‘Sully’ soars over ‘Blair Witch,’ ‘Bridget’

‘Sully’ soars over ‘Blair Witch,’ ‘Bridget’

LOS ANGELES

“Blair Witch,” “Bridget Jones’s Baby” and “Snow-den” didn’t ground “Sully” at the weekend box office.

The Warner Bros. dramatization of the Miracle on the Hudson directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks as Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger remained at No. 1 for the second week with $22 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Lionsgate’s horror revival “Blair Witch” nabbed $9.7 million at No. 2, while the Working Title Films comedy “Bridget Jones’s Baby” with Renee Zellweger again starring as the titular character crawled away with $8.2 million in third place.

Rounding out the top five were “Snowden” with $8 million, fourth place, and “Don’t Breathe” in fifth place with $5.6 million.

‘Sound of Music’ actress Carr dies at 73

LOS ANGELES

Charmian Carr, the actress best known for sweetly portraying the eldest von Trapp daughter in Rogers & Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” has died. She was 73.

Carr died Saturday of complications from a rare form of dementia in Los Angeles, Carr’s spokesman, Harlan Boll, said.

At age 21, the actress portrayed Liesl von Trapp in the 1965 film version of the musical “The Sound of Music.” She famously performed the song “Sixteen Going on Seventeen.”

After “The Sound of Music,” Carr’s only other major Hollywood role was starring with Anthony Perkins in the Stephen Sondheim television musical “Evening Primrose.”

The actress later wrote a pair of books about her “Sound of Music” experiences: “Forever Liesl” and “Letters to Liesl.”

Carr is survived by her four siblings, her two children and four grandchildren. She is also survived by the six other actors who became part of cinematic history when they were cast as the von Trapp children.

Associated Press