Female-directed films rule a weekend box office topped by 'Spectre,' 'Peanuts'

LOS ANGELES — Women owned this past weekend's theaters as directors of three high-profile premieres opened across the country - Jessie Nelson's "Love the Coopers" and Patricia Riggen's "The 33" nationwide and Angelina Jolie Pitt's "By the Sea" in limited release. But last week's powerhouses "Spectre" and "The Peanuts Movie" won at the box office. In its second week at the top, the Sony, MGM and EON Productions film "Spectre" added $35.4 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada. Though nearly a 50 percent drop in week-to-week comparisons, the 24th film in the super-spy franchise and...