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Wednesday, September 9, 2015
‘War Room,’ Spanish language cartoon stand out at box office
LOS ANGELES — Summer blockbusters gave way to the small and highly targeted over a sleepy Labor Day weekend at the box office, with notable performances from the faith-based “War Room” and the Spanish language cartoon “Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos.” Sony’s “War Room” fought its way to first place in its second weekend in release, earning $12.6 million across the four-day holiday weekend, according to Rentrak estimates on Monday. The microbudget family drama, which cost only $3.5 million to produce, has grossed $27.9 million to date. Financial success for faith-based films is not exactly a surprise at this point, but “War Room’s” impressive hold from its opening weekend
is significant. Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrak’s senior media analyst, attributes “War Room’s” second weekend success to heightened awareness after it nearly usurped “Straight Outta Compton” last weekend. Also, word of mouth is strong for “War Room.” Dergarabedian said according to exit polling, 75 percent of the audience said they would definitely recommend the movie — a substantial and interest-
ing contrast to the dismal critical reception for the film. “It’s just a great story of a film that really filled a void in the marketplace, with a message that the audience could really get behind,” he said. New release “A Walk in the Woods,” debuted in third place, behind previous champ “Straight Outta Compton,” with $10.5 million from 1,960 screens. The buddy dramedy based on Bill Bryson’s memoir starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte cost a reported $8 million to make and has taken in $12.2 million since its Wednesday opening. The action pic “The Transporter
Refueled,” meanwhile, opened in fifth with a lackluster $9 million from over 3,400 screens. Costing only $21 million to produce, this franchise outing subbed in a relatively unknown actor, Ed Skrein, for star Jason Statham, who had helped the previous three films succeed. Dergarabedian said while both films will likely perform decently in theaters, their VOD earning potential is great. “Both of those movies will end up being profitable on the small screen down the road,” he said. But, it was Pantelion’s Spanishlanguage animated film “Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos,” that truly
stood out among the pack, taking in $4.4 million from just 395 locations over the four-day weekend. Although it doesn’t come close to the sensational $10.4 million Labor Day weekend debut of Pantelion’s 2013 film “Instructions Not Included,” it does still illustrate the significant power of an underserved audience. “Latinos represent 17 percent of the population and buy 24 percent of movie tickets. They go to the movies all the time and they go to movies as families. If we can create a film that resonates with families over a holiday weekend, it tends to do well,” said Paul Presburger, CEO of Pantelion. (ap)
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In this Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, file photo, actors Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt attend the premiere of “Into The Woods,” at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York.
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VENICE, Italy — Shia LaBeouf says his new film, “Man Down,” helped him get back on track. The actor plays a traumatized U.S. Marine searching for his estranged wife and son after cataclysm strikes in the thriller “Man Down,” which is competing in the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons section for new discoveries. Despite its blood-and-guts drama, LaBoeuf and director Dito Montiel say “Man Down” isn’t a war story, but the tale of a man trying to get his son back — almost a post-apocalyptic “Kramer vs. Kramer.” It’s LaBeouf’s second film with director Montiel, after 2006 drama “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints,” and he says the script came at exactly the right time. “He came to my house when I was in a really low place and offered it to me like therapy, like ‘here’s a healing process so we can jump into together and get well,’” LaBeouf told reporters in Venice on Sunday. The 29-year-old “Transformers” star has made headlines with a series of bizarre escapades — including yelling from the audience during a Broadway show and wearing a paper
SEOUL — North and South Korea agreed Tuesday to hold reunions next month of families separated by the Korean War in the early 1950s, a small but important bit of progress for rivals that just last month were threatening each other with war.
bag on his head to a movie premiere — and has been treated for an alcohol problem. From now on, he says he’s only working with “friends.” (ap)
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Koreas to hold October reunions of war-divided families
‘Mad Men’ star Hamm and Shia LaBeouf says from now on Westfeldt split after 18 years he’s only working with friends NEW YORK — Months after denying their relationship was over, Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt are splitting up. Hamm and Westfeldt released a statement Monday through publicist Annett Wolf that “with great sadness” they were separating after 18 years. The couple, who never married, said they would “continue to be supportive of each other in every way possible.” The statement first appeared on the web site of People magazine. Earlier this year, the “Mad Men” actor completed treatment for alcohol addiction and praised Westfeldt, an actress and filmmaker, for her support, Wolf said at the time. In April, they disputed reports they were breaking up. (ap)
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South Korean Jun Joo-eul, 85, who was separated from his family during the Korean War, looks through documents for family reunion in front of messages wishing for the family reunions between two Koreas at the video meeting room for separated families at the Korea Red Cross headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015.
SO FAR this year, no grants from Bali’s provincial government have been disbursed to any customary village.
According to the data from the Bali Culture Service, a total of 102 customary villages in eight counties and one municipality should already have received their grants worth IDR 200 million each. All custom-
One hundred mostly elderly people from each country will be reunited with their relatives Oct. 20-26 at the Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, according to Seoul’s Unification Ministry and North Korean state media. The decision came after overnight talks among the Koreas’ Red Cross officials at the border village of Panmunjom that began Monday. The Koreas initially agreed to push for the reunions after striking a deal last month that eased a standoff that had flared after a mine explosion blamed on Pyongyang maimed two South Korean soldiers. The highly emotional reunions have not happened since early last year. But even Tuesday’s announcement doesn’t guarantee success. The rivals have a long history of failing to follow through on reconciliation efforts. Planned reunions in 2013 were scrapped at the last minute because of North Korean anger in part over its claim that the South was trying to overthrow Pyongyang’s government. Most applicants are in their 70s or older and desperate to see their loved ones before they die. Many Koreans don’t even know
whether relatives on the other side of the border are still alive because their governments mostly ban the exchange of letters, phone calls or emails. Some foreign analysts also remain skeptical about inter-Korean ties because of speculation that North Korea will fire what it calls a satellite to celebrate the 70th birthday on Oct. 10 of its ruling party. Similar past launches triggered an international standoff as South Korea and other neighboring countries called them disguised tests for long-range missiles. Such a launch would endanger the reunions. About 22,500 Koreans had participated in brief reunions — 18,800 in person and the others by video — during a period of detente. None were given a second chance to meet their relatives, according to South Korea’s Red Cross. South Korean officials have long called for holding reunions more regularly and expanding the number of people taking part. North Korea is seen as worrying that doing so could open the country to influence from more affluent South Korea and threaten the ruling party’s grip on power. Continued on page 6
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ary villages have already given in their accountability reports for their grants from the previous year. Meanwhile, 92 of the 102 customary villages listed have submitted proposals
for this year’s grants but none of these have been processed by the Finance Bureau of the Secretariat of the Province of Bali. Continue to page 2 Hampered ...