<div>Box Office: '1917' Defeats 'Star Wars' With $36.5 Million Weekend</div> <!-- no image --> <div>LOS ANGELES, Jan 12, (Variety.com) - Sam Mendes' "1917" marched to box office victory, earning a solid $36.5 million from 3,434 theaters in its first weekend of wide release.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=WtkdZ9FujmM:j-yMLA6pEX8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=WtkdZ9FujmM:j-yMLA6pEX8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=WtkdZ9FujmM:j-yMLA6pEX8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=WtkdZ9FujmM:j-yMLA6pEX8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=WtkdZ9FujmM:j-yMLA6pEX8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/WtkdZ9FujmM" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters