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Monday, May 31, 2021

Calgarians encouraged to place teddy bear on front steps to commemorate 215 residential school victims - Calgary Herald

Here are some of the ways Calgary and area are commemorating the residential school victims this week

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Stephanie Babych

Flags outside Calgary City Hall are lowered to half-mast on Monday, May 31, 2021 after the discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former residential school in Kamloops. Some kids' shoes placed during a vigil are seen in the foreground. Photo by Azin Ghaffari/Postmedia

Calgarians are encouraged to mourn the 215 children found buried on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School by placing a teddy bear on their front steps Monday evening, following the announcement last week from Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation about the children.

Here are some of the ways communities in Calgary and area are commemorating the residential school victims this week:

Siksika Health Services, among others, is asking people to place teddy bears and moccasins on their front steps at 6 p.m. Monday to honour the lives lost, “but never forgotten.”

People are also encouraged to leave their porch lights on.

As well, Siksika Health Services will be hosting a private candlelight vigil and prayers of the Elders at the Siksika Health and Wellness Centre tipi on Wednesday. They invite the community to join in the prayers from their homes that day.

“To all of those who have been impacted: we hold you in our hearts,” Siksika Health Services said in a statement Monday.

“Together we are part of a resilient community of Indigenous brothers and sisters that remembers our history and those who have gone before, and we stand with you in claiming that every child matters.”

Siksika Health Services offers our deepest sympathies for the families and those impacted by the discovery of the 215 children who died and were buried at the Kamloops Residential School. We send prayers of healing and peace for each and every one of those affected by this news. pic.twitter.com/KMa4kMfWmY
— Siksika Nation (@Siksika_Nation) May 31, 2021

A candlelight vigil was scheduled for 8 p.m. Monday at City Hall in memory of residential school victims. Organizers asked people to bring children’s shoes to place on the steps and their own candles to light. The flags at City Hall have been lowered to half-mast, as they were at many businesses and all schools Monday.

Calgary Police Service lowered their flags to half-mast saying, “We grieve the 215 children whose lives were lost at the former Kamloops residential school.” They also invited Calgarians to leave their porch lights on and place a teddy bear on their front steps.

As we grieve the 215 children whose lives were lost at the former Kamloops residential school, our flags have been lowered to half mast. To honour their loss, we invite you to leave your porch light on and place a teddy bear on your front step tonight at 6 p.m. pic.twitter.com/46jRCsWp3Z
— Calgary Police (@CalgaryPolice) May 31, 2021

The Calgary Tower’s lights went dark over the weekend in recognition of national mourning. ATB Financial lit the McMahon Stadium orange Monday night to mourn the “horrific discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children at a residential school” and honour their lives, according to Curtis Stange, president and CEO of ATB Financial.

We are in mourning after the horrific discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children at a residential school. To honour their lives and their loss, @atbfinancial will light McMahon Stadium orange tonight. As a nation, we must all become active participants in reconciliation.
— Curtis Stange (@CurtisStange) May 31, 2021

Hillhurst United Church will toll its bells 215 times at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday in memory of the 215 children. The memorial will be live-streamed on Hillhurst United’s Facebook page.

“Each bell symbolizes a child’s life,” Tony Snow, Indigenous lead at Hillhurst United and Indigenous minister for Calgary-area United Churches, said in a news release.

“As we stop and listen to each bell toll, we remember a child who never returned home.”

Orange ribbons are tied to the steps at the Hillhurst United Church to honour the remains of 215 children discovered at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. in Calgary on Monday, May 31, 2021. Photo by Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia

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Fueling box office rebound, ‘Quiet Place’ opens with $58.5M - Saanich News

Moviegoing increasingly looks like it didn’t die during the pandemic. It just went into hibernation.

John Krasinski’s thriller sequel “A Quiet Place Part II” opened over the Memorial Day weekend to a pandemic-best $48.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Including the Monday holiday, the studio forecasts the film will gross $58.5 million in North America. It added another $22 million in ticket sales overseas.

The film’s performance cheered a movie industry that has been punished and transformed by the pandemic. Paramount Pictures’ “A Quiet Place Part II,” which was on the cusp of opening in March 2021 before theaters shut, was the first big film this year — and one of the only larger budget COVID-era releases beside Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” — to open exclusively in theaters.

Chris Aronson, distribution chief for Paramount, called the opening “an unqualified success.”

“It’s a huge sigh of a relief and a sense of optimism for sure,” Aronson said. “Movies, moviegoing, movie theaters aren’t dead. Yes, they’ve been threatened but they’re proving once again that they’re resilient and that people do want to have that communal experience.”

Many studios have trotted out hybrid release plans during the pandemic, debuting films simultaneously in the home. The Walt Disney Co. did that this weekend with its live-action PG-13 Cruella De Vil prequel, “Cruella,” making it available to Disney+ subscribers for $30. In theaters, it grossed $21.3 million, Disney said, and an estimated $26.4 million over the four-day weekend. “Cruella” also added $16.1 million in 29 international territories. Disney didn’t say how much the film made on the company’s streaming platform.

“A Quiet Place II” will also turn to streaming after 45 days in theaters when it becomes available on Paramount+. One clear result of the pandemic is that the theatrical window has shrunk, probably permanently. Three months was once the customary length of a movie’s run in theaters. The year’s previous best debut belonged to Warner Bros.’ “Godzilla vs. Kong,” which opened with $32.2 million, or $48.5 million over its first five days, while simultaneously streaming on HBO Max.

The contrasting release strategies between “A Quiet Place Part II” and “Cruella” offered a test case for Hollywood. How much does a day-and-date release cost a movie like “Cruella” in ticket sales? Is it worth it? Without knowing how much “Cruella” benefitted Disney+, a true comparison isn’t possible. But the strong returns for the theater-only “A Quiet Place Part II” are telling, says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for data firm Comscore. He called it a “pivotal weekend” for the movie industry that proved predictions of the movie theater’s demise “flat-out wrong.”

“That ‘Quiet Place Part II’ did so well makes a strong case that a theatrical-first release for a big movie is the way to go,” Dergarabedian said. “This is the best possible news for an industry that’s been dealing with probably the most profoundly challenging chapter in the history of the movie theater.”

The debut of “A Quiet Place Part II” was much watched throughout Hollywood as the kickoff to its delayed summer movie season. After largely sitting out the pandemic, or diverting to streaming platforms, a lineup of blockbusters are again queuing up. On tap are Warner Bros.’ “In the Heights,” Universals’ “F9” and Disney’s “Black Widow.”

Last week, Universal Pictures’ ninth installment in the “Fast & Furious” franchise, “F9,” opened with $162 million in ticket sales in eight international markets, and $135 million in China alone. In its second weekend, “F9,” which opens in North America on June 25, raced toward $230 million worldwide.

“A Quiet Place Part II” had already had its red-carpet premiere in March last year, and spent some of its marketing budget. But it opened remarkably in line with predictions of how many tickets it would sell before the onset of the pandemic. In the intervening months, Paramount sold off many of its films to streamers — “Coming 2 America,” “The Trial of the Chicago 7” — but Krasinski and the studio felt strongly that the hushed intensity of “A Quiet Place Part II” worked best on the big screen.

In an interview ahead of the film’s release, Krasinski said a theatrical release was “non-negotiable.” And Krasinski worked hard to stoke excitement, traveling the country in the week leading up to release to surprise moviegoers. Still, given the circumstances, he had little idea whether audiences would come out.

“As bizarre as the entire year has been is how bizarre whatever opening weekend is,” Krasinski said. “I don’t really know what it is anymore.”

In the end, “A Quiet Place Part II” performed a lot like how the first one did. That 2018 hit, which ultimately grossed $340 million globally on a $17 million budget, launched with $50.2 million in North American ticket sales. Sequels usually do better than the original but “Part II” had far more challenges due to pandemic.

Rich Gelfond, chief executive of IMAX, where “A Quiet Place Part II” earned $4.1 million domestically, called the film “the first domestic release this year to cross the threshold from ‘great opening weekend given the pandemic’ to ‘great opening weekend, period.’”

Memorial Day weekend, usually one of the busiest for theaters, still didn’t look like it normally does at the movies. Total box office exceeded $80 million but that’s about a third of the holiday weekend’s normal business. Last Memorial Day, when nearly all operating theaters were drive-ins, ticket sales amounted to $842,000, according to Comscore.

Many theaters, particularly in New York and Los Angeles, are still operating with social distancing measures. But guidelines are thawing. Last week, the nation’s top theater chains — AMC, Regal, Cinemark — said they would no longer require vaccinated moviegoers to wear face masks.

—Jake Coyle, The Associated Press

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Moviegoing increasingly looks like it didn’t die during the pandemic. It just went into hibernation.

Chris Aronson, distribution chief for Paramount, called the opening “an unqualified success.”

“As bizarre as the entire year has been is how bizarre whatever opening weekend is,” Krasinski said. “I don’t really know what it is anymore.”

—Jake Coyle, The Associated Press

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BC Place and Canada Place to light up orange to honour 215 children | News - Daily Hive

Vancouver’s skyline will be illuminated on Monday night to honour the 215 children found buried at a former residential school.

BC Place, Rogers Arena and Canada Place will all light up orange tonight.

BC Place will glow orange tonight to honour the 215 children whose remains were discovered in a mass grave at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School and to honour all others who tragically lost their lives to the residential school system. 🧡 #EveryChildMatters pic.twitter.com/0TO5HWcICU

— BC Place (@bcplace) May 31, 2021

In a statement, the Vancouver Canucks said going forward Rogers Arena would be lit up orange in a tribute to the children, as well as “every other child who was forced to attend residential schools, and their families.”

“We acknowledge the genocide of the Indigenous community and as Canadians must do more toward real truth and reconciliation.”

Public school teachers across BC are also planning to don orange this week in memory of the lives lost.

Following the establishment of Orange Shirt Day, the garments – and colour – have become a symbol of awareness and remembrance for the impacts of the residential school system.

On May 28, the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation announced that the remains of 215 children were found buried on the ground of the Kamloops Indian Residential School.

Vancouver Mayor Kennedy has urged the federal government to provide funding to help identify the children so that they can be reunited with their family and their land.

He is also calling for the government to fully fund an investigation into all residential schools to determine whether mass graves are hidden on their grounds, too.

“Mourning is not enough,” Kennedy wrote in a statement.

“We must continue to seek the full truth of what happened at these so-called schools, as well as other systems of oppression created by our government to destroy Indigenous peoples.”

#Canucks statement: pic.twitter.com/j5NTvbt16P

— Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) May 31, 2021

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White Sox place Kopech on injured list with strained hamstring - Sportsnet.ca

CLEVELAND — The Chicago White Sox placed pitcher Michael Kopech on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring on Monday.

The team also recalled right-hander Jimmy Lambert from Triple-A Charlotte to serve as the club’s 27th man for its doubleheader against the Indians. Chicago leads the AL Central by 3 1/2 games over Cleveland.

Kopech, who is 2-0 with a 1.78 ERA in three starts and 13 games, had been on the bereavement list last week. The 25-year-old’s stint on the injured list is retroactive to May 28.

The 26-year-old Lambert had a 7.71 ERA in five starts with Charlotte. He has worked three innings or less in all five outings. However, he has recorded five or more strikeouts in three of those games.

Lambert made his first two career appearances with Chicago last season before being placed on the injured list on July 29 with a right forearm strain.

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Box Office: ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Smashes Pandemic Era Records With $57 Million Debut - Variety

And exhale.

The movie business is breathing a little easier after Paramount’s “A Quiet Place Part II” roared to $57 million over the Memorial Day Weekend. It’s a sign that cinemas are back after more than a year of pandemic era closures, capacity restrictions, and skittish customers.

But the public health situation is changing dramatically, at least in this country, and that’s fueling optimism among exhibitors and studios. More than 60% of U.S. adults have had a least one shot of the vaccine and there is even some research that suggests 70% of Americans could be vaccinated by the summer. Last week, AMC, Regal, and Cinemark announced that they will no longer require fully vaccinated guests to wear face masks.

What makes “A Quiet Place Part II’s” results particularly notable is that they are roughly in line with what the movie was projected to make prior to the pandemic. That, of course, didn’t play out according to plan. The sequel was originally set to open in March of 2020, but COVID-19 scrambled those ambitions. The initial film in the horror franchise, “A Quiet Place,” opened to $50 million in 2018. Of course, the profit margins will be a bit different. The first film cost a mere $17 million to make; its follow-up has a $61 million budget. John Krasinski returned to direct the sequel, with Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe and Millicent Simmonds reprising their roles. Djimon Hounsou and Cillian Murphy round out the cast. “A Quiet Place Part II” was shown in 3,726 theaters.

“We’re happy for the industry,” said Chris Aronson, Paramount’s distribution chief. “We’re happy for movie theaters. This is a referendum on the future of moviegoing, so there’s a lot to celebrate.”

Disney’s “Cruella,” an attempt to explain what made a certain puppycidal maniac lust for Dalmatian fur, opted for a hybrid release strategy. It’s available to rent on Disney Plus for $30 and is also screening in 3,892 theaters. The film, which stars Emma Stone as the title character and is set in the fashion world, is expected to open to $26.5 million over the four-day holiday, a solid result considering the unorthodox rollout.

Lionsgate’s “Spiral,” a reboot of the “Saw” franchise that stars Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson, nabbed third place with $2.77 million, pushing its stateside total to $20.3 million after three weeks in theaters.

MGM and Miramax’s “Wrath of Man,” an action thriller that reunites director Guy Ritchie with his “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and “Snatch” star Jason Statham, captured fourth place on the domestic charts with $2.75 million. That brings its domestic haul to $22.8 million.

Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon” snagged fifth place with $2.7 million over the four-day holiday. That brings the animate fantasy adventure’s box office total to $51.6 million over its 13 weeks in theaters.

Internationally, “A Quiet Place Part II” grossed $22 million, with $14.9 million of that coming from China, where the thriller opened in third place.

Even though the movie business will take comfort from the holiday weekend’s results, the industry still faces serious headwinds. Some theater chains, such as the Alamo Drafthouse and Studio Movie Grill, are trying to reemerge from bankruptcy, others, such as AMC, have weathered the crisis, but still have a great deal of debt. Moreover, studios have used the pandemic to experiment with alternative distribution strategies. That’s led most companies, such as Disney, Warner Bros., and Paramount to signal they expect to shorten theatrical windows, industry-speak for the amount of time films are exclusively in cinemas. Instead of 90 days, they want to halve that window to 45 days. Will debuting films on home entertainment platforms earlier ultimately hurt the box office? That remains to be seen. Moreover, the movie business is global, and some parts of the world, including Canada where “A Quiet Place Part II” opened, are still in lockdown or struggling to control the virus. That will take a chunk out of films’ profits.

But, for a weekend, at least, a sector of the economy that hasn’t had a lot of good news, finally has a reason to be optimistic.

“In a lot of places, we are regaining a sense of normalcy in life,” said Aronson. “That means not just watching television endlessly. It means going out and experiencing things. And cinema is a special experience. It’s something that cannot be replicated or replaced.”

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NEW YORK (AP) — Moviegoing increasingly looks like it didn't die during the pandemic. It just went into hibernation.

John Krasinski's thriller sequel “A Quiet Place Part II” opened over the Memorial Day weekend to a pandemic-best $48.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Including the Monday holiday, the studio forecasts the film will gross $58.5 million in North America. It added another $22 million in ticket sales overseas.

The film's performance cheered a movie industry that has been punished and transformed by the pandemic. Paramount Pictures' “A Quiet Place Part II," which was on the cusp of opening in March 2021 before theaters shut, was the first big film this year — and one of the only larger budget COVID-era releases beside Christopher Nolan's “Tenet” — to open exclusively in theaters.

Chris Aronson, distribution chief for Paramount, called the opening “an unqualified success.”

“It's a huge sigh of a relief and a sense of optimism for sure,” Aronson said. "Movies, moviegoing, movie theaters aren't dead. Yes, they've been threatened but they're proving once again that they're resilient and that people do want to have that communal experience."

Many studios have trotted out hybrid release plans during the pandemic, debuting films simultaneously in the home. The Walt Disney Co. did that this weekend with its live-action PG-13 Cruella De Vil prequel, “Cruella,” making it available to Disney+ subscribers for $30. In theaters, it grossed $21.3 million, Disney said, and an estimated $26.4 million over the four-day weekend. “Cruella” also added $16.1 million in 29 international territories. Disney didn't say how much the film made on the company's streaming platform.

“A Quiet Place II” will also turn to streaming after 45 days in theaters when it becomes available on Paramount+. One clear result of the pandemic is that the theatrical window has shrunk, probably permanently. Three months was once the customary length of a movie's run in theaters. The year's previous best debut belonged to Warner Bros.' “Godzilla vs. Kong,” which opened with $32.2 million, or $48.5 million over its first five days, while simultaneously streaming on HBO Max.

The contrasting release strategies between “A Quiet Place Part II” and “Cruella” offered a test case for Hollywood. How much does a day-and-date release cost a movie like “Cruella” in ticket sales? Is it worth it? Without knowing how much “Cruella” benefitted Disney+, a true comparison isn't possible. But the strong returns for the theater-only “A Quiet Place Part II" are telling, says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for data firm Comscore. He called it a “pivotal weekend” for the movie industry that proved predictions of the movie theater's demise “flat-out wrong.”

“That ‘Quiet Place Part II’ did so well makes a strong case that a theatrical-first release for a big movie is the way to go,” Dergarabedian said. “This is the best possible news for an industry that's been dealing with probably the most profoundly challenging chapter in the history of the movie theater.”

The debut of “A Quiet Place Part II” was much watched throughout Hollywood as the kickoff to its delayed summer movie season. After largely sitting out the pandemic, or diverting to streaming platforms, a lineup of blockbusters are again queuing up. On tap are Warner Bros.' “In the Heights,” Universals' “F9” and Disney's “Black Widow.”

Last week, Universal Pictures' ninth installment in the “Fast & Furious” franchise, “F9,” opened with $162 million in ticket sales in eight international markets, and $135 million in China alone. In its second weekend, “F9,” which opens in North America on June 25, raced toward $230 million worldwide.

In an interview ahead of the film's release, Krasinski said a theatrical release was “non-negotiable." And Krasinski worked hard to stoke excitement, traveling the country in the week leading up to release to surprise moviegoers. Still, given the circumstances, he had little idea whether audiences would come out.

“As bizarre as the entire year has been is how bizarre whatever opening weekend is," Krasinski said. "I don’t really know what it is anymore."

Memorial Day weekend, usually one of the busiest for theaters, still didn't look like it normally does at the movies. Total box office exceeded $80 million but that's about a third of the holiday weekend's normal business. Last Memorial Day, when nearly all operating theaters were drive-ins, ticket sales amounted to $842,000, according to Comscore.

Many theaters, particularly in New York and Los Angeles, are still operating with social distancing measures. But guidelines are thawing. Last week, the nation's top theater chains — AMC, Regal, Cinemark — said they would no longer require vaccinated moviegoers to wear face masks.

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Follow AP Film Writer Jake Coyle on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/jakecoyleAP

Jake Coyle, The Associated Press

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'An urban pedestrian-oriented place': Bronte GO station area plan includes about 8000 residents, 19000 jobs - Toronto Star

The area around Bronte GO Station will likely see thousands more residents and jobs in the not-too-distant future.

Some local property owners are calling for greater building heights as the town contemplates the future of the area surrounding the Bronte GO station.

The matter was discussed during a recent meeting of the Oakville Planning and Development Council to give members of the public and councillors the opportunity to weigh in on the plan being proposed for this area.

Council is not scheduled to make a decision on the plan until the end of the year, after which it will need the Halton Region’s approval.

Brad Sunderland of the town’s planning services department noted the town is seeking to intensify 146 hectares of land around the Bronte GO station generally bounded by the QEW to the north, Fourteen Mile Creek to the east, the established residential community to the south and Westgate Road and the employment areas to the west.

The area is currently occupied by low-rise employment and industrial facilities.

Sunderland said the goal is to change this area over time into a complete community centred around the Bronte GO station.

“It will become an urban pedestrian-oriented place that is a focus for employment growth, including population growth that is compatible with its surroundings,” he said.

The plan for the area is to achieve a minimum density of 150 residents and jobs combined per hectare, which Sunderland said is in accordance with the provincial growth plan.

Overall, the area is planned to accommodate 8,200 residents and 18,600 jobs by 2051.

Sunderland said the current plan for this area calls for building heights ranging from two to 20 storeys.

The tallest buildings, he said, would be located around the Bronte GO station while the lowest, ranging in height from two to four storeys, would be to the south of the site, at the border of the existing residential area.

Sunderland said a developer would have the ability to apply for up to four additional storeys for a structure in this area.

Jim Levac of Glen Schnarr and Associates Inc, spoke on behalf of the owners of multiple properties located at a southwestern portion of the site.

He said this group supports the plan, but is calling for a section of green space to separate the plan area from the bordering residential communities.

“The existing vegetation and mature tree line that is there now should be incorporated into a publicly owned linear open space feature along the southerly limit of those properties,” said Levac.

He also said greater building heights should be permitted in the vicinity of Speers Road, noting a height range of eight to 12 storeys would be more appropriate than the two to four storeys listed in the existing plan.

Emma West of Bousfields Inc., spoke on behalf of a client who owns a property at 2172 Wyecroft Rd.

She said her client would like to see 20-storey building heights permitted at that site, which West noted is just 100 metres from the Bronte GO station platform.

At present, the plan would see heights of three to eight storeys at that location.

Leo Longo of Aird and Berlis LLP spoke on behalf of a client who owns 15 acres of property to the west of the Bronte GO station.

He too called for higher building heights and densities than are currently being planned.

Council also heard from several residents.

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Corbin Crawford said he liked the idea that was floated of a 19- to 20-degree sight line being used as a delineating line for the height of the buildings adjacent to the residential areas and of green space separating the development area from the residential communities.

“As a resident in the low-density area, it would make it much easier for me to accept any of the changes happening north of me with that sort of plan,” said Crawford.

STORY BEHIND THE STORY: The Town of Oakville is considering major intensification for the area surrounding the Bronte GO station and we wanted to let residents know what is being contemplated and what property owners within this area and nearby residents are saying about it.

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Fueling box-office rebound, 'Quiet Place' opens with $58.5M - CKPGToday.ca

Many films have trotted out hybrid release plans during the pandemic, debuting films simultaneously in the home. The Walt Disney Co. did that this weekend with its live-action PG-13 Cruella De Vil prequel, “Cruella,” making it available to Disney+ subscribers for $30. In theaters, it grossed $21.3 million, Disney said, and an estimated $26.4 million over the four-day weekend. “Cruella” also added $16.1 million in 29 international territories. Disney didn’t say how much the film made on the company’s streaming platform.

The debut of “A Quiet Place Part II” was much watched throughout Hollywood as the kickoff to its delayed summer movie season. After largely sitting out the pandemic, or diverting to streaming platforms, a lineup of would-be blockbusters are again queuing up. On tap are Warner Bros.’ “In the Heights,” Universals’ “F9” and Disney’s “Black Widow.”

“As bizarre as the entire year has been is how bizarre whatever opening weekend is,” Krasinski said. “I don’t really know what it is anymore.”

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Follow AP Film Writer Jake Coyle on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/jakecoyleAP

Jake Coyle, The Associated Press

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