'Dumbo' wins the weekend box office, but performs worse than expected
Disney's "Dumbo" took in an estimated $45 million over the weekend. That's below industry projections. Jordan Peele's "Us" came in second place with $33.6 million, and now has earned over $100 million domestically (the movie was made for $20 million). Peele is the first African-American writer-director to have multiple movies gross $100 million (the other being "Get Out"). Matthew McConaughey had the worst opening weekend of his career for a wide release movie with "The Beach Bum" only taking in $1.8 million. That's under his previous all-time low that happened earlier this year with the $4.4 million opening for "Serenity." Disney's "Dumbo" is having a bumpy takeoff. It's uncommon for a Disney IP to not hit its industry box office projections or surpass it, but that's what's happened to the latest live-action remake of the Disney classic animated movie. Tim Burton's look at lovable J...