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2017-01-13 15:23:01 FOXA Fox Corp. $29.81 / -0.27 (-0.90%) , FOX Fox Corp. $29.08 / -0.36 (-1.22%) … 15:23 01/13/17 01/13 15:23 01/13/17 15:23	Box Office Battle: 'Hidden Figures' likely to win weekend 21st Century Fox (FOX, FOXA) drama "Hidden Figures," about three black women who aided NASA in the space race in the 1960s, and starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae, is expected to take the top spot this weekend with an expected domestic gross of $22M-$25M over the holiday weekend. Opening this weekend is Lions Gate's (LGF.A, LGF.B) "Patriots Day," starring Mark Wahlberg and based on real-life events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, which is expected to earn about $21M over the four-day weekend. Comcast (CMCSA, CMCSK) subsidiary Universal Pictures' animated family film "Sing," from the studio that made "The Secret Life of Pets" and "Minions," is expected to earn an additional $15M-$16M this weekend, its fourth in theaters. Disney's (DIS) "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," is expected to add an additional $14.5M-$16.5M over the weekend, it's fifth at theaters. Also opening this weekend is Viacom (VIA, VIAB) subsidiary Paramount Pictures' action comedy "Monster Trucks," which had a reported budget of $125M, and is expected to domestically gross $7M-$8M this weekend. Other publicly traded companies in the filmmaking space include Sony (SNE) and Time Warner (TWX). FOXA Fox Corp. $29.81 / -0.27 (-0.90%) FOX Fox Corp. $29.08 / -0.36 (-1.22%) CMCSK Comcast $58.00 / + (+0.00%) VIA Via Renewables $42.25 / -0.2 (-0.47%) VIAB VIAB / + CMCSA Comcast $71.42 / -0.29 (-0.40%) SNE Symbol now SONY $31.05 / +0.1761 (+0.57%) DIS Disney $107.94 / +0.41 (+0.38%) TWX Acquired by T $94.20 / +0.35 (+0.37%) LGF.A Lionsgate $27.91 / -0.19 (-0.68%) LGF.B Lionsgate $26.41 / +0.23 (+0.88%)	26 Jan 08 Feb 09 Feb 09 Feb

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Box Office Battle: 'Hidden Figures' likely to win weekend

21st Century Fox (FOX, FOXA) drama "Hidden Figures," about three black women who aided NASA in the space race in the 1960s, and starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae, is expected to take the top spot this weekend with an expected domestic gross of $22M-$25M over the holiday weekend. Opening this weekend is Lions Gate's (LGF.A, LGF.B) "Patriots Day," starring Mark Wahlberg and based on real-life events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, which is expected to earn about $21M over the four-day weekend. Comcast (CMCSA, CMCSK) subsidiary Universal Pictures' animated family film "Sing," from the studio that made "The Secret Life of Pets" and "Minions," is expected to earn an additional $15M-$16M this weekend, its fourth in theaters. Disney's (DIS) "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," is expected to add an additional $14.5M-$16.5M over the weekend, it's fifth at theaters. Also opening this weekend is Viacom (VIA, VIAB) subsidiary Paramount Pictures' action comedy "Monster Trucks," which had a reported budget of $125M, and is expected to domestically gross $7M-$8M this weekend. Other publicly traded companies in the filmmaking space include Sony (SNE) and Time Warner (TWX).

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