Monday, October 15, 2018
‘First Man’ blasts off behind ‘Venom’ and ‘A Star Is Born’
LOS ANGELES
The Neil Armstrong film “First Man” settled for a third-place landing at the North American box office in its opening weekend in theaters. The Ryan Gosling-starrer couldn’t unseat last week’s top two films, “Venom” and “A Star Is Born,” which again took first and second place.
Studios estimated Sunday that “First Man” earned $16.5 million in ticket sales from 3,640 North American theaters, and $25 million worldwide.
The comic-book film “Venom,” meanwhile, added $35.7 million in ticket sales, down 56 percent from its first weekend, to repeat at No. 1. The film has earned $142.8 million to date from North American theaters.
Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” continued to ride a wave of goodwill and awards buzz into its second weekend, adding $28 million. With total domestic grosses at $94.2 million, the Warner Bros. pic starring Cooper and Lady Gaga will sail past $100 million in no time.
Rounding out the top five were “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween,” $16.2 million, fourth place; and “Smallfoot,” $9.3 million, fifth place.
Prince Harry, Meghan arrive in Sydney
SYDNEY
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, arrived in Sydney today, a day before they officially start a 16-day tour of Australia and the South Pacific.
The trip is their only international tour since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were married in May, apart from a two-day visit to Ireland.
The prince and the former American actress landed on an overcast morning after a commercial flight from London with a brief stopover in Singapore.
They have 76 engagements scheduled over 16 days in Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand. In Australia, they will pet a koala in a Sydney zoo, visit in the drought-stricken Outback town of Dubbo and meet indigenous leaders on Fraser Island, the world’s largest sand island, in northeastern Queensland state.
Associated Press