The Magnificent Seven

This week’s box office number tell a very interesting story about star power and audiences’ preferences. Domestically, director Antoine Fuqua’s take on legendary 1960 western The Magnificent Seven led the charge with $35 million right out of the gate, easily beating rival openers Storks, Queen of Katwe and The Dressmaker.

Director Antoine Fuqua’s multi-cultural version of John Sturges 1960s movie The Magnificent Seven (which already was a cultural translation of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai) boasts, like its predecessor, an outstanding ensemble cast lead by two very different, talented actors – Golden Globe winner and Cecil B. deMille recipient Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt.