“Star Trek Beyond” sci-fi tops international box officeSeptember 12, 2016 - 16:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Paramount’s “Star Trek Beyond” has scored back-to-back wins at the international box office, beaming down a moderate $16.6 million for the weekend, Variety reports. The 13th movie in the “Star Trek” franchise has hit $161.5 million overseas, or about $5 million more than the domestic total. “Star Trek Beyond” easily led the previous weekend, thanks to a $31 million launch in China. It joins “Star Trek Into Darkness,” which took in $232 million in the U.S. and $234 million internationally — the first time that the foreign total topped the domestic. “Star Trek Beyond” narrowly topped South Korean title “Mil Jeong” (“Age of Shadows”), which dominated that market with $16 million on 1,444 screens in its opening for more than an 80% share of the top 5 films. It’s a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation of a Grimm Pictures and Warner Bros. Korea production in association with Harbin Films. Illumination-Universal’s “The Secret Life of Pets” finished a close third with $15.1 million in 56 territories, lifting its international total to $427.2 million and its worldwide figure to $789 million. “Pets” opened No. 1 in Australia with $5.8 million, including last week’s previews, with a 30% market share. The animated hit has four more markets: New Zealand on Sept. 15; Poland Sept. 23; South Africa Sept. 30; and Italy on Oct. 6. Warner Bros.’ supervillain tentpole “Suicide Squad” finished fourth with $10.1 million from 5,800 screens in 64 territories, bringing the international total to $392 million. The worldwide box office is nearly $700 million. Japan led the way with an opening of $3.6 million at 681 locations for a second-place finish behind a local animated title. The results were on par with “Deadpool” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” Sony’s shark adventure “The Shallows” followed in fifth with $9.6 million in 56 markets, bringing the international total for the Blake Lively project to $55 million — about equal to the U.S. total. “The Shallows” edged Warner’s international release of “Sully,” which took in $9.5 million at 3,600 screens in 39 international markets, led by $2.3 million in Australia. It generated the top opening for an Eastwood film in Russia with $925,000 on 882 screens. 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 | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |