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Posted December 26, 2017 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box Office Weekend: Star Wars: The Last Jedi Maintains Choke Hold on Competition

Star Wars: The Last Jedi continued to dominate the box office over the Christmas holiday, bringing in an additional $100.7 million over the extended weekend. This gives the film an impressive two-week total of $397.3 million. Debuting in a distant second place was Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle with a decent $55.4 million to show for its opening weekend.

Another sequel opening this past weekend was Pitch Perfect 3 to the tune of $26.5 million. Although this is presumably the end of the current iteration of the Bellas, a healthy showing at the box office could lead to further adventures. Hugh Jackman’s latest film, The Greatest Showman brought in $14 million over the holiday weekend to bring its elongated opening week total to $18.6 million. The animated, family-oriented Ferdinand closes out the holiday top five earning $9.7 million, to bring its two-week total to $29.2 million.

Debuting in the sixth spot with $7.7 million was writer/director Alexander Payne’s comedy Downsizing, starring Matt Damon and Hong Chau. Seventh-place finisher Coco continues to bring in steady returns, earning $7.4 million to bring its five-week total to $163.5 million.  The Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill film Darkest Hour, finished in eighth place with $5.5 to raise its five-week total to $8.4 million after expanding to 700+ locations. The comedy Father Figures made a laughable $5.5 million in its first week of release, which was good enough for a tie Darkest Hour, but was more than likely disappointing for a film the studio probably expected better results from as it looks to disappear from the top ten next week altogether.

Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water managed to crack the top ten after expanding to 700+ locations (as did Darkest Hour), bringing in $4.3 million to raise its four-week total to $8.9 million. With none too many new films of note looming on the horizon, the top ten looks to fluctuate little in the coming weeks. But, only time will tell.

Weekend Box Office (December 22nd – December 25th)

  1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi…$100.7 million
  2. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle…$55.4 million
  3. Pitch Perfect 3…$26.5 million
  4. The Greatest Showman…$14 million
  5. Ferdinand…$9.7 million
  6. Downsizing…$7.7 million
  7. Coco…$7.4 million
  8. Darkest Hour…$5.5 million
  9. Father Figures…$5.5 million
  10. The Shape of Water…$4.3 million
Mike Tyrkus

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.
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