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PEOPLE & ARTS Tuesday 3 January 2017
‘Rogue One’ tops box office for third straight weekend

JAKE COYLE took in $12.7 million over
AP Film Writer the holiday weekend.
NEW YORK (AP) — The new Since opening wide on
year at the box office is Christmas, the Paramount
starting where 2016 left off: release has made $32.4
with Disney on top. million, making it one of
The “Star Wars” spinoff the more lucrative stage-
“Rogue One” led the box to-screen adaptations in
office for the third straight recent years.
week, taking in an esti- Debuting in a handful of
mated $64.3 million over theaters was Mike Mills’
the four-day New Year’s family drama “20th Cen-
weekend, according to tury Women,” starring An-
studio estimates Monday. nette Bening, and Jim
The success of Gareth Ed- Jarmusch’s poetic “Pat-
wards’ “Rogue One” has erson,” with Adam Driver.
only further cemented a Each drew strong per-
record year for the Walt theater averages play-
Disney Co., which ran up ing on four screens. They
$2.7 billion in domestic joined a large contingent
ticket sales in 2016 and ac- of films in limited release
counted for more than 25 making awards-qualifying
percent of the market. bows before expanding
“Rogue One,” which has in January. Among them:
now grossed about $440 Martin Scorsese’s Christian
million in North America epic “Silence,” the grief-
and nearly $800 million filled fantasy “A Monster
globally, currently slots in This file image released by Lucasfilm Ltd. shows Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso in a scene from, “Rogue Calls,” Peter Berg’s Boston
One: A Star Wars Story.”
as the year’s No. 2 movie, Associated Press Marathon drama “Patriot’s
following “Finding Dory” Day,” Ben Affleck’s crime
(also from Disney). The stu- thriller “Live By Night,”
dio notched four of the Streaming and television again came in second with ers is also packing theaters. and the 1960s NASA tale
five top films and has, in a continue to grow as com- $56.4 million. The poorly Despite playing in more “Hidden Figures” (which
year marked by franchise petitors. Some glaring fail- reviewed science-fiction limited release, Damien earned $1.1 million over the
struggles, made a routine ures (“Suicide Squad”) and romance “Passengers,” Chazelle’s Los Angeles mu- weekend in 25 theaters). In
of churning out well-re- flops (“Independence Day: starring Jennifer Lawrence sical “La La Land” grossed the coming weeks, those
viewed, hugely profitable Resurgence”) showed con- and Chris Pratt, came in $12.3 million over the four- films will try to kick start the
blockbusters. siderable franchise fatigue third with $20.7 million over day weekend. The lead box office of 2017. On tap
The weekend pushed the with audiences. And sev- the four-day weekend. It’s Golden Globe nominee in the new year are new in-
industry to $11.4 billion in eral studios (Paramount, made $61.4 million thus has grossed $37 million and stallments from “Guardians
ticket sales in 2016, topping Sony) endured much lean- far, a somewhat disap- yet is playing in only 750 of the Galaxy,” ‘’The Fast
the $11.1 billion record set er years. pointing total for a film that theaters. (Wider releases and the Furious,” ‘’Alien”
in 2015. The record rev- But Hollywood’s 2017 is start- cost north of $100 million to play in 3,000-plus theaters.) and, of course, “Star Wars”
enue, propelled primarily ing out with brisk business. make. Another Disney title, It’s the year’s top limited re- -- a new (and yet very fa-
by the Disney juggernaut, In its second week of re- “Moana,” came in fourth lease title. miliar) fleet of blockbusters
masks undeniable chal- lease, the animated “Sing,” with $14.3 million in its sixth Denzel Washington’s ac- that will hope to drive the
lenges in the business. At- from Universal Pictures and weekend. claimed August Wilson industry to even higher rev-
tendance was largely flat. Illumination Entertainment, A pair of Oscar contend- adaption, “Fences,” also enue records.q
Dick Clark Productions rejects Mariah Carey’s sabotage claim

NEKESA MUMBI MOODY during the performance she got on stage. (Dick Clark Productions), as
AP Entertainment Writer and afterward tweeted “However, that was not the producer of music shows
NEW YORK (AP) — Dick “(expletive) happens.” case, and they were again including the American
Clark Productions is hit- Her representative Nicole told that her earpiece was Music Awards, Billboard
ting back against Mariah Perna blamed technical not working,” Perna said. Music Awards, New Year’s
Carey’s claim it sabotaged difficulties, and in an in- “Instead of endeavoring to Rockin’ Eve and Academy
her live performance on its terview with Billboard she fix the issue so that Mariah of Country Music Awards,
“New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” said Dick Clark Productions could perform, they went would ever intentionally
special. hampered Carey’s perfor- live.” compromise the success
Carey’s disaster during the mance. In a statement released of any artist is defamatory,
annual New Year’s Eve spe- “She was not winging this on Sunday, the produc- outrageous and frankly ab-
cial in Times Square made moment and took it very tion company called such surd.” It said that in “very
international headlines: The seriously,” Perna told Bill- claims “absurd.” rare instances” there are
superstar vocally stumbled board. “A shame that pro- “As the premier producer technical errors that can
through her short set, failing duction set her up to fail.” of live television events for occur with live television.
to sing for most of it despite Perna said Carey’s ear- nearly 50 years, we pride It said an initial investiga-
a pre-recorded track of her piece wasn’t working and ourselves on our reputa- tion, however, indicated it Mariah Carey performs at the
New Year’s Eve celebration
songs playing in the back- she flagged the issue to the tion and long-standing re- had no involvement in the in Times Square on Saturday,
ground. production team but was lationships with artists,” it challenges associated with Dec. 31, 2016, in New York.
Carey was visibly upset told it would be OK when said. “To suggest that dcp Carey’s performance. q Associated Press