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I Love Washington Blvd...It is quite a sight to witness the natives of the marina mixing with the Venetians in that long line outside the C&O pasta joint desperate for huge portions of so-so food. A far better choice is Mercedes Grille across the street, which offers fine Cuban and Caribbean cuisine in a cheerful outdoor setting at reasonable prices. Owner Mersedeh Ahrablou spent 12 years waitressing around town after graduating from Santa Monica High, and we should all be grateful that she managed to scrape up the money to open this very cheerful outpost by the beach. The food is less fattening than the typical pasta blowout or Mexican cuisine and reminds me of Victor’s on Columbus in New York, where I would go for the Ropa Vieja or Old Clothes, an old Havana classic, which Mercedes serves. When asked what a nice Turkish girl is doing serving Caribbean food, she said she chose it because it can be prepared healthily. The best choice for lunch is the low-calorie Caribbean salad with or without jerk chicken. Vegans Bainbridge Scott and Zuade Kaufman, who led me on my tour of Washington, assured me that the Caribbean salad met the requirements of their holier-than-thou diet. Although I am alarmed at the number of people who think that lettuce leaves are incapable of feeling pain. My veggie buddies sat silently at Hinano bar while I munched on what is quite properly promoted by this 38-year-old establishment as a great burger –at least when Lee serves them up. An ever-honest woman, Lee conceded that the pickles that day were not up to the standard set by the $4 burger – overripe with the individual seeds exposed. Now that’s a vulgarity. What a good thing that Lee decided back in 1951 to get on a Greyhound bus in Dallas and that she landed this job soon after. -Robert Scheer, "Our Times"

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Zootopia

BV

$75,063,401

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3,827

- $19,614

$75,063,401

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1

2

N

London Has Fallen

Focus

$21,635,601

-

3,490

-

$21,635,601

$60

1

3

1

Deadpool

Fox

$16,725,929

-46.2%

3,624

-232

$4,615 $311,484,061

$58

4

4

N

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Par.

$7,443,007

-

2,374

-

$3,135

$7,443,007

$35

1

5

2

Gods of Egypt

LG/S

$5,198,091

-63.2%

3,117

-

$1,668

$23,046,411

$140

2

6

4

Risen

Sony

$3,906,484

-42.7%

2,507

-408

$1,558

$28,672,407

$20

3

7

3

Kung Fu Panda 3

Fox

$3,572,683

-59.9%

2,700

-596

$1,323 $133,879,516

-

6

8

10 The Revenant

Fox

$3,402,675

-13.9%

1,488

-157

$2,287 $176,054,596

$135

11

9

6

Eddie the Eagle

Fox

$3,128,815

-48.6%

2,044

+2

$1,531

$10,889,947

$23

2

10

7

The Witch

A24

$2,485,035

-51.0%

1,715

-489

$1,449

$20,895,610

-

3

11

5

Triple 9

ORF

$2,263,668

-62.9%

2,205

-

$1,027

$10,374,702

-

2

12

8

How to Be Single

WB

$2,117,076

-57.7%

1,602

-1,445

$1,322

$43,320,541

$38

4

13 11 Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BV

$1,864,704

-37.6%

1,021

-412

$1,826 $928,842,219

$200

12

14 21 Spotlight

ORF

$1,766,212

+140.0%

1,227

+542

$1,439

$41,562,351

-

18

15

9

Race (2016)

Focus

$1,511,530

-63.2%

1,286

-1,101

$1,175

$16,511,093

-

3

16

N

The Other Side of the Door

Fox

$1,211,210

-

546

-

$2,218

$1,211,210

-

1

17 15 The Lady in the Van

SPC

$717,445

-39.2%

429

-173

$1,672

$7,116,006

-

14

18 13 Ride Along 2

Uni.

$706,660

-53.1%

607

-334

$1,164

$89,504,525

$40

8

$6,199

Total Gross

Budget*

Week #

TW


19 16 The Big Short

Par.

$503,566

-50.1%

314

-229

$1,604

$69,352,683

$28

13

20 23 Room

A24

$461,605

-20.4%

565

+35

$817

$14,161,502

-

21

21 14 Hail, Caesar!

Uni.

$433,205

-64.1%

313

-646

$1,384

$29,233,595

$22

5

22 17 The Boy (2016)

STX

$401,212

-55.0%

339

-333

$1,184

$35,129,770

$10

7

23 20 Brooklyn

FoxS

$379,666

-49.4%

287

-190

$1,323

$37,212,788

-

18

24 22 The Mermaid (Mei ren yu)

Sony

$372,806

-46.9%

106

+29

$3,517

$2,675,575

-

3

25 12 Zoolander 2

Par.

$367,168

-83.6%

407

-1,567

$902

$28,321,635

-

4

26 18 The 5th Wave

Sony

$361,197

-57.6%

339

-249

$1,065

$33,639,418

$38

7

27 24 Daddy's Home

Par.

$341,132

-37.8%

286

-83

$1,193 $148,870,837

-

11

28

FUN

$274,247

-

122

-

$2,248

$274,247

-

1

29 26 The Finest Hours

BV

$259,970

-40.1%

218

-289

$1,193

$26,766,651

-

6

30 28 Where to Invade Next

Drft.

$228,617

-36.6%

150

-62

$1,524

$2,971,046

-

4

31 31 The Good Dinosaur

BV

$197,465

-33.1%

232

-18

$851 $122,513,864

-

15

32 19 The Choice

LGF

$192,087

-76.8%

337

-723

$570

$18,459,575

-

5

33 25 Neerja

FIP

$171,478

-62.6%

100

-21

$1,715

$1,535,234

-

3

Fox

$167,469

-27.5%

218

-26

$768

$85,040,997

-

12

SPC

$150,945

+15.6%

180

+29

$839

$1,524,582

-

12

Par.

$147,777

-50.8%

211

-109

$700

$52,516,271

$50

8

37 29 Dirty Grandpa

LGF

$138,500

-54.5%

217

-145

$638

$35,378,025

-

7

38 32 45 Years

IFC

$100,030

-58.3%

102

-108

$981

$3,966,264

-

11

39 38 Norm of the North

LGF

$89,951

-27.8%

177

-63

$508

$16,948,585

-

8

40 40 Embrace of the Serpent

Osci.

$70,573

-29.7%

23

+2

$3,068

$303,711

-

3

41 27 Busco Novio Para Mi Mujer

LGF

$69,603

-80.9%

79

-278

$881

$1,654,362

-

3

42

N

Knight of Cups

BG

$60,551

-

4

- $15,138

$60,551

-

1

43

N

The Wave

Magn.

$60,321

-

33

-

$1,828

$60,321

-

1

44 36 Fifty Shades of Black

ORF

$52,780

-60.3%

75

-80

$704

$11,519,126

-

6

45 39 Carol

Wein.

$47,298

-60.4%

55

-147

$860

$12,609,584

-

16

46 64 Concussion (2015)

Sony

$42,106

+252.5%

93

+69

$453

$34,485,471

$35

11

47 48 The Danish Girl

Focus

$37,865

-32.1%

51

-16

$742

$11,074,001

-

15

48 34 2016 Oscar Nominated Short Films

Shrts.

$34,707

-84.9%

35

-141

$992

$2,764,336

-

6

49 43 The Forest

Focus

$34,625

-49.8%

57

-44

$607

$26,544,362

$10

9

50 45 Joy

Fox

$30,695

-49.2%

49

-46

$626

$56,415,623

$60

11

51 47 The Hateful Eight

Wein.

$29,966

-47.3%

44

-33

$681

$53,643,037

$44

11

52 60 Spectre

Sony

$29,757

+48.7%

63

-29

$472 $199,885,471

$245

18

53 44 Sisters

Uni.

$29,470

-53.9%

64

-57

$460

$87,028,670

$30

12

54 50 Mustang

Cohen

$23,550

-30.4%

21

-6

$1,121

$760,922

-

16

55 42 Anomalisa

Par.

$21,131

-74.0%

21

-119

$1,006

$2,648,109

$8

10

56 54 Dough

Men.

$20,945

-31.3%

7

-2

$2,992

$224,337

-

4

57 53 The Martian

Fox

$20,255

-34.0%

25

-31

$810 $228,416,202

$108

23

58

-

Requiem for the American Dream

TFC

$19,447

-

5

-

$3,889

$44,695

-

6

59

N

Trapped (2016)

Abr.

$17,626

-

3

-

$5,875

$17,626

-

1

60 51 Bridge of Spies

BV

$16,710

-46.8%

29

-67

$576

$72,306,065

$40

21

61

ICir

$16,438

-

4

-

$4,110

$16,438

-

1

62 58 Hubble 3D

WB

$15,809

-29.4%

9

+1

$1,757

$51,259,024

63 67 Youth

FoxS

$12,818

+19.7%

14

-5

$916

$2,698,509

-

14

64 71 Rams (HrĂştar)

Cohen

$7,916

+49.9%

8

-

$990

$82,594

-

5

N

34 33

The Boy and the Beast

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

35 37 Son of Saul 36 30

N

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

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65 56 The Monkey King 2 in 3D

CL

$7,785

-71.3%

3

-7

$2,595

$693,173

-

5

66

Strand

$7,780

-

2

-

$3,890

$7,780

-

1

67 55 A War

Magn.

$7,346

-74.7%

17

-13

$432

$96,154

-

4

68 62 King Georges

IFC

$6,516

-56.6%

6

+2

$1,086

$26,580

-

2

69 65 The Peanuts Movie

Fox

$5,671

-51.0%

34

-6

$167 $130,128,632

$99

18

Jan.

$5,434

-

2

-

$2,717

$114,047

-

10

71 57 Like for Likes

CJ

$5,192

-79.3%

3

-15

$1,731

$45,363

-

2

72

-

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

Rialto

$4,371

-

3

-

$1,457

$122,891

-

17

73

N

Songs My Brothers Taught Me

KL

$3,430

-

1

-

$3,430

$6,180

-

1

74 74 Mountains May Depart

KL

$3,083

-13.0%

1

-

$3,083

$25,226

-

4

75 72 Under the Sea 3D

WB

$3,044

-18.3%

3

-

$1,015

$34,867,761

76 73 Aferim!

BWP

$2,960

-18.3%

8

+4

$370

$81,830

-

7

77 77 Heart of a Dog

Abr.

$2,864

+11.1%

3

-1

$955

$412,674

-

20

78 76 In the Shadow of Women

Distrib.

$2,451

-9.6%

3

-

$817

$46,754

-

8

79 90 Of Mind and Music

Mont.

$2,447 +16,213.3%

2

+1

$1,224

$4,557

-

4

80 69 Theeb

FM

$1,993

-67.3%

3

-9

$664

$268,431

-

18

81

Artma

$1,740

-

2

-

$870

$1,740

-

1

FR

$1,552

-12.9%

2

-

$776

$387,643

-

15

WB

$1,519

+74.4%

6

+2

$253

$10,554,448

84 63 Touched with Fire

RAtt.

$1,065

-91.2%

3

-17

$355

$146,070

-

4

85

Strand

$999

-

1

-

$999

$999

-

1

86 87 Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Strand

$849

+162.8%

3

+1

$283

$25,815

-

5

87 81 Deep Sea 3D (IMAX)

WB

$718

-42.8%

1

-4

$718

$46,169,895

- 486

88 80 To the Arctic (IMAX)

WB

$610

-57.1%

1

-

$610

$14,416,284

- 185

89

KL

$473

-

1

-

$473

$34,043

90 83 Born to Be Wild (IMAX)

WB

$385

-56.5%

5

-1

$77

$24,524,532

91

-

Jafar Panahi's Taxi

KL

$314

-

1

-

$314

$318,402

-

23

92

-

Rabin, the Last Day

KL

$214

-

2

-

$107

$19,517

-

5

TOTAL (92 MOVIES): $161,366,086

+43.7%

42,022

-716

$3,840

70

N

-

N

Cemetery of Splendor

Chimes at Midnight (2016 rerelease)

White Lies

82 79 Janis: Little Girl Blue 83 84

N

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Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (IMAX)

Mekong Hotel

The Forbidden Room

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Big Bear Lake is a unique mountain resort community located 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles and surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest. About 21,000 residents make their home here fulltime. Altitude ranges from 6,750 to 9,000 feet. There are over 300 days of sunshine each year. Summer temperatures average around 80 degrees during the day, and 45 degrees at night. Winter brings about 100 inches of snowfall, and temperatures which average in the low 40's during the day, and mid 20's at night. Pine and oak forests flourish in Big Bear's alpine environment. The area provides a natural habitat for approximately 30 wintering bald eagles and 29 species of rare plants, ten of which are indigenous to the area. Our lake is a fresh water lake seven miles long. The average width is 1/2 mile, with a maximum depth of 72 feet and over 22 miles of shoreline. Our community is full of recreational opportunities such as fishing, water sports, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, tours and winter sports. It's home to one of the nation's only alpine solar observatories. Big Bear also features a public zoo, a nine-hole golf course, seven public campgrounds, great restaurants, entertainment and lots of shopping. Big Bear's airport is open 24 hours every day and is equipped for night landings. AirTaxi/Charter service is available.

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