The Daily Populous

Monday October 23rd, 2017 morning edition

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The highly anticipated sequel will struggle to turn a profit at the box office after opening to only $32.7 million.

“Blade Runner 2049” landed over the weekend with an unexpected whimper at the box office.

Villeneuve spoke with Vulture about the sequel’s box office and expressed a level of disappointment only because he doesn’t want the film to lose money for the crew.

So of course I want the movie to be a success at the end of the day.

Warner Bros.’ marketing for the film has been one of the key reasons people think the film missed the mark at the box office.

Villeneuve even requested for K’s identity as a replicant or a human to be left out of all reviews.

Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros.’ domestic distribution president, admitted the company had overestimated the appeal of “Blade Runner” in a statement made to Reuters following the disappointing box office numbers. »

Raccoons Pass Famous Intelligence Test—By Upending It

Authored by news.nationalgeographic.com
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Scientists recently put the masked mammals through the Aesop's Fable test, which measures if animals can discern cause and effect by displacing water to access food.

The experiment is based on the story in which a thirsty crow can’t drink from a pitcher with a low level of water.

By dropping in stones, the bird raises the water level and is able to drink. »

Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Halloween episodes are always great — but this year’s outdid them all

Authored by vox.com

The episode of the week for October 15 through 22 is “HalloVeen,” the fourth episode of the fifth season of Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

See, “HalloVeen” is the fifth of Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s annual Halloween episodes, which have centered on the detectives pulling off increasingly ridiculous heists to prove they can outsmart each other.

Five Halloweens in, it would’ve been easy for Brooklyn Nine-Nine to rest on its laurels and produce another fun heist. »