Denzel Washington's "Equalizer" tops box office with $35MSeptember 29, 2014 - 15:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The Equalizer" debuts to an estimated $35 million on domestic box office chart. It becomes one of Denzel Washington's top bows after 2007's "American Gangster" and 2012's "Safe House", cementing his reputation as one of Hollywood's consistently bankable stars, AceShowbiz said. "We're really, really happy, but we were very bullish on the movie," says Rory Bruer, Sony's President of Worldwide Distribution. "It's a film that we all love and it just delivers in a big way. Denzel couldn't be more terrific in the role - you can't take your eyes off this guy." Senior box office analyst Paul Dergarabedian says, "Denzel is just so charismatic, no matter how mean-spirited or heroic or flawed. He brings such a humanity to every performance. He's the very definition of a movie star." The movie is a best opening for director Antoine Fuqua. Last week's champion "The Maze Runner" settles at number two with approximately $17.5 million, pushing newcomer "The Boxtrolls" to the third position. The animation from Focus Features takes in an estimated $17.3 million, which is more than what the studio expected. Jim Orr, president of distribution for Focus Features, says, "We think it's going to end up legging out through the fall very nicely." At number 4 is dramedy "This Is Where I Leave You" with approximately $7 million in its second weekend. "Dolphin Tale 2" earns an estimated $4.8 million, which is good enough for number 5. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |