Police on Saturday thanked the many people calling in tips about John Russell Houser as they worked to reconstruct his movements before he killed two people, wounded nine and then committed suicide inside a movie theater
On top for the second weekend, “American Sniper” grabbed $64 million at the box office for a total of $200 million domestic, according to Box Office Mojo.
Sony’s “The Interview” has been a hacking target, a punchline, and a political lightning rod. Now, with its release online at the same time it debuts in theaters, it has a new role: a test for a new kind of movie release.
While Hollywood continued to wrestle with the fallout of the Sony hacking scandal, the weekend box office offered the solace of a moviegoing truism: Hobbits sell.