The box office numbers for yesterday are a xerox copy of last Friday’s numbers. This shouldn’t come as a surprise for a number of reasons, most notably because most the new releases that came out on Monday were either expansions of limited releases or simply limited releases. BothPhantom ThreadandFilm Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, for instance, were only released in 4 theaters, whereasMolly’s Gamegot 300 theaters.Ridley Scott’s troubledAll the Money in the Worldwas the only wide release with over 2,000 theaters and it is currently languishing in seventh place.
Of course, the first-place holder is not surprise either.The Last Jedicontinues to hold court at the top of the box office with over $19 million on Monday, whileJumanji: Welcome to the Junglenips at its heels with $17.7 million at number two.Dwayne JohnsonandKevin Hart’s natural chemistry and box office bonafides can be blamed for why the remake of the belovedRobin Williamsvehicle has hooked audiences. TheJake Kasdan-directed comedy will likely continue to hold that space untilInsidious: The Lost Keyarrives next weekend. Even then, it could be a bit of a dogfight.
There’s a noticeable gap betweenJumanjiandPitch Perfect 3, which came in at third with $6.6 million, adding to a meager $53.1 million domestic total. It’s making for a close race in the bottom three, withThe Greatest Showmanbringing in $5.3 million andFerdinandbringing in $4.5 million. If I had to make a guess, I’d say that this line-up will likely stay in this order until Sunday night rears its head, especially considering that we will be seeing a lot less audience interest this weekend in general, what with the new year approaching at all. As forStar Wars, it’s likely thatThe Last Jediwill only finally move down a peg whenPaddington 2arrives, though one can never really count out these Insidious movies for bringing out the horror contingency. We’ll see how things shake out next weekend but I wouldn’t expect much change in these placings over this weekend.
Here’s your top five for Friday:
Friday Domestic BO
Total Domestic BO
1. ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’
$19,064,000
$483,762,228
- ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’
$17,750,000
$137,005,967
3. ‘Pitch Perfect 3’
$6,631,000
$53,121,470
4. ‘The Greatest Showman’
$5,370,000
$38,885,986
5. ‘Ferdinand’
$4,500,000
$46,660,105
