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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey receives emergency medical attention at Caroleene Dobson campaign event

Gov. Kay Ivey was evaluated and treated by paramedics at a campaign event for Congressional candidate Caroleene Dobson on Sunday night in Montgomery.

Gina Maiola, the governor’s communications director, released a statement about the incident, which happened at the SweetCreek Farm Market.

“While campaigning for Caroleene Dobson at an event this evening, the governor got dehydrated,” Maiola said. “She received fluids and was evaluated on site out of precaution. She immediately felt better and is at home doing well this evening.”

Ivey, 80, has been Alabama’s governor since April 2017. She started her second four-year term in January 2023.

Ivey announced in September 2019 she had lung cancer and released a statement from her doctor in January 2020 saying he considered her cured after radiation treatment. The governor described the cancer as a small, isolated malignancy.

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Despite Tua Tagovailoa’s performance, Dolphins lose to Bills again

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has had some of the worst games of his NFL career against the Buffalo Bills. Entering Sunday’s contest, Tagovailoa had a 1-7 record as a starting quarterback and a 74.1 passing-efficiency rating against Buffalo. Versus the rest of the NFL, the former Alabama All-American has a 32-14 record and a 100.1 passing-efficiency rating.

Tagovailoa also has fractured ribs, fractured a finger and left three of the games against the Bills early for the locker room, including for a concussion when the teams met on Sept. 12. That caused Tagovailoa to miss the next four games.

In his second contest back on the field on Sunday, Tagovailoa completed 25-of-28 passes for 231 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions against the Bills. Tagovailoa’s performance was the eighth in NFL history in which a quarterback with 28 or more passes completed at least 89.2 percent of them.

“I thought Tua played one of his best games since we’ve been working together,” Miami coach Mike McDaniel said.

But the Dolphins still lost to Buffalo 30-27 when Tyler Bass made a 61-yard field goal on the final snap of the game.

“Hat’s off to Tyler Bass for making that,” Tagovailoa said. “Hat’s off to their team. They did a great job. It was a great game. There’s things that we could fix on both sides of the ball offensively and defensively, but I think we’re taking a step in the right direction as a team. This wasn’t the result that we wanted, but just got to keep pushing, man. It’s still a long season.”

While Tagovailoa dropped to 1-8 against Buffalo, the Dolphins have only one victory to show for their past 13 games against the Bills, and they lost their eighth in a row in Orchard Park, New York. Miami’s most recent victory over Buffalo on the road came on Dec. 24, 2016.

“We just got to find a way to beat them,” Tagovailoa said. “That’s it. I know it sounds mundane because I say this over and over, but we just got to find a way to beat them.”

The Dolphins tied the game twice in the fourth quarter.

Miami moved 70 yards in nine plays to tie the scored at 20-20 with 12:14 to play on running back De’Von Achane’s 8-yard touchdown run.

On that drive, Tagovailoa scrambled for 4 yards on a fourth-and-4 snap from the Buffalo 25-yard line. Miami scored two plays later.

With 1:38 to play, Tagovailoa tossed a 7-yard TD pass to wide receiver Jaylen Waddle – just back into the game from getting hurt – for a 27-27 tie. The Dolphins went 81 yards in 11 plays to get that touchdown, with Tagovailoa completing 5-of-6 passes for 65 yards during the series.

Tagovailoa’s first touchdown pass went to Achane from 14 yards out as Miami took a 10-3 lead with 3:20 left in the first half. The Dolphins went 97 yards in 14 plays for the game’s first touchdown.

While Buffalo moved to 7-2 with its fourth straight victory, Miami dropped to 2-6 with its third loss in a row.

“I would say we took a step in the right direction as a team collectively,” Tagovailoa said. “This is the ball that we want to show on Sundays, but there’s a lot of things we’re always going to have to clean up, and we’re going to continue to skin the cat however we need to, and we’re going to move forward with that.”

The Dolphins play the Los Angeles Rams at 7:15 p.m. CST Nov. 11 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

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See the hit that got Brian Branch ejected from the Lions-Packers game

The first penalty of Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch’s NFL career for helmet-to-helmet contact resulted in his ejection from Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers.

Branch hit Bo Melton square in the face mask with the top of his helmet after a second-and-20 pass from quarterback Jordan Love went through the Green Bay wide receiver’s hands with 6:10 left in the second quarter.

Branch was flagged on the field for the hit. After video review, the former Alabama defensive back was ejected from the game.

After being told of his ejection, Branch picked up an unsportstmanlike-conduct penalty on his way off the field.

The two penalties moved Green Bay from its 38-yard line to the Detroit 32.

A second-round draft choice from the Crimson Tide in 2023, Branch finished fifth in the voting for the AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award. Mainly stationed at nickel corner last season for the Lions, Branch is handling a safety spot in 2024.

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Bryce Young experiences victory formation for first time in NFL

For the first time in his NFL career, quarterback Bryce Young got to kneel out a Carolina Panthers’ victory on Sunday.

“It’s a great feeling,” Young said after the Panthers defeated the New Orleans Saints 23-22 in an NFC South rivalry game by scoring a touchdown with 2:18 to play.

The No. 1 pick in the 2023 Draft, Young was a winner in two of his 16 starts as a rookie, and in each victory – 15-13 over the Houston Texans on Oct. 29, 2023, and 9-7 over the Atlanta Falcons on Dec. 17, 2023 – Eddy Pineiro kicked a field goal on the final snap to provide the winning points for the Panthers.

On Sunday, the Carolina defense stopped New Orleans’ final possession on downs at the Saints 46-yard line with 64 seconds remaining, giving the former Alabama All-American the opportunity to end the game with two kneel-downs.

The Panthers trailed 22-17 when they took possession at their 36-yard line with 3:26 to play. Young hit a third-down pass to wide receiver Xavier Legette for a 26-yard gain, and a 22-yard defensive pass interference penalty on the next snap moved Carolina to the New Orleans 16. Running back Chuba Hubbard covered that distance to the goal line to give Carolina a one-point lead.

“Where else would you rather be?” Young said of his attitude taking the field for what turned out to be the game-winning series. “That’s all you can ask for – have a chance to go take the lead on a drive. That’s what we play for, that’s what we work for.”

The Saints lost even though they outgained the Panthers 427 yards to 246 yards and did not lose a turnover. Back in the lineup after a three-game injury absence, New Orleans quarterback Derek Carr completed 18-of-31 passes for 236 yards and one touchdown. Carr’s 13 third-down passes produced four first downs and a touchdown.

Young completed 16-of-26 passes for 171 yards with one touchdown and one interception. He completed 7-of-8 third-down passes for 71 yards and four first downs.

The interception came when cornerback Shemar Jean-Charles took the football away from Legette after the Carolina wide receiver had caught the pass with 9:14 left to play.

“He came up big in some critical moments,” Carolina coach Dave Canales said of Young, “and gave us an opportunity a couple of times. Again, just proud of the step he took. Taking all the things we’re asking him to do, getting us to the right plays at the right time, so a great step.”

For the second game in a row, Legette caught a touchdown pass from Young. Their 3-yard connection capped a 45-yard drive as the Panthers took a 7-6 lead with 9:59 left in the first half.

Carolina’s middle touchdown drive covered 86 yards to open the second half. It included Young’s longest completion of the season – a 46-yard hookup with tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders – on the second snap of the third quarter. Hubbard’s 1-yard touchdown run put the Panthers ahead 17-13 with 9:59 left in the third quarter.

Young started his second NFL season as he ended his first – as Carolina’s No. 1 quarterback. But after the Panthers lost their first two games, including a season-opening 47-10 setback against the Saints, Carolina coach Dave Canales pulled Young for veteran Andy Dalton. Dalton started five games before sustaining a thumb injury in an automobile accident.

That put Young back in the lineup for a 28-14 loss to the Denver Broncos one week ago. In that game, Young complete 24-of-37 passes for 224 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

After Sunday’s victory, Canales said “not yet” when asked if he was ready to name Young the starter for Carolina’s next game.

“We’ll take in all the information,” Canales said. “Watch the film. We got a process. We got to make sure we look at all this stuff.”

The Panthers ended a five-game losing streak on Sunday to raise their record to 2-7.

“More so than anything, I’m happy for the guys in that locker room,” Young said. “They work so hard, and for us to step up to the plate like this was huge for us, so it’s something for us to build off of.”

Carolina plays the New York Giants at 8:30 a.m. CST Nov. 10 at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.

The Saints went to 2-7 with their seventh consecutive loss.

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1 killed in Alabaster gas station shooting

An investigation is underway after a deadly shooting at an Alabaster gas station.

Officers responded to the Shell station at 11:45 p.m. Saturday on a report of an altercation in progress at the Shell just off Interstate 65.

One person was killed, according to Shelby County coroner Lina Evans.

Police aren’t releasing any additional details, except to say it was a contained incident with no threat to the general public.

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Latest betting odds put Kamala Harris ahead of Trump in key swing states after shocking poll

Presidential election betting markets moved dramatically Saturday night and into Sunday morning as Vice President Kamala Harris continues to close the gap on former President Donald Trump.

Trump was as low as a -123 favorite Sunday at Betfair Exchange in London to win the election over Harris, a +120 underdog. Trump was as high as -210 on Wednesday. The current odds mean bettors must wager $123 to win $100 on Trump to be elected and $100 to win $120 on Harris to be elected.

“This is beginning to shape up like the 50-50 race we anticipated when the matchup was set in July,” BetOnline.ag political oddsmaker Paul Krishnamurty said. “The betting markets were following the large amount of money being wagered on Trump, but now we’re seeing the smarter bettors come in and grab all the value that is left with Harris. I expect to see (the) odds get close to a toss-up by Election Day.”

The odds are already a virtual toss-up at electionbettingodds.com, which averages live odds from FTX.com, Betfair.com, PredictIt.org, Smarkets.com and Polymarket.com.

Trump’s chances have dropped from 61.2% on the site Oct. 28 to 51.5%, which equates to -106, on Sunday. Harris has seen her chances improve from 38.3% Oct. 28 to 48.0% Sunday, or +108.

Krishnamurty, also a political betting analyst for Betfair, said the main reason for the line moves Saturday night was a surprising Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll that showed Harris ahead of Trump in the state by a margin of 47% to 44% among likely voters. Trump has dropped from a heavy -2,000 favorite to -500 to win the electoral college vote in Iowa.

“The driver was that bombshell Iowa poll,” Krishnamurty said. “Iowa is seen as a good guide for the Midwest. There is a historic correlation between the Hawkeye state and Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.”

Favorites flip in swing states

Trump was the favorite to win all seven swing states on Oct. 28: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

But the favorite has flipped to Harris in Michigan, Wisconsin and the key state of Pennsylvania. Harris flipped from the +110 underdog to the -140 favorite Saturday at BetOnline to win Wisconsin. She went from +125 to -120 to win Pennsylvania.

Harris beat Trump, 49% to 47%, in the final Pennsylvania poll by Muhlenberg College.

“Coupled with the early voting data signals from Pennsylvania, I make her the favorite in that state now,” Krishnamurty said. “And whoever wins Pennsylvania is the hot favorite for the presidency.”

Trump is still favored to win Nevada (-155 at BetOnline) but his chances to win the Silver State have also taken a hit.

His chances at electionbettingodds.com were 66.0%, or -194, on Friday to win Nevada. They dropped Sunday to 56.5%, or -130. Harris’ chances to win Nevada have improved from 34.0% (+194) Friday to 43.5% (+130) Sunday.

Trump dropped from a -210 favorite at BetOnline on Wednesday to win the election to -173 on Friday. He dropped to as low as -125 on Saturday night at the offshore sportsbook that isn’t regulated in the U.S.

“Could have a new favorite by tomorrow,” BetOnline brand manager Dave Mason posted on X (@DaveMasonBOL) after reporting wagers on Harris of $100,000 at +120 and $49,949 at +110.

He later posted a max bet on Trump of $125,000 to win $100,000 (-125).

The book bumped Trump to -138 on Sunday morning, with Harris at +118.

Harris is the -450 favorite to win the popular vote and Trump is +325.

Betting on politics isn’t permitted at U.S. sportsbooks.

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Kaitlan Collins in ‘SNL’ live audience to see impersonation of herself, meets cast member

Kaitlan Collins was in the house to see Kaitlan Collins on “Saturday Night Live” just days before the U.S. presidential election.

The CNN anchor and Alabama native posted online that she attended the performance, which featured “SNL” cast member Chloe Fineman reprising her impersonation during the cold open segment. Also appearing in the same sketch was Vice President Kamala Harris, who came face to face with her “SNL” counterpart Maya Rudolph.

Also appearing earlier in the sketch were James Austin Johnson as former President Donald Trump, Bowen Yang as Sen. J.D. Vance, Andy Samberg as Doug Emhoff, and Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden.

“Was fun to be in the audience for this one,” Collins posted on X/Twitter.

Fineman posted an Instagram story featuring a photo of her with Collins on the “SNL” stage after the show. “WILD to play @kaitlancollins and [then] finally meet!” Collins reposted the story in her IG stories.

It marked the third time Fineman has portrayed Collins during the 50th season of the iconic late night sketch comedy show.

During the season premiere, with host Jean Smart and musical guest Jelly Roll, Fineman’s version of Collins appeared in a parody of Charlie XCX’s ” Talk Talk Show,” with Bowen Yang as Charlie XCX and Smart as event producer Susanne Bartsch. Yang’s Charlie XCX asked Fineman’s Collins questions outside her comfort zone in politics.

Collins said her phone “started blowing up” while she was in Tuscaloosa for the Alabama-Georgia game on Sept. 28. “The ‘Bama game had just ended, and I was still in the stadium” she said. “My phone was at about five percent and I thought it was about the game.

And on Oct. 12, with host Ariana Grande and musical guest Stevie Nicks, Fineman once again played Collins in a cold open when she tossed to “Family Feud” after the sketch said former President Donald Trump did not agree to a second debate with Harris.

In 2023, CNN announced Collins would take over the network’s 8 p.m. central primetime slot, previously occupied by Chris Cuomo whom the network fired in December 2021. The news came after the Alabama native moderated CNN’s Republican town hall with former President Donald Trump that month in New Hampshire. Collins’ handling of the event divided critics and viewers, while Variety and Puck reported CNN planned give her the primetime slot permanently after publicly supporting her performance at the town hall.

Collins, 32, became CNN’s youngest-ever chief White House correspondent at age 29. “Since joining CNN in 2017, she has become one of the most influential journalists in the nation due to her tough questions, objective reporting and signature style,” a CNN release said. “Kaitlan has broken numerous stories of consequence from both the Biden and Trump administrations, including significant policy decisions and major staff changes, traveling the globe extensively to report on their presidencies. Collins has also reported on the Senate special election in her home state of Alabama.”

Collins replaced Jim Acosta as chief White House correspondent in 2021. When she joined the network in 2017, Collins covered the Trump White House and quickly rose to the top of her field. She covered Biden for a year-and-a-half before she became co-anchor of “CNN This Morning.”

Collins is from Prattville and graduated from the University of Alabama in 2014.

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Legendary rock singer’s concert cut short after fans storm stage

Morrissey had to exit a show sooner than planned on Saturday when fans rushed the stage during an encore in Texas.

The English singer, 65, was near the end of a concert at Fair Park Music Hall in Dallas when he returned to perform “First Of The Gang To Die” from his 2004 album “You Are The Quarry,” according to NME.

Mid-song, a female fan walked on stage to give Morrissey a hug, when he carefully returned, as security guards motioned her to leave the stage. Suddenly, another fan attempted to do the same before security intercepted her.

It caused a chain reaction, as more fans stormed the stage to make contact with the former Smiths front-man, causing him to stop singing as security guards escorted him from the stage as the show ended abruptly. One guard even appeared to injure himself, as he limped off the stage following Morrissey’s exit.

The crowd booed unhappily after a handful of fans ruined it for the rest of the room.

Morrissey will return to Birmingham Wednesday, Nov. 6 when he’ll perform at the Alabama Theatre.

Born in Davyhulme, Lancashire, England, Morrissey gained fame as the lead singer and lyricist for The Smiths until 1987, after which he went solo. He earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album for “Your Arsenal” in 1993.

Solo albums include “Viva Hate,” “Kill Uncle,” “Vauxhall and I,” “Maladjusted,” “Years of Refusal” and “I Am Not a Dog on a Chain.”

British singer and songwriter Morrissey performs at the Vive Latino music festival in Mexico City, Saturday, March 17, 2018. The two-day rock festival is one of the most important and longest running of Mexico. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)AP

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Former Alabama All-American reaches 1,000 rushing yards again in NFL

For the sixth time in his NFL career, Derrick Henry is a 1,000-yard rusher, and it took the former Alabama All-American only nine games to get there in the 2024 NFL season.

Henry went over 1,000 rushing yards for the 2024 season on Sunday when he took a second-and-11 handoff at the Denver Broncos 37-yard line and broke a 20-yard run with 11:21 left in the third quarter.

That gave Henry 64 yards on 13 carries for the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, which boosted his 2024 totals to 1,010 yards on 158 carries.

Henry is the first NFL player to reach 1,000 rushing yards this season.

Henry also ran for 1,000 yards in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023. In 2020, Henry recorded the eighth 2,000-yard rushing season in NFL history.

In 2021, Henry had 937 rushing yards eight games into the season, then missed the remaining nine regular-season games because of a broken foot.

Henry’s latest performance brings to 47 the number of 1,000-yard rushing seasons for players from Alabama high schools and colleges in the NFL. Sixteen players with Alabama football roots have run for 1,000 yards in an NFL season, and Henry now has the most – one more than Shaun Alexander.

The NFL 1,000-yard rushers with Alabama football roots include (with yearly totals presented as rushing attempts-rushing yards-rushing touchdowns):

William Andrews, Auburn

Atlanta Falcons

1979: 239-1,023-3

1980: 265-1,308-4

1981: 289-1,301-10

1983: 331-1,567-7

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Joe Cribbs, Sulligent High School, Auburn

Buffalo Bills

1980: 306-1,185-11

1981: 257-1,097-3

1983: 263-1,131-3

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James Brooks, Auburn

Cincinnati Bengals

1986: 205-1,087-5

1989: 221-1,239-7

1990: 195-1,004-5

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Bobby Humphrey, Glenn High School, Alabama

Denver Broncos

1989: 294-1,151-7

1990: 288-1,202-7

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Antowain Smith, Stanhope Elmore High School

Buffalo Bills

1998: 300-1,124-8

New England Patriots

2001: 287-1,157-12

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Stephen Davis, Auburn

Washington Redskins

1999: 290-1,405-17

2000: 332-1,318-11

2001: 356-1,432-5

Carolina Panthers

2003: 318-1,444-8

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Shaun Alexander, Alabama

Seattle Seahawks

2001: 309-1,318-14

2002: 295-1,175-16

2003: 326-1,435-14

2004: 353-1,696-16

2005: 370-1,880-27

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Rudi Johnson, Auburn

Cincinnati Bengals

2004: 361-1,454-12

2005: 337-1,458-12

2006: 341-1,309-12

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Carnell “Cadillac” Williams, Etowah High School, Auburn

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

2005: 290-1,178-6

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Ronnie Brown, Auburn

Miami Dolphins

2006: 241-1,008-5

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Eddie Lacy, Alabama

Green Bay Packers

2013: 284-1,178-11

2014: 246-1,139-9

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Mark Ingram, Alabama

New Orleans Saints

2016: 205-1,043-6

2017: 230-1,124-12

Baltimore Ravens

2019: 202-1,018-10

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Jordan Howard, Gardendale High School, UAB

Chicago Bears

2016: 252-1,313-6

2017: 276-1,122-7

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Derrick Henry, Alabama

Tennessee Titans

2018: 215-1,059-12

2019: 303-1,540-16

2020: 378-2,027-17

2022: 349-1,538-13

2023: 280-1,167-12

2024: 158-1,010-10 (at time of reaching 1,000 yards in the ninth game)

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Josh Jacobs, Alabama

Oakland Raiders

2019: 242-1,150-7

2020: 273-1,065-12

2022: 340-1,653-12

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Najee Harris, Alabama

Pittsburgh Steelers

2021: 307-1,200-7

2022: 272-1,034-7

2023: 255-1,035-8

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‘Venom 3′ chomps box office again; new Tom Hanks flick stumbles

“Venom: The Last Dance” enjoyed another weekend at the top of the box office. The Sony release starring Tom Hardy added $26.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

It was a relatively quiet weekend for North American movie theaters leading up to the presidential election. Charts were dominated by big studio holdovers, like “Venom 3,” “The Wild Robot” and “Smile 2,” while audiences roundly rejected the Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and Robert Zemeckis reunion “Here.” Thirty years after “Forrest Gump,” “Here” opened to only $5 million from 2,647 locations.

“Venom 3″ only fell 49% in its second weekend, which is a notably small drop for a superhero film, though it didn’t exactly open like one either. In two weeks, the movie has made over $90 million domestically; The first two opened to over $80 million. Globally, the picture is brighter given that it has already crossed the $300 million threshold.

Meanwhile, Universal and Illumination’s “The Wild Robot” continues to attract moviegoers even six weeks in (and when it’s available by video on demand), placing second with $7.6 million. That’s up 11% from last weekend. The animated charmer has made over $121 million in North America and $269 million worldwide.

“‘The Wild Robot’ has quietly been this absolute juggernaut for the fall season,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “For that film to see an increase after six weeks is astounding.”

“Smile 2″ landed in third place with $6.8 million, helping to push its worldwide total to $109.7 million.

The time-hopping “Here,” a graphic novel that was adapted by “Forrest Gump” screenwriter Eric Roth, was financed by Miramax and distributed by Sony’s TriStar. With a fixed position camera, it takes audiences through the years in one living room. Critics were not on board: In aggregate it has a lousy 36% on Rotten Tomatoes.

“It was a slow weekend anyway, but it didn’t resonate in a way that many thought it might,” Dergarabedian said. “There are a lot of films out there for the audience that ‘Here’ was chasing.”

Despite playing in almost 1,000 more locations, “Here” came in behind Focus Features’ papal thriller “Conclave,” which earned $5.3 million. Playing in 1,796 theaters, “Conclave” dropped only 20% from its debut last weekend and has made $15.2 million so far. Two Indian films also cracked the top 10 in their debuts, “Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3″ and “Singham Again.”

Overall box office continues to lag behind 2023 by almost 12%. But holiday moviegoing will likely give the industry an end-of-year boost with titles like “Gladiator II” and “Wicked” on the way.

“In a couple of weeks, it’ll get a lot more competitive,” Dergarabedian said.

Jesse Eisenberg’s film “A Real Pain,” a comedic drama about cousins on a Holocaust tour in Poland, launched in four theaters this weekend in New York and Los Angeles. It made an estimated $240,000, or $60,000 per screen, which is among the top three highest per theater averages of the year. Searchlight Pictures will be expanding the well-reviewed film nationwide in the coming weeks, going wide on Nov. 15 to over 800 theaters.

Box office charts don’t always paint a full picture of the moviegoing landscape, however. This weekend several relatively high-profile films playing in theaters did not report full grosses for various reasons, including the Clint Eastwood film “Juror #2,” Steve McQueen’s WWII film “Blitz” and the Cannes darling “Emilia Pérez.” Netflix, which is handling “Emilia Pérez,” never reports box office. Apple Original Films is following suit with “Blitz,” a likely awards contender, which is in theaters before hitting Apple TV+ on Nov. 22.

“Juror No. 2″ is a Warner Bros. release, and a well-reviewed one at that. The film directed by Eastwood stars Nicholas Hoult as a juror on a murder case who faces a big moral dilemma. Domestic ticket sales were withheld. The studio did say that it earned $5 million from international showings, where it played on 1,348 screens.

Even major studios withhold box office numbers occasionally. Earlier this year, Disney did not report on the Daisy Ridley movie “Young Woman and the Sea.” Results were most notably withheld during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It’s really up to the distributors,” Dergarabedian said. “Often times the reason that certain movies may not be reported is that there’s a chance that the quality of the movie will be conflated with the box office number.”

Final domestic figures will be released Monday. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore, were:

1. “Venom: The Last Dance,” $26.1 million.

2. “The Wild Robot,” $7.6 million.

3. “Smile 2,” $6.8 million.

4. “Conclave,” $5.3 million.

5. “Here,” $5 million.

6. “We Live In Time,” $3.5 million.

7. “Terrifier 3,” $3.4 million.

8. “Singham Again,” $2.1 million.

9. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” $2.1 million.

10. “Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3,” $2.1 million.

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