‘The Grinch’ tops US box office despite critics

You’re a mean one — and you’re number one — Mr Grinch.

Dr Seuss’ The Grinch sledded past mixed reviews and made off with $66 million (Dh242.3 million) for Universal Pictures to top the weekend North American box office, according to studio estimates on Sunday.

Last week’s top film, the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, drops to second for 20th Century Fox with a $30.8 million weekend that brings its overall take to $100 million.

Illumination, the Universal-owned animators behind The Minions and Despicable Me, produced the latest interpretation of Seuss’ 1957 book that led to a 1966 TV special and first came to the big screen as a live-action feature starring Jim Carrey in 2000.

Dr Seuss’ The Grinch is currently showing across the UAE. — AP