It was a tight race at the box-office, but "The Boss Baby" pulled through in what was a nail-biter against "Beauty and the Beast" (which now has an accumulated gross of $397 million). "The Boss Baby," an Alec Baldwin starring animated movie, once again shows the power that animation has at the American box-office. Despite average to negative reviews, the film has become a major player for DreamWorks animation. I thought "Beauty and the Beast" would possibly make it 4 straight weeks at the top of the box-office, but, alas, this once again shows animation's dominance in American theaters. As for "Ghost in the Shell," they didn't screen it here in Boston for the press, which means I didn't get a chance to see it, but we can safely say that it finishing third at $19 million is a disappointment, given its reported budget of close to $110 million.
1- The Boss Baby $49,000,000
2- Beauty and the Beast $47,543,000
3- Ghost in the Shell $19,000,000
4- Power Rangers $14,500,500
5- Kong: Skull Island $8,800,000
It also looks like "Beauty and the Beast" could crack the all-time top ten domestic grossing films. Look at the list below, 4 of the 10 films are "Star Wars," I'm thinking it'll be 6 of the 10 by the time Episode 9 hits theaters in 2019.
[Box Office Mojo]
While James L. Brooks teased last year that "we'll soon be seeing" Jack Nicholson, 89, act again, and that he was "reading scripts," that idea has now been shut down by his close friend Michael Douglas, 82.