Latest Bond movie stays atop N.American box office

“The Peanuts Movie”, a computer-animated resurrection of the beloved Charles M. Schulz comics, wasn’t far behind with $24.2 million in second place, bringing its tally to $82.5 million. In its eighth week at the box office, Hotel Transylvania 2 has enjoyed a two-month stay in the top 10 during a time which has proven to be a lull at the box office.

Warner Bros.’ The 33, which stars Antonio Banderas as one of the Chilean miners trapped underground for over two months, opened to $5.8 million. With its current momentum, Spectre should breakSkyfall’s box-office figure by Wednesday, and the film now boasts a global haul of $543.8 million. It scored success in a couple of countries, most notably India and the United Kingdom, where it was the biggest Bollywood opening of all-time ($27.0 million and $1.50 million, respectively). Be that as it may, the Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt dramatization By the Sea neglected to make a sprinkle, taking just $95,440 (£63,000) at 10 screens.

On Monday, October 26, 2015, the 24th Bond movie ‘Spectre’ premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

The Christmas comedy Love the Coopers was panned by critics, but moviegoers showed up in decent numbers giving the film an opening weekend of $8.4M from 2,603 theaters for a mild $3,227 average.

The records tumbled as Spectre took the titles for biggest Friday opening ($15 million), biggest opening weekend and biggest three-day take ($48 million) for a 2D Hollywood movie, according to estimates from Sony. That would be The Peanuts Movie, which took in $24-million. Do not forget to support independent movies, ladies and gents, because you might be out of the loop come Oscar time should the major theater chains not elect to play them. The discrepancy is estimated to be $30 million less. Globally it stands at $477.87M.

Despite the stellar Australian debut, the action-adventure has little chance of reaching Skyfall’s $49 million lifetime cume, given the looming competition from the last chapter of The Hunger Games on Thursday and J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode V11- The Force Awakens on December 17. That equates to a mere $889 per-screen. For comparison, “Spotlight”, Tom McCarthy’s drama about the Boston Globe’s 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of priest sexual abuse, averaged $60,455 on five screens in its debut last week.