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Annie (2014)

By Karen Valby on Aug 24, 2014

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Image credit: Barry Wetcher

Details Release Date: Dec 19, 2014; Rated: PG; Genre: Comedy; With: Rose Byrne, Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhane Wallis; Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment

Little Orphan Annie has a lot of fans. So director Will Gluck (Friends With Benefits) knows he has to justify his reimagining of the 1977 Broadway musical. ''The first question is 'Why Annie?''' he says. His reply? ''It's a timeless story of people trying to find a family.'' As Annie, Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) is a modern-day foster kid living in NYC with her mutt, Sandy, when she meets cell-phone magnate and mayoral candidate William Stacks (Jamie Foxx). Cameron Diaz plays Miss Hannigan, Annie's jaded tether to the hard-knock life. And though the score includes new songs by indie favorite Sia, Gluck promises that the melody and lyrics of ''Tomorrow'' remain untouched.

Originally posted Aug 14, 2014 Published in issue #1325-1326 Order article reprints

Weekend of Oct 19 Box Office Source: Rentrak Corp.

Rank	Title	Weekend Gross*	Weeks on Chart	Cume. Gross*	EW Grade
1.	Fury Sony	$23.5	1	$23.5	C+
2.	Gone Girl Fox	$17.8	3	$107.1	A
3.	The Book of Life Fox	$17.0	1	$17.0	A-
4.	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Walt Disney Pictures	$12.0	2	$36.9	B
5.	The Best of Me Relativity	$10.2	1	$10.2	D
6.	Dracula Untold Universal	$9.9	2	$40.7	C
7.	The Judge Warner Bros.	$7.9	2	$26.8	B
8.	Annabelle Warner Bros.	$7.9	3	$74.1	F
9.	The Equalizer Sony	$5.4	4	$89.2	D
10.	The Maze Runner Fox	$4.5	5	$90.8	B-