Jason Statham in a scene from the is a true-life tale of African-
featuring Li Bingbing, Rainn film, “The Meg.” American police detec-
Wilson and Winston Chao, Associated Press tive Ron Stallworth (played
“The Meg” cost at least Warner Bros., said late sum- are going back to school, year, and the summer is up by John David Washing-
$130 million to make. mer was ideal timing for all the big blockbusters 11.3 percent, according ton, son of Denzel), who in
Following hits like “The “The Meg.” “This was a fun, have played off. We’re in to comScore. For Warner 1979 infiltrated a Colorado
Shallows” and “47 Meters dumb popcorn movie that a space by ourselves.” Tra- Bros., which on Wednes- Springs, Colorado, cell of
Down,” the shark movie — just looked interesting to the ditionally a sleepy time at day will release the highly the Ku Klux Klan. “The an-
43 years after Steven Spiel- public everywhere around the box office, August has touted “Crazy Rich Asians,” niversary of Charlottesville
berg’s “Jaws” — has been the world,” Goldstein said. helped cement a come- ‘’The Meg” is the studio’s was something that was
showing surprising bite at “We dug our heels in and back summer for the movie best opening this year, very key to Spike,” said Lisa
the box office. Jeff Gold- said: This is the right time to business. Weekend business besting even Spielberg’s Bunnell, Focus’ president of
stein, distribution chief for go. The last movie, as kids was up 25 percent from last own “Ready Player One.” distribution.q

‘The Bachelorette’ and new

fiancé ready to move forward

Yrigoyen, 29, said the hard-
est part was criticism that
Kufrin received.
“He’s one of the most open,
supportive men to every-
one he encounters and so
to not have the world see
that, and to say such ter-
rible, negative things about
his character was really
hard. I knew that we would
have this moment once we
could finally be in public to
address it,” she said.
In this undated photo provided ABC, Becca Kufrin embraces She chose Yrigoyen in Mon-
Garrett Yrigoyen in an episode of the “The Bachelorette”. day’s finale over Blake
Associated Press Horstmann. Kufrin was first
By ALICIA RANCILIO ered that Yrigoyen had a contestant on “The Bach-
Associated Press liked Instagram posts that elor,” where she got en-
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC’s mocked transgender peo- gaged to Arie Luyendyk Jr.,
“Bachelorette” Becca Ku- ple, feminists and Parkland, only to have him dump her
frin and her new fiance, Florida, shooting survivor on camera for his runner-
Garrett Yrigoyen, hope to David Hogg. He responded up, Lauren Burnham. She
move forward after contro- quickly by deleting the ac- said her time on “The Bach-
versy. count and apologizing, de- elor” made her mindful of
Shortly after the season scribing the likes as “mind- her suitors’ feelings on “The
premiere, it was discov- less taps.” Bachelorette.”q