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Box Office Weekend: All Others Take Back Seat to Ride Along

Seth Paul
Box Office Weekend

Some things in January do not change. While Ride Along managed to defy the odds and make a record-breaking score in its debut weekend (and continued to do so this weekend with an estimated $21.2 million at the box office), the only big new release fell amid the typical path of January “blockbusters.” I, Frankenstein, did not even breach the top five, landing in sixth with an estimated $8.3 million, and at $65 million to make, stands to be a financial flop (and is already a critical flop).

Standing tall above I, Frankenstein remain the audience favorites of Lone Survivor (estimated $12.6 million), The Nut Job (estimated $12.3 million), and Frozen (estimated $9 million), of which only The Nut Job has not made its money back, but appears likely to do so by next weekend at the latest. I, Frankenstein would at first glance appear to be sharing company with fifth-place finisher Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, which picked up an estimated $8.8 million and still falls short of its $60 million costs domestically, but the action thriller reboot of the Jack Ryan franchise is doing much better overseas business and has covered its original costs.

Along with Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, The Wolf of Wall Street, the weekend’s ninth-place film, has also made back its costs thanks to overseas business, but it may still break even domestically, getting closer to the $100 million mark with an estimated $5 million. Everything else fell along predictable lines; big winner American Hustle had a miniscule drop with an estimated $7.1 million for the weekend, August: Osage County stayed in eighth with an estimated $5 million, and Devil’s Due dropped by a wide margin with an estimated $2.8 million, but with profit to spare thanks to its $5 million costs.

Weekend Box Office (January 24th – January 26th)
  1. Ride Along…$21.2 million
  2. Lone Survivor…$12.6 million
  3. The Nut Job…$12.3 million
  4. Frozen…$9 million
  5. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit…$8.8 million
  6. I, Frankenstein…$8.3 million
  7. American Hustle…$7.1 million
  8. August: Osage County…$5 million
  9. The Wolf of Wall Street…$5 million
  10. Devil’s Due…$2.8 million

Seth Paul

When not failing to write novels and screenplays, box-office guru Seth writes humorous comedy tracks for films under the name "The One Man Band" that can be found at Rifftrax.com. Although, he has recently succeeded in writing the novella "Jack Alan and the Case of the Not-Exactly Rocket Scientists," available as an eBook on Amazon. He is also the English voice of Zak in "Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space."
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