LOS ANGELES Cheap Chidobe Awuzie Jersey , Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- 20th Century Fox's action spy film "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" brought in an estimated 39 million U.S. dollars in its opening weekend, dethroning Stephen King's horror film "It" from the top spot at the North American box office.
Directed by Matthew Vaughn, "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" is a sequel to "Kingsman: The Secret Service" released in 2015. The film franchise is based on the "Kingsman" comic book series.
It tells the story of survivors of a secret British spy agency teaming up with their American counterparts after the world is held hostage by a new threat.
"Kingsman: The Golden Circle" currently has a 51 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a B+ CinemaScore.
The sequel scored the fifth best September opening ever at the North American box office and earned 61 million U.S. dollars from overseas markets for a global total of 100 million U.S. dollars.
"September 2017 is turning out to be a hit-making machine as the month is poised for all-time box office greatness with less than a week to go as the dollars continue to roll in," wrote movie analyst Paul Dergarabedian at comScore in an email to Xinhua.
Warner Bros.' horror film "It" moved to the second place this weekend with an estimated 30 million U.S. dollars, pushing it's total to 266.4 million U.S. dollars after 17 days in North American theaters.
Another new comer Cheap Taco Charlton Jersey , Warner Bros.' animated "The Lego Ninjago Movie" opened with an estimated 21.2 million U.S. dollars in the third place. It's the third installment of "The Lego Movie" franchise.
Lionsgate's action thriller film "American Assassin" landed in the fourth place with an estimated 6.2 million U.S. dollars in its second weekend.
The use of Apple Inc's handsets has aroused safety concerns among Chinese users recently, as some local consumers are complaining that their iPhones caught fire and even exploded.
A Guangdong resident surnamed Pan was furious as he made such a complaint to the Global Times on Monday.
While taking a taxi in the early hours of October 10, the man's iPhone 6 in his back pocket started heating up and emitting smoke before suddenly exploding.
"I bought the phone from a Hong Kong Apple Store one and one-half years ago. It ran normally and smoothly before the incident," Pan said, claiming that the explosion caused severe burns on his buttocks.
Pan is not the only victim in China.
The Shanghai Consumer Council on Friday disclosed that from October 1 to November 30 Cheap Connor Williams Jersey , it had received eight consumer complaints about such problems. The complaints involved the iPhone 6 as well as iPhone 6s Plus, and they all took place during normal usage.
A 27-year-old Beijing resident surnamed Chen started to worry that her iPhone 6 may also explode some day. "Now its battery sometimes heats up while charging," Chen told the Global Times Monday. She plans to complain about this to Apple.
In countries and regions beyond China, iPhones have also caught fire. Melanie Tan Pelaez, a pregnant woman in Sydney Cheap Leighton Vander Esch Jersey , suffered second-degree burns from her iPhone 7, local news portal news.au reported in mid-November.
Over the past two months, there were also 860 complaints over iPhones unexpectedly shutting down even though the batteries still had about 20 percent to 80 percent power remaining, said the council.
From January 1 to November 30, the total number of Chinese complaints against Apple Inc was up nearly 200 percent year-on-year Byron Jones Jersey , hitting 2,763 incidents, according to the Shanghai Consumer Council.
The US-based technology powerhouse, which considers China as one of its major markets, admitted in late October that a tiny number of its iPhone 6s smartphone models may unexpectedly shut down Maliek Collins Jersey , but it emphasized there was no safety issue. The problem was said to only affect a limited range of serial numbers that were manufactured from September to October in 2015, which are eligible for a free battery replacement.
As for the fires, the company has yet to offer explanations or solutions, according to Pan. Apple couldn't be reached for comment on this by press time.
"I called Apple's customer service line several times for an explanation and compensation. I got nothing so far; I was just told by the company that they couldn't be sure it was a problem of the phone," he said.
Consumers whose iPhones have caught fire or exploded could either file complaints to the consumer council or engage a third-party quality supervisor to look into the issue. "However Jaylon Smith Jersey , starting the legal process may take long time," said Zhao Zhanling, a legal advisor with the Internet Society of China.
"If a consumer wants to investigate the issue by himself, he has to take some residue of the exploded device and provide some evidence such as a receipt for his smartphone or videos showing it did not explode because of the consumer's improper operation," Zhao told the Global Times Monday.
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