Box Office: 'Raya and the Last Dragon' No. 1 With Soft $8.6M Debut

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Taylor Swift has come to the aid of another family affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, donating £36,400 (US$50,000) to a woman who lost her husband to coronavirus.On Tuesday (March 23), Swift and her mother, Andrea, jointly donated the total goal amount of a GoFundMe appeal for Vickie Quarles, a mother of five daughters who was widowed after her husband, Theodis Ray Quarles, died of coronavirus just one week before Christmas.Thanks to the lump sum donation from the Swifts, DeQuanda Smith, a close

 Katy Perry  is totally here for a collaboration with  Taylor Swift  sometime in the future.American Idol viewers got a teaser from the judge during the Hollywood Week duets episode on Monday, March 22. Perry’s hint came after contestants Camille Lamb and Althea Grace put their differences aside to pull off their performance of Lesley Gore’s “You Don‘t Own Me.”Did Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have a secret wedding?Katy Perry sure loves to experiment with colors.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKorean American drama film “Minari” can’t stop winning awards. Similarly, it continues to reign on top of the Korean box office.The Lee Isaac Chung-directed film earned $1.09 million between Friday and Monday to top the box office in South Korea, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC).The figure is little changed from the previous weekend.

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Japanese box office phenomenon Demon Slayer – Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train has been set for a North American theatrical release on April 23. Aniplex of America and Funimation are distributing the anime adaptation which in December became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history, dethroning Spirited Away, which had held the title for 19 years. Check out a subtitled trailer below.

Disney's family film Raya and the Last Dragon stayed atop the domestic box office chart in its second weekend with $55 million. The good news: the computer-animated film fell only 35 percent, while roughly half of indoor theaters in North America are now open.

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After winning a Golden Globe, numerous critics circle accolades as well as SAG Award, Independent Spirit Award and Critics Choice nominations, Minari has taken its success overseas as the A24 American family drama has opened at number one in South Korea.

Refresh for latest…: Disney’s Raya And The Last Dragon didn’t exactly come roaring out of the gate at the international box office with $17.6M from 32 markets. The global bow, including domestic’s launch, was $26.2M. Double-digit million-dollar debuts for Hollywood movies in the pandemic era are still a rare positive — and we’ve certainly seen family movies excel — but while not all openings are apples-to-apples, Raya’s start is being seen as a somewhat muted affair.

By early afternoon on Friday, numerous showings of Disney's new animated pic Raya and the Last Dragon were sold out at AMC 19th Street in Manhattan. Ditto for Searchlight's specialty pic Nomadland.

EXCLUSIVE: The New York DMA exploded last night at the box office with NYC theaters returning after a 50 1/2 week pandemic closure with an estimated gross of $307K, +614% from last Friday according to B.O. sources. I’m also told that the NY DMA was easily the No. 1 market in the country last night, followed by Salt Lake City, Dallas, Phoenix, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Minneapolis, Detroit and Montreal.