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‘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.
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“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.”
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