All about Happytime Murders' failure against Crazy Rich Asians, Neil Simon death

An auction of Disneyland theme park vehicles, props, and artifacts that turned into a Los Angeles attraction in its own right raised more than $8.3 million, organizers said on Monday.

Dumbo flies off for $483,000 in $8.3 million Disneyland auction

An auction of Disneyland theme park vehicles, props, and artifacts that turned into a Los Angeles attraction in its own right raised more than $8.3 million, organizers said on Monday. An original Dumbo the Flying Elephant ride car sold for $483,000 - more than four times the pre-sale estimate - while magician David Copperfield nabbed a neon letter D from the Disneyland hotel for $86,250, auctioneers Van Eaton Galleries said.

'Crazy Rich Asians' has an exceptionally strong second weekend, 'Happytime Murders' flops

"Crazy Rich Asians" had a crazy good second weekend at the box office. Warner Bros. acclaimed romantic comedy generated another $25 million in 3,526 locations, meaning it made almost as much during its second outing as it did its first weekend. Jon M. Chu's movie, which has been lauded as the first studio film in over 25 years with a predominately Asian-American cast, dropped just 6 percent -- marking one of the best holds in recent history for a wide release in any genre. Saturday's numbers dropped an unprecedented 0 percent. In two weeks, its domestic total sits at $76.8 million.

Chrissy Teigen shares moving post about seeing 'Crazy Rich Asians' with her family https://t.co/lkCEGletnC pic.twitter.com/te4tmmnyKI

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Tony award-winning U.S. playwright Neil Simon dies at 91

U.S. playwright Neil Simon, who became one of Broadway's most prolific and popular playwrights as he combined humor, drama, and introspection in works such as "The Odd Couple," "The Goodbye Girl" and "Lost in Yonkers," died on Sunday at the age of 91, his representatives said. Simon died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City of complications from pneumonia, Broadway theater representatives DKC/O&M said in a statement on Sunday. Simon was admitted to the hospital a few days ago and the pneumonia was in his lungs, Simon's longtime publicist Bill Evans said in a Sunday phone interview. Evans said he gave Simon a kidney in 2004.

We will be celebrating the late Neil Simon on September 14th with three films:THE ODD COUPLE ('68) at 8pm ETTHE GOODBYE GIRL('77) at 10pm ETLOST IN YONKERS ('93) 12am ET pic.twitter.com/HCXYiQZX24

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(With inputs from Reuters)