{"id":29310,"date":"2015-07-26T17:42:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T14:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/?p=29310"},"modified":"2015-07-26T17:42:21","modified_gmt":"2015-07-26T14:42:21","slug":"box-office-pixels-bests-ant-man-on-friday-in-race-for-weekend-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/news-el\/entertainment\/box-office-pixels-bests-ant-man-on-friday-in-race-for-weekend-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Box office: &#8216;Pixels&#8217; bests &#8216;Ant-Man&#8217; on Friday in race for weekend crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new family-friendly Adam Sandler alien invasion comedy \u201cPixels\u201d topped the box office on Friday, coming out ahead of other newcomers \u201cPaper Towns\u201d and \u201cSouthpaw.\u201d Directed by Chris Columbus, \u201cPixels\u201d materialized an estimated $9.2 million at the box office and earned a B grade from audiences via Cinemascore despite largely negative reviews from critics.<\/p>\n<p>Last week\u2019s No. 1 movie, the Marvel superhero story \u201cAnt-Man,\u201d still looks like it will nudge past \u201cPixels\u201d to take the top spot for a second weekend in a row. The film, directed by Peyton Reed and starring Paul Rudd as the titular hero, pulled in an estimated $7.2 million on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaper Towns,\u201d an adaptation of the young adult novel by John Green and starring Nat Wolff and Cara Delevigne, grossed an estimated $6.3 million on Friday. Last year, the adaptation of Green\u2019s novel \u201cThe Fault in Our Stars,\u201d starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, took in some $26 million on its opening day.<\/p>\n<p>The boxing drama \u201cSouthpaw,\u201d starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams, brought in $6.2 million on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Also still in the mix at the box office is the animated family film \u201cMinions,\u201d which took in an estimated $6.7 million on Friday and will pass a total tally of $250 million this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Source: latimes.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new family-friendly Adam Sandler alien invasion comedy \u201cPixels\u201d topped the box office on Friday, coming out ahead of other newcomers \u201cPaper Towns\u201d and \u201cSouthpaw.\u201d Directed by Chris Columbus, \u201cPixels\u201d materialized an estimated $9.2 million at the box office and earned a B grade from audiences via Cinemascore despite largely ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":29314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4545],"tags":[5389],"class_list":["post-29310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ant-man"],"acf":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Box office: &#039;Pixels&#039; 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