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July 3, 2019 The Skanner Portland & Seattle Page 5 Arts & Entertainment ‘Toy Story 4’ Repeats at No. 1 at Box Office Over ‘Annabelle,’ ‘Yesterday’ JONATHAN PRIME/UNIVERSAL PICTURES VIA AP LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Toy Story 4” hung onto the top spot in its second week in theaters and the horror sequel “Annabelle Comes Home” opened in line with expectations, but the Cinderella story of the weekend was actu- ally the third place mov- ie: “Yesterday.” The Danny Boyle-di- rected musical romantic comedy featuring the music of the Beatles de- buted well over industry expectations, earning an estimated $17 million from North American This image released by Universal Pictures shows Lily James,, left, and Himesh Patel in a scene from theaters. In a summer “Yesterday.” where most films have “Among all of the se- 4,” which added $57.9 “This was a reason- debuted either under or at industry tracking, quels and all of the ex- million from domestic able movie to make,” which are often lowball plosions of the summer, theaters, down 52% from said Jeff Goldstein, projections, and original this is a very charming, its debut last weekend. Warner Bros.’ head of comedies have struggled original, whimsical mu- Globally the film has al- domestic distribution. to find audiences, “Yes- sical romance with icon- ready netted $496.5 mil- “You don’t have to ex- terday” proved to be the ic music and amazing lion. ceed on every one.” Of the top grossing performances... (and di- exception. He noted that the Starring relative new- rection),” Orr said. “All films of 2019, Disney now “Conjuring Universe” comer Himesh Patel, of that adds up to a great, occupies the top four is the most successful “Yesterday” imagines a great run at the domestic spots with “Avengers: horror franchise of Endgame,” ‘’Captain Mar- all time with over $1.6 world where only one box office.” Even Warner Bros., vel,” ‘’Aladdin” and “Toy billion in ticket sales. man remembers the And after a few back- music of the Beatles and which has the Bruce Story 4.” In second place was to-back Conjuring decides to present their Springsteen-themed film catalog of hits as his own. “Blinded by the Light” the third Annabelle spinoffs, the franchise Although critics were coming later this sum- film, “Annabelle Comes is taking bit of a breather; mixed, audiences, who mer was heartened by Home,” which debuted “The Conjuring 3” won’t launch, on over 3,500 screens hit theaters until after were mostly female (56 “Yesterday’s” and over the age of 25 which motivated a sol- Wednesday. The War- Labor Day next year. “Aladdin” and “The (75%) have embraced the idly adult demographic ner Bros. horror earned film with an A- CinemaS- to trek out to the movie $20.4 million over the Secret Life of Pets 2” core and a 90% audience theater on opening week- weekend and $31.2 mil- rounded out the top five. lion in its first five days. “Avengers: Endgame” score on Rotten Toma- end. Although it is a fran- also made it back into As Comscore senior toes. Universal’s President media analyst Paul Der- chise low — the first two the top 10 after Disney of Domestic Theatrical garabedian put it: “It’s opened over $35 mil- added over 1,000 screens Distribution Jim Orr says not always the No. 1 film lion — with a budget of this weekend. It added an $27 million, it did well estimated $5.5 million, he tries to use the word that’s the big story.” The No. 1 film was enough to justify its ex- bringing its domestic “thrilled” judiciously, once again “Toy Story istence. total to $841.3 million. but that it applies here. Globally, it’s now at $2.76 billion. While some have viewed the “bring back” campaign as a naked “cash grab” to try to beat the “Avatar” record ($2.79 billion world- AP PHOTO/BEN MARGOT, FILE By Lindsey Bahr AP Film Writer Blazers Make Moves In this Feb. 10, 2019, file photo, Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside scores against the Golden State Warriors during the first half of an NBA basketball game, in Oakland, Calif. A person with knowledge of the situation says the Miami Heat have agreed to trade Hassan Whiteside to the Portland Trail Blazers for Meyers Leonard and Moe Harkless. The trade was agreed to Monday, July 1, 2019, and is still pending NBA approval, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because it has not been finalized. wide), Dergarabedian thinks it has more to do with “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” which opens next weekend and picks up right after the events of “Endgame.” The weekend overall is down nearly 15% from last year and the year to date deficit is around 9.4%. “We’ve been trying to dig our way out of this deficit for it seems like forever,” Dergarabedian said. “Some of the movies that were expected to be grand slam home runs were more like triples.” But Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” which has al- ready earned $111 million AP PHOTO/PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS, FILE SHOWTIMES Philly Street Named in Honor Patti LaBelle In this Sept. 24, 2016, file photo, Singer Patti LaBelle performs at the dedication ceremony for the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington. LaBelle is being honored in her hometown of Philadelphia with her very own street. A stretch of Broad Street will be renamed for the legendary soul singer during a ceremony on Tuesday. SHAFT (R) Fri-Thur: 2:40, 7:15 MA (R) Fri-Thur: 5:50, 9:40 THE SOUVENIR (R) Fri-Thur: 11:45, 6:45 ALL IS TRUE (PG-13) Fri-Thur: 2:15 from China, Japan and Hong Kong, could help turn the year around. “There’s a lot riding on Spider-Man’s shoulders,” Dergarabedian said. “I think this will be a real shot in the arm to the in- dustry both financially and emotionally.” He added: “If Spidey can’t do it, no one can.” TheSkannerNews Go. Learn. Do. Smile. 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