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A30 PEOPLE & ARTS
Tuesday 29 January 2019
'Glass' is No. 1 again, McConaughey's 'Serenity' flops

By JAKE COYLE lion in ticket sales.
NEW YORK (AP) — Matthew The film, about a fishing
McConaughey notched boat captain on a mysteri-
one of the worst debuts of ous island, was lambasted
his career, Oscar nominees by critics (21 percent fresh
saw only modest bumps on Rotten Tomatoes) and
and M. Night Shyamalan's audiences agreed, giving
"Glass" easily remained No. it a D-plus CinemaScore.
1 on a quiet weekend in The film, made for about
movie theaters. $25 million, is among Mc-
The weekend's two new Conaughey's weakest
wide releases — McCo- performing wide-release
naughey's tropic noir "Se- debuts, behind only 2017's
renity" and the updated "Gold" and 1996's "Larger
King Arthur tale "The Kid Than Life." For Hathaway,
Who Would Be King" — it's a new low.
both flopped with movie- Several Oscar contenders
goers who instead contin- added theaters over the
ued to flock to "Glass" and weekend to capitalize on
Kevin Hart's "The Upside." Tuesday's nominations. Pe-
Shyamalan's sequel to ter Farrelly's "Green Book,"
"Unbreakable" and "Split" This image released by Universal Pictures shows James McAvoy in a scene from M. Night Shya- nominated for five awards
sold $19 million in tickets malan's "Glass." including best picture, re-
according to estimates Associated Press ceived the biggest bump,
Sunday, a decent 53 per- taking in $5.4 million in its
cent drop from its open- budget new entry, "The pulls Excalibur from a stone. from the recently launched widest releases yet (2,430
ing weekend. In 10 days of Kid Who Would Be King," Though "The Kid Who Would distributor Aviron Pictures. theaters in its 11th week of
release, Shyamalan's self- opened poorly with $7.3 Be King" drew good reviews Though boasting a re- release).
financed thriller has made million against a $59 million (86 percent fresh on Rotten spected writer-director "Green Book" was the only
$73.6 million domestically budget. The 20th Century Tomatoes) and was large- (Steven Knight, the cre- Oscar film to crack the
and $162.7 million globally. Fox release, produced by ly pleasing to audiences ator of "Peaky Blinders" and top 10. "Bohemian Rhap-
"The Upside," starring Hart Working Title, was written (who gave it a B-plus Cin- maker of 2013's "Locke") sody," which has already
and Bryan Cranston, also and directed by "Attack emaScore), Cornish's film and a starry cast including surpassed $600 million in-
stayed lodged in second of the Block" filmmaker Joe came in on the low side of Anne Hathaway and Ja- ternationally, added an-
place with $12.2 million in Cornish. In his modern-day already undersized expec- son Clarke, "Serenity" made other $8.7 million overseas.
its third weekend. London version of the leg- tations. only a minor disturbance at It also took in $2.5 million
The weekend's biggest end, a working-class boy Smaller still was "Serenity," the box office with $4.8 mil- domestically.q

Meg Medina wins Newbery medal,

Sophie Blackall the Caldecott

at home, has won the young people's literature,
prestigious John Newbery received the Michael L.
Medal for "outstanding Printz Award for best young
contribution to children's adult novel and the Pura
literature." Sophie Blackall's Belpre author award for
"Hello Lighthouse," in which Latino literature. The Belpre
the natural world is seen award for illustration went
through the eyes of a light- to Yuyi Morales for "Dream-
house keeper, received the ers." Tara Westover's best-
Randolph Caldecott Med- selling memoir "Educated"
al for best picture book. was among 10 winners of
The awards, the year's most the Alex Award for adult
anticipated in the chil- works appealing to teen
dren's books community, readers. Medina, a Cuban-
were announced Monday American and author of
This cover image released by by the American Library As- young adult, middle-grade
Candlewick Press shows "Mer- sociation. and picture books, has re-
ci Suárez Changes Gears," by
Meg Medina, which won the Claire Hartfield's "A Few ceived numerous previous
John Newbery Medal. Red Drops: The Chicago awards. She won the Bel-
Associated Press Race Riot of 1919" won pre author prize in 2014 for
the Coretta Scott King "Yaqui Delgado Wants to
By HILLEL ITALIE author award for African- Kick Your Ass" and an Ezra
Associated Press American literature, while Jack Keats medal in 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — Meg Ekua Holmes was given the for best new writer. Blackall
Medina's "Merci Suarez King illustrator award. Eliza- is an Australian-born artist
Changes Gears," the story beth Acevedo's "The Poet and illustrator whose oth-
of a Florida sixth grader's X," winner last fall of the er works include "Are You
struggles at school and National Book Award for Awake?"q