LOS ANGELSE: The women of “Ocean’s 8” proved this weekend that they know how to steal the show — and much more — as the new heist flick took in an estimated $41.5 million in North American theaters.
With an all-star cast led by ever-popular Sandra Bullock and supported by Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling and Rihanna, the Warner Bros. film was Hollywood’s latest experiment — after “Ghostbusters” — in replacing an all-male cast with female stars.
The result: One of the top 10 openings of the year so far, which also bested three earlier “Ocean’s” editions. The film stars Bullock as Debbie Ocean, sister of Danny Ocean (originally played by George Clooney), as she assembles a gang of talented women to plan a seemingly impossible diamond heist from a glamorous gala in New York.
Women of ‘Ocean’s 8’ steal a lead at the box office
Women of ‘Ocean’s 8’ steal a lead at the box office
