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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 10 april 2017
‘Boss Baby,’ ‘Beauty’ outshine ‘Smurfs 3’ at box office

LINDSEY BAHR on the horizon,” Derga-
AP Film Writer rabedian said.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Estimated ticket sales for Fri-
Smurfs are feeling a little day through Sunday at U.S.
blue this weekend. and Canadian theaters,
The third installment in according to comScore.
Sony’s animated series, Final domestic figures will
“Smurfs: The Lost Village,” be released Monday.
made its box-office de- 1.”The Boss Baby,” $26.3
but in third place, with $14 million.
million — far behind fam- 2.”Beauty and the Beast,”
ily-friendly holdovers “The $25 million.
Boss Baby” and “Beauty 3.”Smurfs: The Lost Village,”
and the Beast,” according $14 million.
to studio estimates Sunday. 4.”Going in Style,” $12.5
Featuring the voices of This image shows the characters Mother, voiced by Lisa Kudrow, from left, Boss Baby, voiced by million.
Alec Baldwin, and Father, voiced by Jimmy Kimmel from the animated film, “The Boss Baby.”
Demi Lovato and Joe Man- (DreamWorks Animation via AP) 5.”Ghost in the Shell,” $7.4
ganiello, “Smurfs,” which million.
reportedly cost $60 million trayal of President Donald theaters, while the World eighth installment in “The 6.”Power Rangers,” $6.2
to make, has not charmed Trump on “Saturday Night War II drama “Their Finest” Fast and the Furious” fran- million.
critics either. Its earnings Live” likely helped the film grossed $77,000 from four chise, speeds into theaters 7.”Kong: Skull Island,” $5.8
were worse than the 2013 succeed, Dergarabedian screens in New York and next weekend, followed by million.
opening of “Smurfs 2,” said. Los Angeles. “Guardians of the Galaxy 8.”Logan,” $4.1 million.
which went on to gross Meanwhile, “Beauty and The relative quiet at the box Vol. 2” a few weeks later. 9.”Get Out,” $4 million.
$347.5 million worldwide the Beast” earned $25 mil- office is ending soon. “The “There are a lot of box-of- 10.”The Case for Christ,”
despite a $17.5 million de- lion to take second place Fate of the Furious,” the fice heavyweights looming $3.9 million. q
but and a heftier $105 mil- at the box office.
lion price tag. In four weeks, Disney’s
But the fate of the third live-action fairy tale has
“Smurfs” is not necessarily brought in $432.3 million
sealed, says ComScore’s domestically.
senior media analyst, Paul While the family films domi-
Dergarabedian. nated, moviegoers had
“There are other revenue other options on a rela-
streams for films like this,” tively quiet weekend. The
Dergarabedian said, not- tepidly reviewed buddy
ing international profits comedy “Going in Style,”
and home video potential starring Morgan Freeman,
that could recoup produc- Michael Caine and Alan
tion costs. Arkin, opened in fourth
In first place, “The Boss place, with $12.5 million.
Baby” added $26.3 million The faith-based drama
in its second weekend in “The Case for Christ” also
theaters, bringing its North launched with $3.9 million
American total to $89.4 mil- from 1,174 theaters.
lion. Sufficient buzz and the In limited release, the Chris
benefit of voice star Alec Evans drama “Gifted”
Baldwin’s popular por- took in $476,000 from 56

Family, fans say final farewell to

rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry

JEFF ROBERSON friends.
Associated Press As fans filed past Berry’s
ST. LOUIS (AP) — open casket, which has his
Fans lined up before dawn beloved cherry-red Gibson
on Sunday to pay their final ES-335 electric guitar bolt-
respects to music legend ed to the inside of its lid, a
Chuck Berry, roughly three musician outside played
weeks after his death at Berry standards such
age 90 near his hometown as “Johnny B. Goode,”
of St. Louis. ‘’Sweet Little Sixteen” and
The Pageant, a club where “Roll Over Beethoven.”
Berry often performed, Among the flower arrange-
opened its doors Sunday ments in the hall was one in
morning for a four-hour the shape of a guitar sent
public viewing, which will by The Rolling Stones, one
be followed by a private of the many bands pro-
service and celebration for foundly influenced by the
the musician’s family and St. Louis rock ‘n’ roller. q