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Al Qassam Blows Up Israeli Platoon In Gaza City; Fierce Clash On In Juhr Al-Dik | Watch – Hindustan Times

  1. Al Qassam Blows Up Israeli Platoon In Gaza City; Fierce Clash On In Juhr Al-Dik | Watch Hindustan Times
  2. Hamas claims destruction of 60 Israeli military vehicles in Gaza in past 72 hours Anadolu Agency | English
  3. Hamas’ Abu Obaida Reveals 3 Main Weapons Used Against Israel As IDF Death Toll Rises In Gaza War Hindustan Times
  4. Al-Qassam Brigades says it killed several Israeli soldiers, destroyed 29 army vehicles in Gaza Anadolu Agency | English
  5. Gaza Militants Confront Israeli Tanks In Face-To-Face Combat | Watch IDF Vs Quds Brigades Battle Hindustan Times
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Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy gets into fierce argument with pizzeria owner: ‘F–k you!’ – New York Post

  1. Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy gets into fierce argument with pizzeria owner: ‘F–k you!’ New York Post
  2. Moment Dragon Pizza owner gets into FURIOUS X-rated exchange with Barstool founder Dave Portnoy over restauran Daily Mail
  3. The Battle Over a Pizza Review: Dragon Pizza Owner Confronts Dave Portnoy in Heated Exchange in Somerville Near Boston Hoodline
  4. ‘You Motherf*cker!’ Barstool Pizza Review Goes Horribly Wrong as Dave Portnoy and Restaurant Owner Trade Expletives Mediaite
  5. Dragon Pizza owner gets into fight with Dave Portnoy during pizza review Larry Brown Sports
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Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy gets into fierce argument with pizzeria owner: ‘F–k you!’ – New York Post

  1. Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy gets into fierce argument with pizzeria owner: ‘F–k you!’ New York Post
  2. Moment Dragon Pizza owner gets into FURIOUS X-rated exchange with Barstool founder Dave Portnoy over restauran Daily Mail
  3. The Battle Over a Pizza Review: Dragon Pizza Owner Confronts Dave Portnoy in Heated Exchange in Somerville Near Boston Hoodline
  4. ‘You Motherf*cker!’ Barstool Pizza Review Goes Horribly Wrong as Dave Portnoy and Restaurant Owner Trade Expletives Mediaite
  5. Pizza review turns fiery: Barstool’s Dave Portnoy clashes with pizzeria owner Hindustan Times
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Lionel Richie says his ‘All Night Long’ is ‘down to a fierce 15 minutes’ – Fox News

  1. Lionel Richie says his ‘All Night Long’ is ‘down to a fierce 15 minutes’ Fox News
  2. Lionel Richie Jokes About His Sex Drive At Age 73: I Don’t Last ‘All Night Long’ Anymore HollywoodLife
  3. Lionel Richie: Sex with me no longer lasts ‘all night long’ Page Six
  4. Lionel Richie Says Sex Is ‘Down to a Fierce 15 Minutes’ 40 Years After Writing ‘All Night Long’ Us Weekly
  5. American Idol’s Katy Perry asks ‘is this show live?’ after Lionel Richie makes shocking confession on The V… The US Sun
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Hundreds of civilians trapped in Soledar amid fierce fighting, Ukraine says | Ukraine

Hundreds of civilians remain trapped in Soledar, Ukraine has said, as bloody fighting continues over control of the largely destroyed salt mining town in eastern Ukraine.

Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of Donetsk, told Ukrainian state TV that 559 civilians remained in Soledar, including 15 children, and could not be evacuated.

Ukraine said on Thursday its troops were “holding on” as fighting continued in Soledar, dismissing claims made by the Russian mercenary group Wagner that its forces had taken control of the town.

Hundreds of civilians trapped in Soledar, says Ukraine, as fierce fighting continues – video report

“Fighting is fierce in the Soledar direction. [The Russians] are moving over their own corpses,” Ukraine’s deputy defence minister, Hanna Maliar, said.

“Russia is driving its own people to the slaughter by the thousands, but we are holding on.”

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, said on Wednesday his troops had captured Soledar after intense fighting, and that the town was “littered with Ukrainian servicemen”.

But the Kremlin has so far declined to declare victory in Soledar.

Drone footage shows Ukrainian medical evacuation from Soledar – video

When asked about Prigozhin’s victory claims, Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told journalists: “Let’s not rush, let’s wait for official statements. There is a positive dynamic in progress.”

The capture of Soledar would signify Moscow’s first significant gain in half a year.

In its daily military briefing on Thursday, the Russian defence ministry did not mention developments surrounding Soledar.

Russian forces have recently focused their efforts on the capture of Soledar as part of their ambition to take the nearby strategic city of Bakhmut and Ukraine’s larger eastern Donbas region, leading to fierce battles in sub-zero temperatures over the past five days.

Drone footage released by Ukraine this week revealed some of the destruction inflicted on Soledar after months of fighting, with bomb craters scarring the landscape.

Before and after photos give a sense of the destruction:

Aerial view of southern Soledar
Aerial view of southern Soledar
Aerial view of schools and other buildings in Soledar
Aerial view of schools and other buildings in Soledar
Aerial view of Ukrainian trenches in fields around the town.
Aerial view of Ukrainian trenches in fields around the town

Elsewhere, Ukrainian Brig Gen Oleksii Hromov said Russia was preparing a new offensive aimed at capturing Ukraine’s eastern and southern regions.

“It is expected that in the near future, the enemy will try to reach the administrative borders of Donetsk oblast, and may intensify its actions to capture the left-bank part of Zaporizhzhia oblast,” Hromov said.

Ukraine has been warning for weeks that Russia is preparing for a major offensive, claiming that Moscow is set to order the mobilisation of up to 500,000 conscripts in January.

Also on Thursday, a Russian delegation led by the commander of Russia’s ground forces, Oleg Salyukov, visited Belarus to review the combat readiness of a joint force stationed there.

Russia and Belarus have recently expanded their joint military training exercises in Belarus, as concern grows that Moscow is pressuring its closest ally to join the war.

Serhiy Nayev, the commander of Ukraine’s joint forces, said on Thursday the “situation in Belarus … did not pose an immediate threat”.

The trip came a day after a major shake-up in Moscow’s military leadership in which Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the general staff, was appointed as the country’s overall commander for the war in Ukraine.

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Fierce fighting in Ukraine’s Soledar leaves battlefield strewn with corpses – Zelenskiy

  • Zelenskiy says no walls left standing in Soledar
  • Wagner Group sending waves of fighters, Ukraine says
  • Fight for cavernous salt mining tunnels beneath town

KYIV/SIVERSK, Ukraine, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Russia has stepped up a powerful assault on Soledar in eastern Ukraine, officials in Kyiv said, forcing Ukrainian troops to repel waves of attacks led by the Wagner contract militia around the salt mining town and nearby fronts.

Soledar, in the industrial Donbas region, lies a few miles from Bakhmut, where troops from both sides have been taking heavy losses in some of the most intense trench warfare since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly 11 months ago.

Ukrainian forces repelled an earlier attempt to take the town but a large number of Wagner Group units quickly returned, deploying new tactics and more soldiers under heavy artillery cover, Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar said on Monday on the Telegram messaging app.

“The enemy literally step over the corpses of their own soldiers, using massed artillery, MLRS systems and mortars,” Malyar said.

Russia’s defence ministry did not mention either Soledar or Bakhmut in a regular media briefing on Monday, a day after facing criticism for an apparently false claim of a missile strike on a temporary Ukrainian barracks.

Wagner was founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Drawing some recruits from Russia’s prisons and known for uncompromising violence, it is active in conflicts in Africa and has taken a prominent role in Russia’s war effort in Ukraine.

Prigozhin has been trying to capture Bakhmut and Soledar for months at the cost of many lives on both sides. He said on Saturday its significance lay in a network of cavernous mining tunnels below the ground, which can hold big groups of people as well as tanks and other war machines.

Ukrainian military analyst Oleh Zhdanov said fighting in Bahkmut and Soledar is “the most intense on the entire frontline”, with little advancement by either side in the freezing conditions.

“So many (pro-Russian fighters) remain on the battlefield … either dead or wounded,” he said on YouTube.

“They attack our positions in waves, but the wounded as a rule die where they lie, either from exposure as it is very cold or from blood loss. No one is coming to help them or to collect the dead from the battlefield.”

Reuters could not immediately verify battlefield reports.

NO BUILDINGS INTACT

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in nightly video remarks on Monday that Bakhmut and Soledar were holding on despite widespread destruction.

He cited new and fiercer attacks in Soledar, where he said no walls have been left standing and the land is covered with Russian corpses.

“Thanks to the resilience of our soldiers in Soledar, we have won for Ukraine additional time and additional strength,” Zelenskiy said. He did not spell out what he meant by gaining time or strength.

But Ukrainian officials, led by the commander in chief General Valery Zaluzhniy, have warned that Russia is preparing fresh troops for a new, major offensive on Ukraine, possibly on the capital Kyiv.

Zelenskiy also appears to be banking on securing more, sophisticated weapons from Ukraine’s Western partners to beat off attacks and eventually expel Russian troops.

On Monday, he pressed on with diplomatic efforts, speaking to Petr Fiala, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, current chair of the 27-member European Union.

“I am certain that our soldiers at the front will get these weapons and equipment. Very soon,” he said.

France, Germany and the United States all pledged last week to send armoured fighting vehicles, fulfilling a long-standing Ukrainian request. Britain is considering supplying Ukraine with tanks for the first time, Sky News reported, citing a Western source. Britain’s Defence Ministry did not comment.

Iran could be contributing to war crimes in Ukraine by providing drones to Russia, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday.

The United States has imposed sanctions on companies and people it accused of producing or transferring Iranian drones used by Russia. The White House said last week it is considering ways to target Iran’s production of the unmanned weaponised aircraft through sanctions and export controls.

WAVES OF ATTACK

Military analysts say the strategic military benefit for Russia of capturing Bakhmut and Soledar would be limited.

Taras Berezovets, a Ukrainian journalist, political commentator and officer in the Ukrainian army, said capturing Soledar made little sense, except as a personal victory for Prigozhin, however it would be easier to take than Bakhmut.

“It’s his personal war,” Berezovets said on YouTube.

A U.S. official has said Prigozhin is eyeing the salt and gypsum from the mines, believed to extend over 100 miles underground and contain auditorium-scale caverns.

Berezovets said Ukrainian troops fighting in Bakhmut and Soledar say attacks come in waves of small groups, no more than 15, with the first wave usually wiped out. The pro-Russian forces retrench and leave white ribbons for the next wave to follow.

“The complexity of fighting in cities like Bakhmut and Soledar is that it is hard to determine who is with you and who is the enemy,” he said.

In an evacuee centre in nearby Kramatorsk, Olha, 60, said she had fled Soledar after moving from apartment to apartment as each was destroyed in tank battles.

“There isn’t one house left intact. Apartments were burning, breaking in half,” said Olha, who gave only her first name.

Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Writing by Frank Jack Daniel, Doina Chiacu and Michael Perry; Editing by Grant McCool, Lincoln Feast and Himani Sarkar

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Airlines cancel 5,700 U.S. flights amid fierce winter storms

WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) – Airline cancellations topped 5,700 U.S. flights on Friday as massive winter storms snarled airport operations around the United States and frustrated tens of thousands of holiday travelers.

That followed nearly 2,700 canceled flights on Thursday, while just over 1,000 flights have already been canceled for Saturday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.

Passenger railroad Amtrak has canceled dozens of trains through Christmas, disrupting holiday travel for thousands.

Highways in the Midwest faced lengthy delays because of snowy weather or crashes and authorities in parts of Indiana, Michigan, New York and Ohio urged motorists to avoid nonessential travel.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) imposed ground stops or delays for de-icing at a number of U.S. airports because of winter weather.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told CNN the U.S. aviation system “is operating under enormous strain” with two different storms and high winds affecting airports around the country. About 10% of U.S. flights were canceled on Thursday, Buttigieg said.

Another 10,400 U.S. flights were delayed on Friday – including more than 40% of those operated by American Airlines (AAL.O), United Airlines (UAL.O), Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) and Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) – after 11,300 flights were delayed Thursday.

Southwest canceled 1,238 flights on Friday, 29% of all its scheduled flights, while Alaska Airlines (ALK.N) canceled 507, or 64%, of its flights.

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport had 357 flights, or 63% of departures, canceled Friday. The FAA lifted a ground stop there due to snow and ice but late Friday delays were still averaging nearly three hours.

Nearly half of departing flights at Detroit Metro were canceled, along with 70% at Portland, 38% at New York’s LaGuardia, 29% at Chicago O’Hare and 27% at Boston.

Chicago was facing dangerously cold temperatures with wind chills hitting minus 24 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 31 Celsius).

Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Josie Kao, Jonathan Oatis, Sandra Maler and Edmund Klamann

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US weather forecast: A massive, deadly storm that spawned tornadoes is heading east, bringing fierce snow and dangerous travel conditions



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The deadly storm system that destroyed homes in the South is heading east, threatening more tornadoes, freezing rain, treacherous travel and power outages.

At least two people were killed in Louisiana as the system’s vicious winds tore through communities from Oklahoma to Texas to Mississippi.

Now on the cold side of this massive, multifaceted storm, about 40 million people from Utah, Idaho and Montana all the way to New England are under winter weather alerts Wednesday. In at least four states, about half million people in are under blizzard warnings until Thursday morning.

Here’s what different parts of the country can expect:

• Down along the Gulf Coast, strong tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail Wednesday could impact cities including New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Biloxi and Hattiesburg, Mississippi; and east to Mobile, Alabama. The US Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch and said it is a “particularly dangerous situation.” That designation is used when the most significant threats are expected, including strong, long-tracked tornadoes.

• In the Northern Plains, widespread blizzard conditions will continue Wednesday, with whiteouts at times. As winds gust up to 55 mph, blowing snow will make travel dangerous.

Already, a 700-mile stretch of Interstate 80 is closed from Wyoming to Nebraska, where road travel is virtually impossible. Other major interstates – including I-90 and I-94 – could also be crippled.

• In the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains, 8 to 12 inches of snow could fall between Wednesday and Thursday. Cities in northeastern Minnesota could get buried under 2 feet of snow.

• The Central Appalachians – including parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania and the Maryland Panhandle – could get freezing rain totaling between a tenth and a quarter of an inch overnight Wednesday through Thursday evening. An ice storm warning is posted for this area until Thursday night due to significant ice accumulations.

• Parts of Pennsylvania will likely get hit with a double whammy: freezing rain and snow Thursday and Friday.

• Inland portions of New York and New England are expected to be walloped by week’s end by a new storm spawned by the system that will develop into a nor’easter. It will move through the Mid-Atlantic by Thursday, spreading a combination of rain, ice and snow.

• Major Northeastern coastal cities can expect 1 to 2 inches of heavy rain into the weekend from the nor’easter, and “some light but impactful freezing rain, sleet, and snow may mix in during the Thursday morning commute along the I-95 corridor,” the Weather Prediction Center warned.

Blizzard warnings are in effect throughout parts of Nebraska, where several roads are closed – including all roadways from Nebraska into Colorado – the state transportation department said.

The “one-in-five-year storm” that began Tuesday is expected to linger through the end of the week, National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Taylor said.

Residents will endure near-zero visibility, hazardous travel conditions and possible power outages.

There are also blizzard warnings in parts of Minnesota, South Dakota and Wyoming.

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Putin’s ‘Fierce’ Navy Stranded in Hiding After Devastating Attack

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The Russian Navy is still sheltering in its base in Crimea after a sweeping Ukrainian drone attack last week.

On Oct. 29, Ukraine launched 16 air and naval drones at Russian ships in the bay of Sevastopol, causing damage to at least one ship and leading Russia to temporarily pull out of the lauded grain export deal in retaliation. According to a recent analysis by the U.S. Naval Institute, Russia’s fleet in the Black Sea has been timid since the attack, which is the latest in a series of setbacks since the invasion in February.

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet dwarfs the remnants of the Ukrainian Navy and should by all accounts be able to launch missiles and amphibious landings off Ukrainian shores with relative impunity. But for all their strength on paper, the Russian navy has gone from disaster to disaster since the start of the war.

In March, Ukraine hit a Russian landing ship in the port of Berdyansk with a ballistic missile, forcing the crew to scuttle the vessel. Ukrainian forces also sank the Russian flagship Moskva with two anti-ship missiles in mid-April. While not as spectacular as sinking a flagship, Ukrainian missiles and drones destroyed smaller Russian naval vessels throughout the conflict.

Russia has a large navy, but its losses in the Black Sea are difficult to replace.

Moscow cannot simply send more ships to the Black Sea, since Turkey controls the straits leading from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean and has the legal right to restrict access during wartime. Turkey’s refusal to let naval vessels through means that the vessels currently there are all Russia has in the short term, and is why the Oct. 29 drone attack was so detrimental. Ukraine was able to put a large number of explosive drones near Russia’s prized vessels, including one Kilo-class submarine. While it isn’t clear how much damage was inflicted, that any of the drones were able to penetrate Russian defenses makes it uncertain if Russia’s ships are truly safe when not in port.

That drone attack was the first time air and sea drones attacked simultaneously in this conflict, but both had been used in the area separately. Ukraine’s one-way attack drones, which have seen infrequent use since June against Russian military and oil facilities, targeted the Russian Black Sea Fleet headquarters in mid-August. In September, a previously unseen Ukrainian Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) washed up on a Crimean beach. Using both at once was an attempt to overwhelm Russian defenses and complicate future efforts to defend Crimea.

USVs, even if they don’t end up doing much damage, are a tricky problem for navies to deal with. In the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia has struggled to prevent USVs operated by Houthi rebels from reaching their ports. The need to defend ships and ports from cheap USVs and other fast-attack craft is part of the reason the U.S. Navy has invested so heavily in directed energy weapons and why the U.K. procured Martlet missiles for its ships and helicopters.

To make matters worse for Russia, Ukraine’s Navy is slowly starting to grow again. Ukraine is receiving patrol boats from the United States and the Royal Navy is training Ukrainian sailors. The patrol boats are small and lightly armed, but they can still help Ukrainian naval and Special Operations forces along Ukraine’s rivers and coastline. Given Ukraine’s unexpected successes at sea, its partners are likely to continue and increase their support. And considering Russia’s struggles to adjust to new threats on land and sea, Moscow will struggle to cope with the growing threat of Ukraine’s missiles, drones, and new vessels.

Ukraine’s innovative use of missiles and drones to fight the Russian Navy has made it challenging for Russia to operate at sea. The strategy has helped Ukrainian soldiers and civilians on land while keeping the grain export deal alive. Without good options for preventing future attacks and an eroding grip on the Black Sea, the Russian Navy will likely stay cautious.

The U.S. Naval Institute analysis notes that Russia’s smaller patrol boats have recently been replaced by larger vessels more capable of stopping attacks, and some vessels have been moved from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk, which is further from the fighting.

The naval war is nowhere near won. Russia still has a much larger navy and can still launch missiles such as the Kalibr at Ukrainian cities from its vessels. Ukrainian missiles and drones might be able to seriously damage Russian ships, but sinking Russian ships will be difficult if Moscow decides to keep them out of range of Ukraine’s missiles at sea, and defended from drones when in port.

Still, for all Russia’s advantages, it’s unlikely that Putin and his admirals will find an easy answer to Ukraine’s strikes any time soon.

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‘Elvis’ Opening To $31M In Fierce Battle With ‘Top Gun 2’ – Deadline

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Refresh for more analysis and chart In an amazing feat for an adult-skewing, 2 hour and 39 minute running movie at the box office, Warner Bros’ Baz Luhrmann directed Elvis is heading toward an estimated $31.5M opening, looking to truly top the box office.

Outside of superhero tentpoles like Spider-Man: No Way Home at 2 hours and 28 minutes, lengthy movies have largely seen their openings capped during the pandemic, i.e. House of Gucci at 2 hours and 38 minutes did a 3-day of $14.4M while West Side Story at 2 hours, 36 minutes opened to $10.5M.

In addition, it’s an embarrassment of riches for most of the majors this weekend as at least four movies look to clear $20M+ apiece.

Elvis skewed heavily female at 58% with a massive 30% over 55 years old. Women and older adults have been the hard demos to pull out during the pandemic, and it’s clear in the wake of elder demo movies, such as Top Gun: Maverick cracking past the half billion point this weekend with $521.2M, everyone is feeling a lot of more comfortable about moviegoing. It’s always been said that it was the older demo tentpoles such as Top Gun 2 and No Time to Die that would pave the way for adults to come back, and to keep coming back, especially for a movie like Elvis. 

Paramount

Note, while some tracking services had Elvis at $30M, others took the under in projecting this stylized version of the King of Rock and Roll, believing that Top Gun: Maverick would lead the box office. That Tom Cruise movie isn’t far behind with a fifth weekend of $30M, -33%. Some believe that Paramount could have final bragging rights for No. 1.

Doubt loomed in regards to whether the truly older fanbase of the legendary singer would come out (Note if you’re 50, you’re still young for an Elvis Presley fan; he died when you were 5 years old); and that . There was a gap between the definite interest to see Elvis, and its unaided and total awareness.

In regards to the social media chatter ahead of opening, RelishMix noted, “Skeptics and worshipers of The King, feel that anyone who is a lover of Elvis usually tends to steer away from movies about him. Reason being, he is untouchable, no one can come close to representing him. But, that seeing clips make them want to see it, and hearing Priscilla Presley and Lisa Marie Presley’s reactions and approval have fans excited.”

RelishMix also observed that there were online “debates about the look of Austin Butler in the title role — most are sold on how his resemblance to Elvis; his hair, eyes, lips, gaze, voice and vibe draws viewers into their experiences and concerts they watched.”

Presales were hovering around where Paramount’s Rocketman were yesterday. That Elton John movie turned in a first day with previews of $9.1M for a $25.7M opening while Elvis posted a first day, including $3.5M in previews, of $12.7M.

While critics have waned to 79% certified fresh on Elvis, audience exits are great enough with an A- CinemaScore (higher than Luhrmann’s last big feature, 2013’s Great Gatsby which did a B) and a great 89% positive and 72% definite recommend in PostTrak exits. Elvis pulled in a crowd that was close to 80% over 25, 61% over 35 and close to half over 45. Both those over 50 (43%) and the 35+ crowd (60%) on CinemaScore gave Elvis a solid A. Diversity demos were 62% Caucasian, 20% Latino and Hispanic, 7% Black, and 11% Asian/other. Elvis triumphed in the South, where the movie notched five out of its ten runs. PLF Screens have driven 21% of the box office to date; those screens split among three other titles. Disney has all the Imax for Lightyear. 

Universal

Also beating expectations this weekend is Universal/Blumhouse’s horror movie The Black Phone, with a $23.2M take after a $10.2M Friday (which included $3M previews) in 4th place. Uni also owns 3rd with the third weekend of Amblin’s Jurassic World Dominion, which is posting $26.1M, -56%. The Rotten Tomatoes score on Black Phone remains healthy at 83% certified fresh with a B+ CinemaScore (very good for horror movies, which tend to get Cs), and great exits of 88% positive and a 67% recommend on PostTrak. The pic’s top ten theaters came from the coasts and the Southwest. A handful of PLF screens repped 5% of business to date.

The ticket sales are besting any mixed pre-weekend chatter seen by RelishMix, which was comprised of Blumhouse super-fans, die-hard Ethan Hawke followers, and those who believed “the whole movie is in the trailer.” “There were mentions about the date changes and comparisons to It, plus encouraging call-outs to writer Joe Hill and busy director Scott Derrickson, who helmed Doctor Strange and Sinister parts 1 and 2,” reported RelishMix.

Disney’s second weekend of Lightyear stands between $17M-$19M, in 5th place. If it clears $20M, it will be the first time in six years that five movies have cleared that benchmark at the weekend B.O. The last time was July 22-24, 2016, and that’s when Star Trek Beyond led with a $59.2M opening, Secret Life of Pets second with a third weekend of $29.6M, Lights Out opening with $21.7M in third, Ice Age: Collision Course debuting with $21.3M and the second weekend of Ghostbusters with $21M. All in, this weekend is amounting to an estimated $138.2M, which is off 32% when compared to the corresponding weekend 25 in 2019 (which happened to be Father’s Day weekend) and -9% off when compared to the weekend after Father’s Day. But four or five titles over $20M each — exhibitors and studios will certainly take it.

Also cracking the top 10 is the Hindi title Jug Jugg Jeeyo, booked at 318 theaters in 104 markets. The romantic comedy directed by Raj Mehta, follows an estranged couple, Kuku and Naina, who come to India from Canada, looking to tell their family about their impending divorce after their huge wedding. However, a bigger shock awaits them. OK results we here in NY, Chicago, San Francisco, and Toronto, for what looks to be a $235K Friday, and $604K opening.

1.) Elvis (WB) 3,906 theaters, Fri $12.7M, 3-day $31.5M/Wk 1

2.) Top Gun: Maverick (Par) 3,948 (-87) theaters, Fri $8.25M (-26%),  3-day $30M (-33%), Total $521.2M/Wk 5

3.) Jurassic World Dominion (Uni) 4,233 (-464) theaters, Fri $7.4M (-53%), 3-day $26.1M (-56%)/Total $302.4M/Wk 3

4.) The Black Phone (Uni) 3,150 theaters, Fri $10.2M, 3-day $23.2M/Wk 1

5.) Lightyear (Dis) 4,255 theaters, Fri $5.4M (-74%)/3-day $17-$19M (-64%), Total $90.1M/Wk 2

6.) Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Dis) 1,855 (-610) theaters, Fri $521k (-53%), 3-day $1.76M (-60%), Total $409.1M/Wk 8

7.) Jug Jugg Jeeyo (Moviegoer) 318 theaters, Fri $235K, 3-day $604K, Wk 1

8.) Everything, Everywhere All at Once (A24) 524 (-155) theaters, Fri $144K (-44%), 3-day $531K (-44%), Total $66.1M/Wk 14

9.) Bob’s Burgers (20th/Dis) 590 (-760) theaters, Fri $156K (-55%), 3-day $511K (-56%), Total  $31M/Wk 5

10.) The Bad Guys (Uni) 1,033 (-461) theaters, Fri $130K (-56%), 3-day $440K (-56%), Total $95.4M /Wk 10

 

 



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