Madonna’s clothes from films and wedding go on auction

Plus, Big Hero 6 beats Interstellar at the box office and Jacqueline Fernandez makes her Hollywood debut

A young Madonna by photographer Herb Ritts. AP Photo

The Material Girl has still got it. Julien's Auctions said on Saturday that bidders worldwide sought items from Madonna's professional and personal life during the two-day Icons & Idols: Rock 'n' Roll Auction in Beverly Hills that started on Friday. The gown and stole from her Material Girl video sold for US$73,125 (Dh268,600), while the wedding dress she wore when she married Sean Penn in 1985 took in $81,250. Madonna's jacket from Desperately Seeking Susan sold for a record $252,000 and one earring worn in the film went for $34,375. Other highlights included the gown from the film Evita – which sold for $15,000 – and her A League of Their Own baseball uniform – which sold for $31,250. – AP

Big Hero 6 beats Interstellar

The animated comedy Big Hero 6 proved to have superpowers in the weekend battle for the box office, fighting off the sci-fi epic Interstellar to claim the top spot. Big Hero 6, which features a 14-year-old genius and an inflatable robot called Baymax, opened with a weekend haul of $56.2 million (Dh206.4m), according to box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. The film, which closed the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, beat out Christopher Nolan's space odyssey Interstellar, where astronauts travel through a wormhole in search of a new habitable planet. The heavily hyped film came in second with $50m. In third place was the David Fincher thriller Gone Girl, starring Ben Affleck. The film, which has earned more than $145m after six weeks in cinemas, pulled in another $6.1m at the North American box office at the weekend. – AP

Jacqueline Fernandez to make Hollywood debut

The Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez has bagged a role in the director James Simpson's psychological thriller Definition of Fear. Fernandez, whose last Hindi film Kick did well at the Indian box office, shared a scene from the film on Twitter. "Sneak peak from #definitionoffear can you guess my role in the movie?? Winner gets a shout out!!" she tweeted. The film also stars Katherine Barrell, Mercedes Papalia and Blythe Hubbard. – The National staff