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Monday 17 SepteMber 2018
'The Predator' gobbles up competition at box office

By LINDSEY BAHR tinue to play well over the
AP Film Writer coming weeks.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Fourth and fifth places were
Predator" is at the top of neck and neck. Accord-
the food chain in its first ing to Sunday estimates,
weekend in theaters. "White Boy Rick," with $8.8
20th Century Fox said Sun- million, had a slight ad-
day that the film earned vantage over "Crazy Rich
an estimated $24 million Asians," which added $8.7
from more than 4,000 North million and is just shy of hit-
American theaters. ting $150 million. "White Boy
But with an $88 million Rick," based on a true story
production price tag, the and starring Matthew Mc-
Shane Black-directed in- Conaughey as the father
stallment in the 30-year-old of a teenage FBI informant,
franchise will be looking to opened in 2,504 theaters.
international receipts to off- The Christian film "Unbro-
set the cost. This weekend, ken: Path to Redemption"
it earned $30.7 million from debuted in the No. 9 spot
72 foreign markets, bringing with $2.4 million. It's based
the global total to $54.7 mil- This image released by 20th Century Fox shows a scene from "The Predator." on Laura Hillenbrand's nov-
lion. Associated Press el about Olympian and
Domestic audiences were World War II veteran Louis
largely male (62 percent) not appear to have af- end. The horror pic has now ing, making up 67 percent Zamperini and picks up
and white (45 percent), fected the film's box office grossed over $85 million. of the audience. where "Unbroken" left off.
and underwhelmed, giving performance. Lionsgate's "A Simple Favor" "It stood out in the market- September is often a slow
the movie a C+ CinemaS- "Any conversation raises opened close behind in place," said David Spitz, Li- time at the box office, mak-
core that echoed the tepid awareness," said comScore third place with $16.1 mil- onsgate's distribution presi- ing a $24 million launch
critical response. senior media analyst Paul lion. The film from director dent. "It kind of became an somewhat notable, ac-
Starring Olivia Munn, Ster- Dergarabedian. "If people Paul Feig stars Anna Ken- event film. That's why we cording to Dergarabedian.
ling K. Brown and Boyd Hol- are talking about it then drick as a mommy blog- exceeded expectations." But while the year to date
brook, "The Predator" made they're aware of the mov- ger investigating the dis- With a B+ CinemaScore, is still up nearly 9 percent,
headlines just weeks before ie." appearance of her friend an older audience that the weekend itself is down
opening when the studio Second place went to the played by Blake Lively. Feig doesn't rush out to theaters 5.8 percent from last year
cut a scene that featured "Conjuring" spinoff "The has referred to it as a "friller," opening weekend and when "It" was still terrifying
an actor who was a reg- Nun," which added $18.2 a fun thriller. Female movie- positive reviews, the studio audiences and breaking
istered sex offender. It did million in its second week- goers drove the solid open- expects the film will con- records.q

'Green Book' wins audience

award at Toronto Film Festival

By JAKE COYLE
NEW YORK (AP) — Peter
Farrelly's crowd-pleasing
Deep South road trip mov-
ie "Green Book" won the
Toronto International Film
Festival's audience award
on Sunday, putting it on an
envious path to the Oscars.
Toronto's People's Choice
Award is one of the most
closely watched of the
fall festival circuit because
it often corresponds with
awards-season success. Actors Viggo Mortensen, left to right, director Peter Farrelly,
Octavia Spencer and Mahershala Ali pose on the red carpet
In the past decade, every before the screening of "Green Book" during the Toronto
Toronto People's Choice International Film Festival in Toronto, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018.
winner has scored a best- Associated Press
picture nomination at the
Academy Awards. like "There's Something Deep South in the 1960s.
Few pundits pegged About Mary" and "Dumb Viggo Mortensen plays the
"Green Book" as an awards and Dumber." Italian-American bouncer
favorite ahead of its world But the audience response hired to drive him while re-
premiere in Toronto. It is, was rapturous to "Green lying on "The Green Book,"
after all, directed by one- Book," which stars Maher- the guide for African-Amer-
half of the sibling duo best shala Ali as a classical pia- ican-friendly hotels and
known for broad comedies nist on a concert tour of the restaurants.q