AQUAMAN makes a huge splash this pre-Christmas weekend at the Box Office. It opens with $70 million from 4,125 theatres for Warner Bros. It passes with a 63% on the Tomatometer and gets also an A- CinemaScore which should give it some fins to swim with through the Holiday Season.
BUMBLEBEE, the latest in the Transformers Franchise debuts in second spot with stellar reviews at $22.7 million from 3,550 theatres for Paramount Pictures. It gets 94% on the Tomatometer – shocking – and an A- CinemaScore from Audiences.
In third is MARY POPPINS RETURNS with $21.7 million from 4,090 theatres for Disney. The Sequel, some 50+ years in-the-making, gets 77% on the Tomatometer and an A- CinemaScore.
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE gets $18 million in its second week out for Sony Pictures, a tally of $66.1 million domestically. This lands it in fourth spot.
SECOND ACT starring Jennifer Lopez, debuts in seventh with $7.1 million for STX Entertainment/Elevation Pictures. It gets 42% on the Tomatometer and a B+ CinemaScore.
WELCOME TO MARWEN opens in ninth with $2.6 million for Universal Pictures. It gets 25% on the Tomatometer and a B- CinemaScore.
Rounding things out is MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS with $2.5 million for Universal Pictures/Focus Features with $2.5 million, a total $3.8 million in three weeks of limited release. It gets 61% on the Tomatometer.
Elevation Pictures x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to see SECOND ACT starring Jennifer Lopez. Advance Screenings take place as follows (locations subject to change):
Toronto:
Date: Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Dundas
Vancouver:
Date: Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas
Ottawa:
Date: Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Cineplex Odeon South Keys Cinemas
Calgary:
Date: Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Scotiabank Theatre Chinook
Winnipeg:
Date: Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
Time: 7:00pm
Location: SilverCity St. Vital & XSCAPE Entertainment Centre
Halifax:
Date: Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Scotiabank Theatre Halifax
Edmonton:
Date: Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Cineplex Odeon North Edmonton Cinemas
Synopsis:
Jennifer Lopez stars as Maya, a 40-year-old woman struggling with frustrations from unfulfilled dreams. Until, that is, she gets the chance to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts, and that it is never too late for a Second Act.
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Elevation Pictures release SECOND ACT Friday, December 21, 2018.
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