"The house with a clock in its walls" is it number 1 of life? fizzles

The box office of the weekend comes down to a competition between two very different kings: Steven Spielberg, who ruled for more than 40 years, and Jeff Bezos, the Amazonian titan who would like to add Hollywood to his list of conquered lands. .

This is not a happy result for Amazon, to say the least.

"The house with a clock in the walls", produced by Amblin Entertainment, Spielberg's company, was the number one movie in North American theaters, totaling about $ 27 million and exceeding analysts' expectations. 'preview. The PG-rated film, which cost about $ 42 million (not including marketing costs) and was released by Universal, recalls Amblin's 1980s hits such as "The Goonies" and "Harry the Hendersons ". in which ordinary children find themselves in extraordinary circumstances.

Featuring young Owen Vaccaro as an orphan and Jack Black as a secretly benevolent warlock, "The house with a clock within its walls" was directed by Eli Roth, known for his films as "Hostel" and "Death Wish". "Cate Blanchett co-stars.

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But the audience rejected the other new feature film of the weekend: "Life Itself", recorded in 2,609 cinemas by Amazon Studios, came in 11th place, with sales of about 2.1 million dollars , according to comScore. . "Life Itself", a romantic drama, was written and directed by Dan Fogelman, the creative force behind the hit drama series NBC "This Is Us".

Amazon paid $ 10 million for rights on the film "Life Itself" produced independently and hoped that the film would reach an agreement similar to "This Is Us". But critics have attacked Mr. Fogelman's film as a mawkish melodrama. This was Amazon's fourth flop – on four trials – since the company began distributing films in December. (Amazon has already teamed up with external distributors, including Roadside Attractions, which released Amazon's "Manchester by the Sea" in 2016.)