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LifestyleFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016In this Nov 16,

2013 ?le pho-

to, Maddox

Jolie-Pitt, from

left, Angelina

Jolie and Brad

Pitt attend the

2013

Governors

Awards in Los

Angeles. - AP

Pitt, Jolie

star power mightier than box office power B y the Sea didn"t just ?op at the box o?ce. It was a ?at out rejection, making a mere $538,000 domestically.

How could a movie starring the modern king and

queen of Hollywood, Angelina Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt, the couple who can fetch $14 million for baby photos, have so lit- tle audience appeal? That"s the paradox of this movie star couple: Their star power has always been mightier than their box o?ce power, whether together on screen or apart. And that"s not likely to change, now that they"re divorcing. "There really is no quanti?able e?ect that I can see that this would have on their careers or their star power," says Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box o?ce track- er comScore. "No matter what movies Brad and Angelina are in, they will always be movie stars. That"s just who they are. That"s their persona. But I don"t think there is anyone who makes a determination whether or not to buy a movie ticket based on the personal life of a star." The promise of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" was somewhat of a false indicator for Pitt and Jolie Pitt. Sure, it was the movie that ignited one of the most observed Hollywood relationships of all time, amassing a cool $186.3 million domestically in 2005, but it wasn"t a sign of things to come. Just look at "By the Sea," which marked the ?rst time in a decade the couple that launched a million magazine covers would be back on the big screen together. Costing $10 mil- lion to make, "By the Sea" debuted in limited release in November of 2015, already hampered by negative reviews, and sank nearly immediately. It stayed in theaters for only a few weeks, never going over 200 screens. In its ?nal day, it averaged $52 per screen. At the time, Forbes box o?ce pun- dit Scott Mendelson wrote that the lackluster earnings were "an unsurprising result for a ?lm that was almost biologically manufactured to be more talked about than actually seen ... It was not a test of Brad Pitt and/or Angelina Jolie"s star power, but rather a reward for it." It"s somewhat unfair to compare the two ?lms. One is a sexy assassin action comedy designed to appeal to all - the other, a languid, introspective and slow-burning art house ?lm. But the truth is, "Mr & Mrs Smith" remains one of the top domestic openers and earners for both Pitt and Jolie Pitt, not adjusted for in?ation. Pitt"s highest opening weekend is still "World War Z," with $66.4 million. Jolie"s is "Male?cent" which took in $69.4 million. "They are perceived as movie stars because they look like movie stars, they act like movie stars, they have the money of movie stars, but when it comes to their box o?ce? Brad Pitt used to be considered not a huge box o?ce draw. He always did great work, but it wasn"t like his movies were breaking records left and right, like his contemporary Tom Cruise," not- ed Dergarabedian. As with before their relationship, during, and after, it will come down to the quality of the movies they choose, Dergarabedian said. For the moment, future projects are likely getting a boost in buzz because of the divorce. Paramount Pictures, the studio releasing Pitt"s upcoming WWII ?lm "Allied," pushed out a new trailer just a few hours after news broke on Tuesday of the divorce. "In the case of 'Allied," it actually enhances its box o?ce potential because a lot of people who are hearing about the divorce in the mainstream press may never have heard about that movie before. Now it"s on their radar," said Dergarabedian. But, he says, that might only be temporary too. "Allied" doesn"t bow until November. "By then this will be so far down in the news cycle it won"t be an issue," he said. "But for now it has raised the pro?le." - API n the global hubbub over the

Brangelina divorce, Angelina Jolie Pitt"s

demand for sole physical custody of her six children with Brad Pitt has attract- ed its share of the attention. Yet experts say Jolie Pitt won"t have the ?nal say, and that Pitt and the couple"s eldest son,

Maddox, may even have a voice in cus-

tody arrangements. Stacy Phillips, a veter- an divorce attorney, called Jolie Pitt"s request for sole physical custody a "wish list," one that could change as the divorce progresses. Phillips, like many, saw the request as a message to Pitt, although what the actress is trying to convey won"t be known for some time, if ever.

Pitt has yet to ?le his legal response to

Jolie Pitt"s divorce petition, but each actor

released statements Tuesday indicating their children were the priority. The pair has six children, ranging in ages from 8- year-old twins Knox and Vivienne to 15- year-old Maddox. "It"s not uncommon that a person would seek sole physical custody in their initial ?ling," said divorce lawyer Lori Howe. "That doesn"t mean it is what they will end up seeking if they resolve the case through settlement or in a courtroom. ... She very well could change her mind as well. And there"s nothing to stop her from doing that, despite having checked those boxes on her petition."

An agreement

California law favors joint custody of

children, and judges can generally consid- er the opinion of children who are 14 years or older about which parent they want to live with. Divorce lawyers, howev- er, say the couple can avoid placing their children in the middle of a divorce if they work out an agreement in private. "The parents should be parents, as opposed to letting the children be the parents," said

Phillips, an attorney in the Los Angeles

o?ce of Blank Rome LLP. "They didn"t ask for this. They need to be kept as children."

Attorney Steven Mindel said in some

instances, a judge may want to know the opinion of children younger than 14- years-old, but in general, courts encour- age parents to work out the custody arrangements without protracted legal?ghts. "You generally don"t want a child testifying against a parent," Mindel said. "It"s emotionally draining on the child."

Testimony doesn"t have to be in a court-

room. It can be solicited by an attorney appointed to represent the child"s inter- ests, or can be done in a judge"s cham- bers, if necessary, Mindel said. If the actors get into a public custody ?ght, a judge might appoint an attorney for each of the

Jolie-Pitt family"s children.

"If you do it strictly by the book, each child should have separate representa- tion," said Maya Shulman, a divorce attor- ney who specializes in resolving di?cult custody cases. In most instances, Phillips,

Shulman and Mindel said, parents will

work out the arrangements behind the scenes. Pitt Jolie and Pitt have an incen- tive to do that, the lawyers said, because of their celebrity status. Previous

Hollywood breakups provide some

insight into how quiet, and how ugly, cus- tody ?ghts can become.

Few court hearings

Mel Gibson"s divorce from his wife

Robyn was quiet, with very few court

hearings and very little attention after the actor"s wife ?led for divorce in April 2009.

The pair has seven children, although

only one was a minor when they divorces.

It took nearly two-and-a-half years - with

Gibson"s very public custody ?ght with

ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva playing out in the middle of it - for the Gibsons to ?nalize their divorce. Similarly, Maria

Shriver"s divorce from Arnold

Schwarzenegger has remained out of the

public eye for years.

After an initial ?urry of ?lings in July

2011, no public hearings or documents

have been ?led in the case. Their youngest child turns 19 next week.

Attorney Laura Wasser, who ?led Jolie

Pitt"s divorce on Monday, also represent-

ed Robyn Gibson and Shriver. Couples can opt to pay a private judge to handle their cases, although the same rules apply and a public divorce judgment will be ?led at the end of it, Shulman said. The level of detail varies widely, with some judgments o?ering no details on how custody or assets are being split. - APNot so fast on full custody,experts say of Jolie"s demand

Marion Cotillard

announces pregnancy, denies Pitt reports M arion Cotillard is announcing her pregnancy and shooting down rumors of any romantic involvement with Brad Pitt. "This is going to be my ?rst and only reaction to the whirlwind news that broke 24 hours ago and that I was swept up into," the Oscar-winning actress wrote in a statement posted Wednesday on

Instagram . "Many years ago, I met the

man of my life, father of our son and of the baby we are expecting," wrote the

40-year-old Cotillard, who has been

with her partner Guillaume Canet since 2007. "He is my love, my best friend, the only one that I need," she said. The star of such ?lms as "Inception" and "Rust and Bone" said that she is "not used to commenting on things like this nor taking them seriously but as this situation is spiral- ing and a?ecting people I love, I have to speak up."

Cotillard a?rmed her longtime

relationship with actor Guillaume

Canet. The couple are parents to a 5-

year-old son. She said in her Instagram post alongside a photo of bird soaring through the sky that he is "the only one that I need" and they are expect- ing another child. - AP

This ?le photo

provided by Universal

Pictures shows, Brad

Pitt, left, and

Angelina Jolie Pitt in

a scene from the ?lm "By the Sea." -APquotesdbs_dbs12.pdfusesText_18

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