“Deadpool” sets opening-weekend record at Russian box officeFebruary 18, 2016 - 11:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Fox's Deadpool debuted atop the Russian box office, becoming the market's highest-grossing movie in its opening weekend ever. Ryan Reynolds' anti-hero pic based on the Marvel comic-book character took in 957.4 million rubles ($13.1 million), according to The Hollywood Reporter. The previous opening-weekend record was set in December by Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens, which grossed $12.3 million, according to data from research company Movie Research. Kung Fu Panda 3 stayed in the top five for a third weekend running. The latest installment in the animated franchise slipped to second place after two weekends at No. 1, grossing another $1.4 million for a cume of $11.1 million. Christian Ditter's comedy How to Be Single debuted in third place, taking in $1 million. Craig Gillespie's The Finest Hours slipped to fourth place. The action-drama starring Casey Affleck added another $605,000 for a cume of $2.8 million. Local movie 30 svidaniy (30 Dates) followed at No. 5 with $308,000, for a gross of $1.2 million to date. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”. Partner news | Welcome to CaseKey 2024. Byblos Bank Armenia firmly stands by future innovators Strategic business cases, invaluable experience, innovative approaches and more than 25 events are in store for the participants of CaseKey 2024. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. At least 2 CSTO members participated in preparing 44-day war against Armenia – PM Nikol Pashinyan has declared that at least two CSTO member countries participated in preparations for the 44-day war against Armenia. |