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2017-10-22 18:56:03 TWX Acquired by T $101.83 / -0.37 (-0.36%) , CMCSA Comcast $37.22 / +0.32 (+0.87%) … 18:56 10/22/17 10/22 18:56 10/22/17 18:56	Box Office Battle: 'Boo 2' wins weekend with $21.7M Lionsgate's (LGF.A) "Boo 2! A Madea Halloween" ended its debut weekend in first place, with $21.7M from 2,388 theaters. The movie tells how Madea, Aunt Bam, Viv and Hattie take a vacation to a campground with their family members, only to encounter monsters, goblins and boogeymen. The movie earned an A- CinemaScore and got 8% from Rotten Tomatoes. BOX OFFICE RUNNERS-UP: Warner Bros. (TWX) "Geostorm" followed at number two, with $13.3M domestically. Behind it was Universal (CMCSA) and Blumhouse's "Happy Death Day," earning 9.4M from 3,298 theaters. Distributed by Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures (SNE), "Blade Runner 2049" came in fourth with $7.2M from 3,203 theaters. Rounding out the top five, Sony's critically acclaimed "Only the Brave" opened to $6M from 2,577 theaters. Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include 21st Century Fox (FOXA), Viacom (VIAB; VIA) and Walt Disney (DIS). TWX Acquired by T $101.83 / -0.37 (-0.36%) CMCSA Comcast $37.22 / +0.32 (+0.87%) CMCSK Comcast $58.00 / + (+0.00%) SNE Symbol now SONY $37.55 / +0.11 (+0.29%) FOX Fox Corp. $26.84 / +0.14 (+0.52%) FOXA Fox Corp. $27.50 / +0.13 (+0.47%) LGF.A Lionsgate $30.09 / -0.08 (-0.27%) DIS Disney $99.40 / +0.39 (+0.39%) VIAB VIAB / + VIA Via Renewables $34.00 / -0.05 (-0.15%)	22 Oct 26 Oct 01 Nov 08 Nov 09 Nov 09 Nov 16 Nov

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$101.83 / -0.37 (-0.36%)

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Comcast

$37.22 / +0.32 (+0.87%)

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Box Office Battle: 'Boo 2' wins weekend with $21.7M

Lionsgate's (LGF.A) "Boo 2! A Madea Halloween" ended its debut weekend in first place, with $21.7M from 2,388 theaters. The movie tells how Madea, Aunt Bam, Viv and Hattie take a vacation to a campground with their family members, only to encounter monsters, goblins and boogeymen. The movie earned an A- CinemaScore and got 8% from Rotten Tomatoes. BOX OFFICE RUNNERS-UP: Warner Bros. (TWX) "Geostorm" followed at number two, with $13.3M domestically. Behind it was Universal (CMCSA) and Blumhouse's "Happy Death Day," earning 9.4M from 3,298 theaters. Distributed by Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures (SNE), "Blade Runner 2049" came in fourth with $7.2M from 3,203 theaters. Rounding out the top five, Sony's critically acclaimed "Only the Brave" opened to $6M from 2,577 theaters. Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include 21st Century Fox (FOXA), Viacom (VIAB; VIA) and Walt Disney (DIS).

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