Scarlett Johansson’s “Lucy” opens at No. 1 in ChinaOctober 28, 2014 - 18:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Scarlett Johansson’s “Lucy” capped a muscular overseas box-office run with a $19 million No. 1 opening in China this weekend, TheWrap said. That brings the international total for the Luc Besson sci-fi thriller about a woman with a megabrain to more than $307 million, and its worldwide haul to $434 million. Universal and Besson's EuropaCorp split the foreign distribution. Writer-director Besson's home country France has been the most lucrative foreign market for “Lucy,” which has grossed more than $44 million there. The U.K. ($23.5 million) and Russia ($21.3 million) have also been hot spots. The weekend's leading overseas earner was Warner Bros.’ “Annabelle,” which brought in $29.8 million from 63 markets. That lifted the international total for the demon doll tale with the $6.5 million production budget to nearly $127 million, and its worldwide haul to more than $206 million. Fox's “Gone Girl” was next, with $18.4 million from 60 markets. That means the Ben Affleck murder mystery directed by David Fincher has taken in more than $118 million overseas and $242 million globally. Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. 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 | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |