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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 15 May 2017
‘King Arthur’ flops, ‘Guardians 2’ still rules at box office

LINDSEY BAHR Dergarabedian, senior me-
AP Film Writer dia analyst for comScore.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The “It has incredible staying
first major box office flop of power.”
the summer movie season Neither “King Arthur” nor
has arrived. “Snatched” were well-
Studio estimates on Sunday received by critics, and
say director Guy Ritchie’s audiences weren’t all that
“King Arthur: Legend of enchanted either, giving
the Sword” opened to a “King Arthur” a B+ Cine-
bleak $14.7 million from maScore and “Snatched”
more than 3,700 locations a B.
against a costly $175 million “Snatched” also lagged
production budget. behind Schumer’s “Train-
The gritty reimaging of the wreck,” which opened to
Excalibur myth starring $30.6 million in July 2015.
Charlie Hunnam as Arthur Dergarabedian, how-
debuted in third place ever, noted that the suc-
behind box office leader cess of “Trainwreck” was
“Guardians of the Galaxy more of an anomaly than
Vol. 2” and “Snatched” at a precedent and echoed
No. 2. the studio in categorizing
Warner Bros. was unsurpris- “Snatched” as a solid start
ingly disappointed at the for the film that cost $42 This image released by 20th Century Fox shows Goldie Hawn, right, and Amy Schumer in a scene
poor showing for “King Ar- million to make. from “Snatched.”
thur” but hopeful for the There was a clear gender Associated Press
rest of its summer slate, in- divide, too, between the
cluding “Wonder Woman” two major new releases
and Christopher Nolan’s this weekend. “Snatched”
“Dunkirk.” audiences were heavily
“Snatched” surprised ana- female — an estimated 77
lysts by beating “King Ar- percent according to Fox
thur” on the charts. The — while 59 percent of the
raunchy, R-rated Amy audience for “King Arthur”
Schumer and Goldie Hawn was male.
comedy from 20th Century Results were mixed for the
Fox opened with $17.5 mil- newcomers with more lim-
lion. ited releases.
Marvel and Disney’s The sniper drama “The
“Guardians of the Galaxy Wall” starring WWE fighter
Vol. 2” collected $63 million John Cena as an Ameri-
and has earned $246.2 mil- can soldier, took in a tepid
lion domestically in just two $891,590 from 541 loca-
weeks. tions. Better off was BH Tilt’s
It was down just 57 percent East Los Angeles car culture
from last weekend and drama “Lowriders,” with
is proving to be the only Eva Longoria and Demian
film in theaters capable of Bichir, which opened in
drawing mass audiences. only 295 theaters and still
Rounding out the top managed to take eighth
five were holdovers “The place on the charts with
Fate of the Furious,” with $2.4 million. The studio said
$5.3 million, and “The Boss audiences were primarily
Baby” with $4.6 million. Hispanic.
“The newcomers definitely Next weekend Ridley
had a tough time ... For Scott’s “Alien: Covenant”
most general audiences, will aim to scare “Guard-
‘Guardians’ remains the ians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”
go-to movie,” said Paul out of first place.q