Tag: Beauty and the Beast

‘The Boss Baby’ rules the US weekend box office

Reuters — A suit-wearing baby shows viewers who’s boss at the box office as “The Boss Baby” grabs top billing in its opening weekend at United States theaters with a draw of an estimated $49 million, according to boxoffice.mojo.com. Featuring the vocal work of Alec Baldwin, the film follows a baby who up-ends a family with his arrival. Coming in a close second is Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” with an estimated earnings for $47.5 […]

“Beauty and the Beast” to continue box office domination

(Reuters) — “Beauty and the Beast” is poised for its third North American box office win from Friday (March 31) through Sunday (April 02). Set to take in an estimated 47 million dollars, according to BoxOfficePro, the film has already earned more than 744 million dollars worldwide. Coming in at number two is expected to be the animated film, “The Boss Baby.” Featuring the vocal work of Alec Baldwin, the film follows a suit-wearing baby […]

‘Beauty and the Beast’ earns an estimated $170 million in first weekend

(Reuters) — In its opening weekend, Disney latest live-action remake, “Beauty and the Beast,” roared to the box office top spot this weekend (March 19), bringing in an estimated $170 million in tickets sales. The reimagining, which stars Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as the Beast, is the latest in a string of live-action reimaginings of Disney classics that includes “The Jungle Book” and “Cinderella.” The movie also includes Josh Gad, Luke Evans, […]

Emma Watson is Belle of the ball in ‘Beauty and the Beast’

by Frankie TAGGART Agence France-Presse It is a tale as old as time (or one dating back to the 1990s, at least): Disney dusts off an animated classic, adds bells, whistles and real people, and everyone makes a fortune. Since Jason Scott Lee annoyed purists as a grown-up Mowgli in “Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book” (1994), the company has churned out numerous big-screen live-action remakes of its hand-drawn favorites, recouping $4 billion worldwide. The latest […]