- Germany into Nations League quarters, France and Italy win
- Nagelsmann lauds 'supercharged' Germany's 'best half of the year'
- 'Pandas are coming': Two new bears depart China for US capital
- Dodgers pitcher Kershaw plans to return for 2025
- Mbappe 'investigated for rape' in Sweden: report
- Revived Italy sweep past Israel in Nations League amid high security
- Trudeau slams India as tensions soar over Sikh separatist's murder
- Harris courts Black voters as Trump makes inroads
- Wall Street stocks hit fresh records as oil prices slide
- Nigerian team return home after boycotting AFCON qualifier in Libya
- Nigeria refuse to play in Libya as Algeria, Cameroon qualify
- Strike-hit Boeing leaves experts puzzled by strategy
- Leweling rockets Germany past Dutch and into Nations League quarterfinals
- Kolo Muani double fires France to win in Belgium
- Italy sweep past Israel in Nations League amid high security
- UN peacekeepers to 'stay in all positions' in Lebanon
- NASA launches probe to study if life possible on icy Jupiter moon
- 'Unique' Ronaldo an example to everyone, says Martinez
- New lawsuits against Sean Combs allege sex assault, including of minor
- Italy begins migrant transfers to Albania with first group of 16
- Google signs nuclear power deal with startup Kairos
- Carsley open to foreign England manager amid Guardiola links
- Pogba hungry to have his football cake after doping ban
- India and Canada expel top envoys in Sikh separatist killing row
- Mbappe says victim of 'fake news' after 'rape' report in Sweden
- Lebanon says 21 killed in strike on northern village
- Netanyahu vows no mercy after deadly Hezbollah drone strike
- Russia could be able to attack NATO by 2030: German intelligence
- EVs seek to regain sales momentum at Paris Motor Show
- Clarke backs Scotland to bounce back from 'tough' run
- Harris, Trump target crucial Pennsylvania as US vote looms
- NASA probe Europa Clipper lifts off for Jupiter's icy moon
- Lebanese Red Cross says 18 killed in strike in north
- Mendy borrowed money from Man City team-mates for legal fees
- Palestinian officials say Israeli forces kill two in West Bank
- Football leagues, unions file EU complaint against FIFA in calendar dispute
- Nigeria boycott AFCON qualifier in Libya after 'inhumane treatment'
- India to recall top envoy to Canada: foreign ministry
- Hezbollah, Israeli troops in 'violent clashes' after drone strike
- China insists won't renounce 'use of force' to take Taiwan as drills end
- Painkiller sale plan to US gives France major headache
- Italy begins landmark migrant transfers to Albania
- Russia jails French researcher for three years
- 'Unsustainable' housing crisis bedevils Spain's socialist govt
- Stocks shrug off China disappointment but oil slides
- New Zealand 4-0 up in America's Cup but British show signs of life
- Russian prosecutor demands 3 years prison for French researcher
- 'Innocent' British nerve agent victim caught in global murder plot: inquiry
- Afghan Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things
- Russian prosecutor demands 3 years, 3 months jail for French researcher
'The Marvels' has a far from marvelous N.America opening
New superhero film "The Marvels" is making history, and not in a good way: its estimated $47 million North American take over the weekend marks the lowest debut ever for a movie from Disney's normally money-cranking Marvel Cinematic Universe.
"This opening is an unprecedented Marvel box office collapse," said analyst David A. Gross. Second superhero episodes normally outperform the originals, he said, but this one is down 67 percent from its predecessor, "Captain Marvel," and has a long way to go to recoup its $220 million production cost.
It's unclear, analysts said, whether this is a clear signal of moviegoers' superhero fatigue after so many successful blockbusters.
But Gross said several factors are hurting such films in the theaters, including the growth of streaming services and the recently ended actors' strike ("Marvels" stars led by Brie Larson were unable to do promotional work) -- as well as a slew of "unimaginative and bad movies" across the genre.
"The Marvels," a complicated sci-fi yarn about quantum entanglement, "jump points" and holes in space, also stars Teyonah Parris and Iman Vellani.
In second for the weekend was "Five Nights at Freddy's" from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, with estimated ticket sales of $9 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. Josh Hutcherson plays a down-at-the-heels guard working nights at an abandoned family entertainment center where creepy animatronic characters spring -- murderously -- to life.
AMC Theaters' "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" again performed well: the superstar's concert film earned $5.9 million as it placed third for the weekend. Its total domestic haul in five weeks is now $172.5 million.
In fourth was A24's biopic "Priscilla," at $4.8 million, nearly level with last weekend's $5 million take. The Sofia Coppola-directed film charts the rocky relationship between Elvis and Priscilla Presley, from their first meeting, when she was just 14 and he was a 24-year-old star, to their acrimonious split.
Cailee Spaeny, in the title role, has earned the Venice Film Festival's best actress award.
And in fifth, at $4.7 million, was Martin Scorsese's history-based epic "Killers of the Flower Moon." The Paramount drama stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
"The Holdovers" ($3.2 million)
"Journey to Bethlehem" ($2.4 million)
"Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie" ($1.8 million)
"Radical" ($1.8 million)
"The Exorcist: Believer" ($1.2 million)
M.A.Colin--AMWN