Oscar nominee "The Descendants" hits $70 mln markFebruary 13, 2012 - 15:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In its 13th week of release, "The Descendants" continued its strong run at the box office this weekend, taking in $3.5 million - enough to put it No. 9 in North America, according to The Wrap. Alexander Payne's R-rated film, nominated for five Oscars, has now grossed $70.7 million, and is about to surpass "Sideways" as Fox Searchlight's fourth highest-grossing movie ever - and as the director's highest-grossing movie ever. That movie grossed $71.5 million domestically. It is extremely rare for a movie to be in the top 10 after 13 weeks. The movie played on 1,581 screens, for an average of $2,214. It was the only best picture nominee in the top 10. The Weinstein Company's "The Artist," also nominated for best picture, grossed $2.3 million in its 12th weekend of release, for a total of $24 million. "In Darkness," nominated for the best foreign language film Oscar, opened at three locations. The Polish language film released by Sony Pictures Classics grossed $27,563, according to Rentrak. That's $9,188 per location. In its second week, The Weinstein Company's "W.E.," directed by Madonna, expanded from four locations to 17, taking in $57,660 -- a per-location average of $3,392. The movie now has grossed $121,807. "Albert Nobbs," from Roadside Attractions, took $279,000 in its third week of release. The movie, which earned three Academy Award nominations, including one for star Glenn Close, has grossed a total of $2 million. 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. |