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    Holiday Weekend Adds Nearly $100M To Box Office Tally For “The Last Jedi”

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    This image released by Lucasfilm shows Kelly Marie Tran as Rose and John Boyega as Finn, left, in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" (Jonathan Olley/Lucasfilm via AP)
    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" claimed the biggest Christmas haul over the four-day holiday weekend, adding almost $100 million to its coffers, according to box office figures released Tuesday.

    Four new releases couldn't catch the intergalactic juggernaut.

    Of the new films, "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" fared best. The Sony adventure debuted in second place with $55.4 million.

    The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Tuesday by comScore:

    1. "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," Disney, $99,025,055, 4,232 locations, $23,399 average, $395,627,411, 2 weeks.
    2. "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," Sony, $55,400,000, 3,765 locations, $14,714 average, $72,005,967, 1 week.
    3. "Pitch Perfect 3," Universal, $26,424,890, 3,447 locations, $7,666 average, $26,424,890, 1 week.
    4. "The Greatest Showman," 20th Century Fox, $14,410,116, 3,006 locations, $4,794 average, $19,008,847, 1 week.
    5. "Ferdinand," 20th Century Fox, $10,118,526, 3,630 locations, $2,787 average, $29,601,410, 2 weeks.
    6. "Coco," Disney, $8,188,615, 2,111 locations, $3,879 average, $164,307,743, 5 weeks.
    7. "Downsizing," Paramount, $7,670,130, 2,668 locations, $2,875 average, $7,670,130, 1 week.
    8. "Darkest Hour," Focus Features, $5,514,455, 806 locations, $6,842 average, $8,367,532, 5 weeks.
    9. "Father Figures," Warner Bros., $5,480,000, 2,902 locations, $1,888 average, $5,480,000, 1 week.
    10. "The Shape of Water," Fox Searchlight, $4,420,381, 730 locations, $6,055 average, $8,986,046, 4 weeks.
    11. "Wonder," Lionsgate, $2,697,076, 816 locations, $3,305 average, $115,654,826, 6 weeks.
    12. "All the Money In the World," Sony, $2,600,000, 2,068 locations, $1,257 average, $2,600,000, 1 week.
    13. "Tiger Zinda Hai," Yash Raj Films, $2,569,231, 299 locations, $8,593 average, $2,569,231, 1 week.
    14. "The Star," Sony, $1,550,000, 1,106 locations, $1,401 average, $38,641,925, 6 weeks.
    15. "Justice League," Warner Bros., $1,510,000, 1,101 locations, $1,371 average, $223,133,455, 6 weeks.
    16. "Daddy's Home 2," Paramount, $1,476,026, 1,073 locations, $1,376 average, $99,751,582, 7 weeks.
    17. "Lady Bird," A24, $1,414,496, 372 locations, $3,802 average, $28,715,314, 8 weeks.
    18. "The Disaster Artist," A24, $1,209,633, 488 locations, $2,479 average, $16,020,034, 4 weeks.
    19. "Thor: Ragnarok," Disney, $1,163,335, 701 locations, $1,660 average, $309,454,093, 8 weeks.
    20. "Molly's Game," STX Entertainment, $1,042,075, 271 locations, $3,845 average, $1,042,075, 1 week.

    Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

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    Growth Brings Growing Pains–and Bots–To Bluesky

    Sunday, December 22, 2024

    Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the U.S. presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk's X, which they view as increasingly leaning too far to the right given its owner's support of President-elect Donald Trump, or wanting an alternative to Meta's Threads and its algorithms.

    The platform grew out of the company then known as Twitter, championed by its former CEO Jack Dorsey. Its decentralized approach to social networking was eventually intended to replace Twitter's core mechanic. That's unlikely now that the two companies have parted ways. But Bluesky's growth trajectory — with a user base that has more than doubled since October — could make it a serious competitor to other social platforms.

    But with growth comes growing pains. It's not just human users who've been flocking to Bluesky but also bots, including those designed to create partisan division or direct users to junk websites.

    The skyrocketing user base — now surpassing 25 million — is the biggest test yet for a relatively young platform that has branded itself as a social media alternative free of the problems plaguing its competitors. According to research firm Similarweb, Bluesky added 7.6 million monthly active app users on iOS and Android in November, an increase of 295.4% since October. It also saw 56.2 million desktop and mobile web visits, in the same period, up 189% from October.

    Besides the U.S. elections, Bluesky also got a boost when X was briefly banned in Brazil.

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