#BOXOFFICE: “SPLIT” ON-TOP A THIRD STRAIGHT WEEK

For a third straight week, SPLIT takes the top of the Box Office for Universal Pictures with $14.3 million from 3,373 theatres.  It nears the $100-million-mark, with a tally of $98.3 million domestically thus far.

RINGS debuts in second spot with $13.3 million for Paramount Pictures, from 2,931 theatres. The third Film in the Japanese-adapted Horror franchise, it also ranks third in highest opening after 2005’s THE RING 2 ($35 million) and 2002’s THE RING ($15 million) respectively. It gets a C- CinemaScore from Audiences and a paltry 6% on the Tomatometer.

HIDDEN FIGURES still is going strong in third with $10.2 million for 20th Century Fox. In seven weeks it is just shy of $120 million in North America.

A DOG’S PURPOSE is in fourth with $10.1 million for Universal Pictures, a total $32 million in two weeks.

LA LA LAND is in fifth with $7.4 million for eOne Films/Lionsgate Films, a total $118 million over nine weeks.

RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER is in sixth with $4.1 million for Sony Pictures, a two-week total of $21.5 million.

THE SPACE BETWEEN US opens in ninth with $3.5 million from 2,812 theatres for STX Entertainment/VVS Films. It gets 16% on the Tomatometer from Critics, while Audiences loved it with an A- CinemaScore.

xXx: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE rounds-out the Top Ten with $3.4 million, a total $39 million over three weeks earned for Paramount Pictures.

#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “RINGS”

Paramount Pictures Canada + Mr. Will want to take Readers in Toronto and Montreal to see RINGS! Screenings take place Wednesday, February 1, 2017.

Synopsis:
A new chapter in the beloved RING horror franchise. A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a “movie within the movie” that no one has ever seen before…

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Paramount Pictures Canada release RINGS Friday, February 3, 2017.

(Photo/video credit: Paramount Pictures Canada)

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “RINGS”

It’s been far too long. Are you brave enough for this new Trailer for RINGS?

Synopsis:

A new chapter in the beloved RING horror franchise.  A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it.  She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a “movie within the movie” that no one has ever seen before…

See the Trailer:

Paramount Pictures Canada release RINGS Friday, October 28, 2016.

(Photo/video credit: Paramount Pictures Canada)