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Box-Office Weekend: Jumanji Goes to the Next Level

Mike Tyrkus
Box Office Weekend

Unlike last weekend, where only one new film managed to crack the weekend box-office top ten, three new films took spots amongst this weekend’s top films. Finishing in the top spot, by a very wide margin, was the sequel Jumanji: The Next Level, which enjoyed an opening box-office weekend that brought in $60.1 million.

Despite being knocked to second place and making over $40 million less than Jumanji, Frozen II did add another $19.2 million this weekend and easily beat third-place finisher Knives Out, which brought in $9.3 million. The four-week total for the Disney behemoth stands at $366.5 million and this weekend’s impressive second-place finish portends a lengthy stay in the top ten. The aforementioned Knives Out now sports a three-week tally of $78.9 million.

The weekend’s second newcomer, Richard Jewell, took fourth place with a $5.0 million showing to narrowly beat the third debut of the weekend, the horror remake of Black Christmas, which made $4.4 million to finish in fifth place just behind Richard Jewell and just ahead of Ford v Ferrari which added $4.1 million over the weekend, to give the film a five-week haul of $98.2 million, despite falling from a third-place finish last weekend.

Seventh place belonged to last weekend’s fourth-place finisher, Queen & Slim. In its third week of release, the urban crime romance took in $3.6 million, lifting its overhaul numbers to $33.2 million. Similarly plummeting in the top ten, the Tom Hanks led A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood fell from fifth to eighth this weekend with $3.4 million, lifting its overall numbers to $49.3 million.

Last weekend’s new arrival, Dark Waters, managed $2.0 million this weekend to finish in the ninth spot. This gives the Mark Ruffalo vehicle a four-week total of $8.9 million. Finally, in its fourth-week of release, the action crime drama 21 Bridges, took in $1.2 million and finished in the tenth spot, giving the film a total of $26.4 million.

Taking their leave of the top ten were three films: the (ahem) comedy Playing with Fire, which made around $43.3 million during its six weeks in release; the war action film/drama Midway, which took in $55.2 million over its first six weeks of release; and, the Batman villain origin story, Joker, which has made $333 million during its eleven weeks in theaters.

Yet again, next weekend’s box-office will see a few new releases and should be dominated by the debut of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker from Disney. Also hitting screens next weekend will be the animated Spies in Disguise and the film adaptation of the musical Cats.

Weekend Box-Office (December 13th – December 15th)

  1. Jumanji: The Next Level…$60.1 Million
  2. Frozen II…$19.2 Million
  3. Knives Out…$9.3 Million
  4. Richard Jewell…$5.0 Million
  5. Black Christmas…$4.4 Million
  6. Ford v Ferrari…$4.1 Million
  7. Queen & Slim…$3.6 Million
  8. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood…$3.4 Million
  9. Dark Waters…$2.0 Million
  10. 21 Bridges…$1.2 Million

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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