China Box Office: Disney's 'Raya and the Last Dragon' Opens With a Whimper in Third Place

Saturday AM Update: Refresh for more analysis and chart Two major studios this weekend took a bold swing and decided to go after the challenged older female demo over Valentine’s Day weekend in a continued pandemic, and while the results were in line with projections, they wouldn’t be anything to brag about in a pre-pandemic marketplace. It’s also the hardest weekend for moviegoing with Super Bowl on Sunday.

ADELE was wearing an eye-watering £2.2million worth of jewellery during her Graham Norton appearance. The pop singer made sure she was dripping in diamonds - including her £740,000 'engagement ring' - before heading to a gay club in London. Adele, 33, donned a stunning £1.5million jewellery set for her night out on the town on Thursday, where she was seen pole-dancing at G-A-Y.

The latest movie from French filmmaker Claire Denis, Fire (or Both Sides Of The Blade), premieres tonight at the Berlin International Film Festival.

JAMES Argent has been seen for the first time since he was rushed to hospital after an emergency at his home. The ex-Towie star took a taxi to a local lake where he was seen feeding the ducks with a Nando's pitta bread. We told yesterday how the TOWIE star’s worried pals were forced to call 999.

Harry Maguire had another nightmare in a Manchester United shirt with some comical defending against Southampton.Armando Broja, 20, ran the experienced centre-half ragged at Old Trafford in the 1-1 Premier League draw.The latest damaging result for United highlighted their frailties at the back once again.Just days after Burnley’s Jay Rodriguez and Wout Weghorst destroyed Maguire for their equaliser at Turf Moor, Southampton enjoyed inflicting similar pain on the United captain.One incident in particular a few minutes before the final whistle summed up the Red Devils defender’s problems.Broja turned him inside out in a tussle at the Saints broke, showing how far off the pace Maguire is right now.Fans of United and rival clubs mocked the England man, as one joked on Twitter: “I’ve seen milk turn faster.”Another asked: “How is this Carthorse still playing in the PL?”“Harry Maguire has invented no-look defending,” one person posted off the back of Broja’s neat turn. Does Harry Maguire now have to be dropped? Let us know in the comments section.A fourth fan put: “I don’t think this no-look defending by Harry Maguire will catch on…”And a final United fan added: “Earlier this week I compared Harry Maguire to Michael Keane. Watching Everton today I realise I need to apologise.

Manchester United’s frustrations were summed up by the home supporters pleading with the side to “attack” on 80 minutes against Southampton.Jadon Sancho opened the scoring for United at Old Trafford in the first half before Che Adams brought the Saints level just three minutes into the second half.With ten minutes remaining the game was still square but United did not convince the home support they were pushing hard enough for a goal.As a result their fans become audibly annoyed with the lack of application.One commented online: “Honestly, the foundations have now been set under Rangnick but there’s a need to rip the book up(!) and get us playing productively.“Bench out-of-form Ronaldo, go with youth up front and attack!”Another said: “Stretford end screaming "ATTACK ARRACK!" I have never seen this before.”One wrote: “Chants of 'attack, attack, attack" coming from the United fans, what's this the SuperBowl?.” Another took aim at Ralf Rangnick: “Attack, attack, attack” for the first time in the stadium today. First time since Mourinho.

YouTubers have discovered new evidence in a Texas river that could be connected to a disappearance of a woman in 2017.The diving group, Adventures with Purpose, found a Kia Rio with a distinctive missing piece of its bumper at the bottom of the Brazos River.The car is believed to have belonged to Stephanie Torres, who was last seen on December 20, 2017, after she had attempted to take her own life.It was also revealed that a bone fragment had been found following the discovery of the vehicle.The 43-year-old suffered with fibromyalgia, a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body.According to reports, Stephanie's family had tried to block the driveway in a bid to stop her driving off, and she appeared to be intoxicated when she left.She is also alleged to have driven off without her medication, wallet or mobile phone.Police have confirmed that the Kia car did indeed belong to Ms Torres, but the remains inside the vehicle have not yet been identified as hers.Diving group Adventures with Purpose conducted the search after connecting with Stephanie's family on social media last year.The group - which was set up by scuba diver Jared Leisek - began by carrying out environmental clean-ups, but soon moved over to searching for missing people.On January 20, the group took to Facebook to announce that the car had been found.They wrote: "Working from clues as to the events prior Stephanie last being seen on December 21st, both dive teams began scanning the Brazos River on the West side of Brazos Park East Boat Ramp."The vehicle was upside down, 55' from shore, 13' underwater," the post continued."The local Waco Police and Fire Department arrived on the scene and prior to 5pm, through the efforts of all organizations

Kate Lawler has recalled the "dark times" she has experienced during her first year of motherhood on social media. The former Big Brother star, 41, took to Instagram to share a collection of adorable snaps in order to mark her daughter Noa's first birthday on Friday 11 February.

Amy Hart has opened up on her egg freezing journey, explaining that she can't see herself going through the process again.The 29 year old just finished another round of freezing her eggs in a bid to ensure she can have biological children in the future. However, the former Love Islander was left disappointed after only being able to get seven eggs collected, bringing her total up to 12. Now, the reality star has spoken out on how tough the process was this time and has told OK! Online that she won't be going through this again.

Matthew Perry will be opening up his life in a new memoir.

Bella Hadid is strutting her stuff!

his Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Judas And The Black Messiah.Stanfield plays FBI informant Bill O’Neal in the film, who is widely viewed as the protagonist. Warner Bros.

Clayton Davis When Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas announced the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards, the most shocking inclusion was Lakeith Stanfield in best supporting actor for his performance in Warner Bros’ “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Not surprising from the standpoint of quality, as he delivers a career-best turn as William O’Neal — an FBI informant that betrays the trust of his friend Fred Hampton, who is played by his fellow nominee and Oscar frontrunner Daniel Kaluuya — but shocking because he campaigned in lead actor.Kaluuya and Stanfield’s categorization has been debated within social media circles, believing that the former is the co-lead of Shaka King’s historical drama and should have campaigned there

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentSales agency Pony Canyon is bringing some of the biggest upcoming Japanese live-action films to FilMart, including genre titles with global ambitions.One is “Office Royale,” whose title references the 2000 Fukasaku Kinji classic “Battle Royale,” but is an action comedy scripted by popular funnyman Bakarhythm and directed by TV drama veteran Seki Kazuaki. Nakano Mei (“Park”) stars as an ordinary “office lady” (OL or clerk) in a humdrum company.

“Zack Snyder’s “Justice League,” the filmmaker’s director’s cut of 2017 “Justice League,” is about to be released into the world. In fact, the fan embargo for the film has been moved to today, Sunday 14, 2021, and the critical embargo won’t be heard until tomorrow (our review tomorrow as well).

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Raya and the Last Dragon had no trouble topping the weekend box office, but couldn't match other studio family films that have played during the pandemic and despite movie theaters finally opening in New York City. The Disney film, which earned glowing glowing reviews and an A CinemaScore, took in an estimated $8.6 million in its North American debut, compared to $14.1 million a week earlier for Warner Bros.' Tom & Jerry.

Rebecca Davis editorDespite its emphasis on Asian representation and Southeast Asian themes, Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon” failed to soar in China, coming in third with just $8.4 million, according to Maoyan data. While the sum might look respectable in other pandemic-stricken locales, it falls short in China’s recovered movie market, which has set box office world records already in 2021.Although it was the only new title of note to premiere this weekend, “Raya” made less in its three-day China opening than Warner Bros.’ hybrid live-action animation “Tom and Jerry” did last weekend, when earnings of $12.4 million allowed it to squeak in a narrow fifth place debut.

Refresh for more analysis Even with three new wide releases at this weekend’s box office, and New York City finally reopening, numbers still aren’t at pre-pandemic levels, but there’s a lot of drama going on.

The 46th annual Saturn Awards unveiled nominations Thursday by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, the nonprofit that honors the year’s best in genre films, TV, home entertainment and theater.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorWarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar addressed the media conglom’s controversial move to release Warner Bros.’s full 2021 movie slate on HBO Max day-and-date with theaters — saying that theatrical releases are still a key part of the studio’s strategy, but also acknowledging that the industry’s windowing strategy has likely permanently changed.“I think we’re still in the experimentation mode” on theatrical/streaming movie release windows, said Kilar, speaking Thursday at the 2021 Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference 2021.The WarnerMedia chief also talked up plans for HBO Max’s release of a price-reduced, ad-supported tier, currently set to launch in the second quarter of 2020.