Sunday, January 15, 2017

#HiddenFences

“Hidden Figures” is poised to take the box office’s top spot this weekend. The historical piece about three African-American women and their contribution to the space race took in over $20 million dollars from Friday to Sunday and looks to end the MLK weekend with $25 million in ticket sales. Octavia Spencer, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in the film, bought out the Baldwin Hills movie theater in Los Angeles to provide a screening for the film for low-income families.

During last week’s Golden Globe Awards ceremony, many were mashing up the titles of “Hidden Figures” and “Fences” much to the chagrin of Black Twitter. The #HiddenFences hashtag has led to some creative mashups that playfully mock the slip made at the ceremony. Some tweets took a more serious tone and see the mistake as a reflection of the lack of care or knowledge of African-American cinematic achievements.

Most of the other movies out this weekend bombed, with the exception of a surprise performance from the movie “The Bye Bye Man” which exceeded expectations. Of course, “Rogue One,” a Star Wars movie continued to perform and has taken the film’s gross beyond $980 million. “Fences” dropped out of the top 10, but takes it gross to over $45 million.



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