Hidden Figures Is Number One Movie In America Second Week In A Row We reported last week that the #BlackGirlMagic movie depicting the lives of African-African women who helped America win the space race won the Box Office race against the latest Star Wars flick. According to Forbes , ‘Hidden Figures’ is still reigning supreme after taking in more than $20 million this MLK weekend. Hidden Figures was the biggest movie of the weekend for the second weekend in a row. The acclaimed crowd pleaser used the MLK holiday weekend, an expansion to 3,282 theaters, and the whole “it’s great” thing to snag what will be a terrific hold in its second weekend of wide release. The Fox 2000 release earned $20.45 million over the Fri-Sun frame for a likely $25.3m Fri-Mon weekend, or about equal to last weekend’s Fri-Sun gross. That will give the superb historical drama a superb $59.6m domestic total by tomorrow. Make sure you take your mom, aunties, girlfriends, sorors, play sisters and everyone else to see ‘Hidden Figures’ today!
GAHHHHH DAMN!!!! Wiz Khalifa Shares Amber Rose’s Twerking On Instagram Wiz is helping us get this holiday weekend started off right! He’s well-known to be super proud of his lady’s hindquarters and has shared snaps in the past . But now we’re getting the self-proclaimed bald-headed scallywag’s full-bodied cakes in all their jiggling glory. Take a peep (or several): Bless you Amber and THANK YOU WIZ!
Kylie Jenner would like to interrupt your holiday weekend by making a very important point: She is NOT dating Lil Twist . The reality star was forced to take to Twitter after photos of her grabbing frozen yogurt with the rapper hit the Internet – and the blogosphere leaped to its next logical/romantic conclusion. “Media always making it seem like I’m dating everyone I’m seen with,” Kendall wrote online. “Makes no sense to me. Don’t listen to everything u see, people.” Jenner was, however, spotted alongside Jaden Smith at her father’s beach house on July 4th, as rumors of those two dating have been floating around for weeks now. We’re gonna go ahead and believe that one. Sorry, KJ.
Kylie Jenner would like to interrupt your holiday weekend by making a very important point: She is NOT dating Lil Twist . The reality star was forced to take to Twitter after photos of her grabbing frozen yogurt with the rapper hit the Internet – and the blogosphere leaped to its next logical/romantic conclusion. “Media always making it seem like I’m dating everyone I’m seen with,” Kendall wrote online. “Makes no sense to me. Don’t listen to everything u see, people.” Jenner was, however, spotted alongside Jaden Smith at her father’s beach house on July 4th, as rumors of those two dating have been floating around for weeks now. We’re gonna go ahead and believe that one. Sorry, KJ.
Slow holiday weekend finds Taylor Swift, One Direction and Phillip Phillips rounding out top 5. By Gil Kaufman Anne Hathaway in “Les Miserables” Photo: Universal Pictures
40 Shot During Memorial Day Weekend In Chicago Chicago needs to be touched by an angel… More than 40 shootings were reported during the four-day weekend. The city has had more homicides and shootings so far in 2012 than during the same time last year, according to unofficial briefing summaries prepared by the Chicago Police Department. According to the summaries, there have been at least 200 homicides so far this year compared with 134 during the same period in 2011. That’s a 49.25 percent increase over last year. The 10 people killed over the long weekend outnumber the four reported slain during the 2011 holiday weekend, when severe storms hit the Chicago area and forced many people inside. Shootings are up nearly 14 percent over last year, according to the unofficial summaries. There have been 851 shootings so far in 2012 compared with 747 during the same period in 2011, the police data showed. Great goodness, it’s about time to declare Marshall Law or something on that area. This violence just gets insane. Source
It was indeed a very happy President’s Day Weekend in Hollywood, where studios enjoyed the rare treat of five wide February releases raking in $20 million or more. The bad news? The two newest ones brought up the rear. Sorry, Nicolas Cage and Reese Witherspoon — your Holiday Weekend Receipts are here. [All figures are four-day weekend estimates.] 1. Safe House Gross: $28,40,000 ($82,600,000) Screens: 3,121 (PSA $9,100) Weeks: 2 (Change: -29.3%) There are a few big winners among this weekend’s successes, but I’ll go with Ryan Reynolds as the biggest: On the one hand, the guy can’t open anything no matter how desperately his agents or producers want him to be able to. On the other, there is no better box-office second fiddle alive short of maybe Jeremy Renner, who wouldn’t hold that distinction for long anyway with both The Avengers and The Bourne Legacy on deck to refine both his blockbuster ensemble and leading-man creds. So go on, Hollywood! Let Reynolds back up your 57-year-old action star today! 2. The Vow Gross: $26,600,000 ($88,527,000) Screens: 2,958 (PSA $8,993) Weeks: 2 (Change: -35.4%) Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams aren’t shabby performers, either, both en route to their leading their first non-franchise $100 million grosser. Unless The Vow 2 is en route starring a certain rat and a churro , which I’m not sure counts, but you tell me. 3. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Gross: $26,400,000 ($59,516,000) Screens: 3,500 Weeks: 2 (Change: -3.4%) There’s no doubt that just scraping below $60 million in 10 days of release is a let-down for all involved (except for Michael Caine, I guess, as long as the check cleared), but a 3.4 percent drop? Yowza . Not bad at all, especially opposite… 4. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Gross: $25,700,000 (new) Screens: 3,174 (PSA $6,397) Weeks: 1 I don’t know where this creative development lands Nicolas Cage on his quest to become screen acting’s version of Led Zeppelin . Maybe it would be easier to break it down to Zeppelin song-title analogues, like, “What Is and What Should Never Be” or “Sick Again.” Any others? 5. This Means War Gross: $20,400,000 (new) Screens: 3,189 (PSA: $6,397) Weeks: 1 Needs less Pine , more pudding . [Figures via Box Office Mojo ] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
The Muppets were no match for the half-vampire babies this week, as Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Kermit the Frog and friends fared well at the box office – but Breaking Dawn remained on top. Breaking Dawn: Behind the Scenes Look The Twilight Saga’s fourth installment pulled in another $62 million from Wednesday through today, bringing its worldwide tally to nearly $400 million. It’s now ahead of the pace set in 2009 by Eclipse . The Muppets, meanwhile, pulled in a solid $42 million. Here is a look at the top 10 box office results from this long holiday weekend: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 : $62.3 million The Muppets : $42 million Happy Feet Two : $18.4 million Arthur Christmas : $17 million Hugo : $15.4 million Jack and Jill : $14.1 million Immortals: $12.6 million Puss in Boots : $10.4 million Tower Heist : $10.2 million The Descendants : $9.2 million
