'The Revenant' wins blizzard-hit box place of work saturday and sunday

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the revenant wins blizzardhit box NY - The snowy frontier saga "The Revenant" weathered a blizzard-ravaged box office. Weekend movie-going was affected along the East Coast by Winter Storm Jonas, which forced theater closures in Washington D. C. and New york, and caused numerous theaters to suspend showings. Studio executives said the storm had a crucial effect on business. "It had a tremendous effects on all of your marketplace, " said Kevin Grayson, head of domestic distribution for STX Entertainment, which debuted the horror thriller "The Boy. " ''Anywhere from 300 to 400 theaters were affected. " Fittingly, the film that a lot of flourished into the frigid chilly was 20th Century Fox's Oscar- nominated "Revenant, " which took inside a estimated $16 million within the third week of wide release. The Alejandro Inarritu-directed thriller, put into the 1820s, is proving for being one in all Leonardo DiCaprio's biggest hits with $119. 2 million in The united states thus far. It absolutely was also the top film internationally in the weekend with $33. 8 million. Disney's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens, " arrived second with $14. 3 million inside sixth week of release. "The Force Awakens, " with $1. 94 billion globally to date, are going to cross $2 billion within the next week. Last week's No . 1 movie, the Kevin Hart-Ice Cube comedy "Ride Along 2, " dropped steeply inside second week, sliding to 3rd with $13 million for Universal. Those holdovers were trailed by only a trio of latest releases: "Dirty Grandpa, " ''The Boy" and "The 5th Wave, " which all earned $10 million to $12 million within the weekend. Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office firm Rentrak, said the storm had an end result, but cautioned against overestimating its impact. "It probably altered office 10 or 12 percent overall, " Dergarabedian said. "This was never predestined for being an earth-shattering box office weekend, anyway. " Lionsgate's "Dirty Grandpa, " starring Robert De Niro and Zac Efron, received many of the harshest reviews within the year. It narrowly edged away other newcomers having an estimated $11. 5 million. "The Boy, " a PG-13 rated supernatural tale that cost only about $10 million for making, earned a projected $11. 3 million. It appealed strongly to Latino moviegoers, which made-up 41 percent from your audience, based upon STX. Sony's "The 5th Wave, " which cost about $38 million to generate, may be a young-adult adaption from your initially Rick Yancey's trilogy of science-fiction books about alien invasion. Starring

Chloe Grace Moretz, "The 5th Wave" $10. 7 million debut didn't suggest a budding YA franchise. But Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony, was upbeat concerning the result and said it came in "ahead in the expectations using the storm. inches "Jonas was no friend about the movie industry, " Bruer said. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U. S. and Canadian theaters, per Rentrak. Where available, the present day international numbers for Friday through Sunday may also be included. Final domestic figures will likely be released Monday. Watch The Revenanttrailer