“Sing” swells to $500 million at worldwide officeFebruary 13, 2017 - 16:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - With three more big territories yet to open, Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures’ Sing crossed $500M at the worldwide box office. With a toe-tapping $265.3M domestically after eight weeks in release, Sing has amassed another $235.5M internationally. That brings its total to $500.8M. And that’s even before it is released in China (Feb. 17), Russia (March 2) and Japan (March 17), Deadline said. In all, Illumination films, which also includes the animated The Secret Life of Pets — which opened to $104M domestically when it bowed in July last year and has since taken in $875M worldwide — have grossed (in total) over $4.5B (that’s with a B) globally. The success of Sing prompted a sequel which Illumination and Universal recently announced will be released on Christmas Day, 2020. That is not the first of the announced sequels from some of the company’s most successful franchises. The Secret Life of Pets 2 will bow Fourth of July weekend 2019 and Minions 2 takes the July 4th holiday slot in 2020. Related links: 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 | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |