{"id":35010,"date":"2014-07-28T10:36:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T10:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=35010"},"modified":"2014-07-28T10:36:41","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T10:36:41","slug":"scarlett-johansson-beats-dwayne-johnson-at-us-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/scarlett-johansson-beats-dwayne-johnson-at-us-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarlett Johansson beats Dwayne Johnson at US box office"},"content":{"rendered":"
Scarlett Johansson has come out on top in a box office tussle with former wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.<\/p>\n
Johansson’s Lucy, an action thriller about a woman who unlocks hitherto untapped brain powers, made $44m (\u00a326m) in the US and Canada over the weekend, according to studio estimates.<\/p>\n
Johnson’s fantasy Hercules had to settle for an estimated $29m (\u00a317m) between Friday and Sunday.<\/p>\n
The film’s distributor Paramount said the takings equalled expectations.<\/p>\n
“It’s exactly what we had hoped for,” said Megan Colligan, head of domestic marketing and distribution at Paramount Pictures.<\/p>\n
Directed by France’s Luc Besson, Lucy tells of a woman who can move objects with her mind after a drug causes her brain to operate at abnormally high levels.<\/p>\n
Hercules sees Johnson take on the role of the fabled Greek demigod, previously played on screen by Steve Reeves, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others.<\/p>\n
Brett Ratner’s film performed far more strongly than The Legend of Hercules, another outing for the character that could only muster $8.6m (\u00a35m) when it opened in US cinemas in January.<\/p>\n
Overall North American box office takings are still down around 20% compared to last year’s record summer.<\/p>\n
It is hoped Guardians of the Galaxy, the latest comic book fantasy from the Marvel stable, will reverse the trend when it opens in cinemas later this week.<\/p>\n
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, last week’s box office champ, fell two places to three with third weekend takings of $16.4m (\u00a39.6m).<\/p>\n
That was enough to rank it above thriller sequel The Purge: Anarchy and Disney’s Planes: Fire and Rescue, both of which were also down two places on last week’s placings.<\/p>\n
Two other new entries enjoyed more limited success than Lucy and Hercules, with both making their debuts outside of this week’s top five.<\/p>\n
And So It Goes, a romantic comedy starring Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton, opened at eight with first weekend takings of $4.6m (\u00a32.7m), while A Most Wanted Man made its bow at 10 with a $2.7m (\u00a31.6m) tally.<\/p>\n
Based on a novel by John Le Carre, the espionage thriller – released in the UK in September – stars the late Philip Seymour Hoffman as an anti-terrorist chief stationed in Hamburg.<\/p>\n
\nUS and Canada box office<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n\nSOURCE: RENTRAK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n | 1.<\/strong>\u00a0Lucy – $44m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 2.<\/strong>\u00a0Hercules – $29m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 3.<\/strong>\u00a0Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – $16.4m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 4.\u00a0<\/strong>The Purge: Anarchy – $9.9m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 5.<\/strong>\u00a0Planes: Fire & Rescue – $9.3m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | <\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Scarlett Johansson has come out on top in a box office tussle with former wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Johansson’s Lucy, an action thriller about a woman who unlocks hitherto untapped brain powers, made $44m (\u00a326m) in the US and Canada over the weekend, according to studio estimates. Johnson’s fantasy Hercules had to settle for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":35011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[34,6],"yoast_head":"\n |
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