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Box Office Sunday AM: ‘Lucy’ In The Sky At $44M; ‘Hercules’ At $29M

post thumbnailBox Office Sunday AM: ‘Lucy’ In The Sky At $44M; ‘Hercules’ At $29M13th and 14th UPDATES, Sunday, 6:30 AM and 8 AM: As the industry waits for next weekend’s Guardians of the Galaxy to lift the summer box office blues (it will start next Thursday at 7 PM), this weekend is wrapping up: Lucy will end the 3-day with $44M for Universal, director Luc Besson and our new solo, female action star Scarlett Johansson. On a budget of what the studio claims to be $40M, this picture should turn a profit with international yet to weigh in (it doesn’t open until next weekend) and Johansson already an known entity overseas from all the Marvel movies she’s been in. Now, if Sunday moviegoing drops more than 20{e44777159f4460b4149aae83a2b5a6bf29fb2a90e7eca4046095a1ce55bcfa3b}, Lucy will come in around $43.5M for its debut weekend. Its second weekend could dive, given the mixed reviews and the C+ CinemaScore it received Friday night.
This weekend continues to be down around 14{e44777159f4460b4149aae83a2b5a6bf29fb2a90e7eca4046095a1ce55bcfa3b} from last year at this time, and overall moviegoing is off about 6{e44777159f4460b4149aae83a2b5a6bf29fb2a90e7eca4046095a1ce55bcfa3b} from 2013′s record-breaking box office year and what was the all-time highest summer (with a total of $2.753B from the beginning of May through Sept. 2). So far, May 2nd to July 27th 2014 is $2.930B compared to last year’s $3.674B year’s for the same period. Now, if you bring the April bow of Captain America: The Winter Soldier into the mix, moviegoing is off 14{e44777159f4460b4149aae83a2b5a6bf29fb2a90e7eca4046095a1ce55bcfa3b}. … Read More »

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Dog Reunites With Her Owner After 2 Years and Has the Most Adorable Reaction Ever

After living and working in Slovenia for two years, Rebecca Ehalt returned home to Pennsylvania this week and shared a touching video of her reunion with the family dog. In the clip, Rebecca is greeted by the schnauzer – named Casey – who lets out a lot of high-pitched whimpers before passing out, as Rebecca describes it, “from overwhelming joy.” Not only is Casey’s reaction insanely adorable, but it’s also totally understandable since Rebecca’s two-year absence has been over a decade in dog years. And you don’t have to worry about Casey: as Rebecca wrote on YouTube, they took her to the vet, and “everything is fine with her. No worries.” Watch the sweet reunion video now.