‘Zootopia’ roars as ‘Cloverfield’ opens well

‘Zootopia’ roars as ‘Cloverfield’ opens well

NEW YORK

Moviegoers didn’t have much to go on with the mysterious “10 Cloverfield Lane,” but the words “Cloverfield” and “J.J. Abrams” were enough.

The Abrams-produced monster movie, a so-called “spiritual successor” to 2008’s found-footage hit “Cloverfield,” opened with a better-than-expected $25.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. That was good enough for second place to the Disney animated hit “Zootopia,” which stayed on top with $50 million in its second week.

Rounding out the top five were “Deadpool,” $10.8 million, third place; “London Has Fallen,” $10.7 million, fourth place; and “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” $4.6 million, fifth place.

Actress: I only wanted to document El Chapo’s life

MEXICO CITY

Actress Kate del Castillo says in an article published Sunday that she only met secretly with Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman for a project to document his life in a movie, and denied suggestions she had received any money from the drug lord.

Del Castillo wrote of the meeting in a first-person article published in the Mexican weekly newsmagazine Proceso. She explained how she was contacted by the capo’s attorneys, the discussions leading up to the encounter and ultimately her October 2015 meeting with Guzman and American actor Sean Penn in a remote area of northeastern Mexico.

The Proceso article comes just two days after The New Yorker magazine published part of an interview with the actress. It was the first she had given to any medium about the meeting with the drug lord.

Guzman, known as the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was captured Jan. 8 after a nearly six-month manhunt following his escape last July from a maximum security prison through a tunnel built under his cell. It was his second such escape from a penitentiary.

Associated Press