{"id":11332,"date":"2020-01-13T12:25:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T20:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=11332"},"modified":"2020-01-14T12:00:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T20:00:44","slug":"box-office-insider-1917-beats-the-competition-in-a-post-holiday-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/box-office-insider-1917-beats-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office Insider: ‘1917’ Beats The Competition In A Post-Holiday Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each week on <\/span>Atom Insider<\/span>, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. This week,<\/span>\u00a01917\u00a0<\/span><\/i>easily ran away from the rest of the pack, but Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker<\/em> and Jumanji: The Next Level<\/em> were both solid holdovers from the holidays.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This Week\u2019s Top Earner\u00a0 \u2013 \u20181917\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Thanks to great reviews<\/a> and strong word-of-mouth, 1917<\/em><\/a> dominated the box office in its expansion from limited release to wide release this weekend. Sam Mendes’ “one-shot” war movie made $36.5 million this weekend, an impressive haul in the first weekend back from the holidays. Worldwide, it’s at $63 million so it still has a way to go to earn back its $90 million budget. Still, the handful of Oscar nominations it gained today<\/a> should give audiences even more of a reason to see it.<\/p>\n

Rounding Out The Rest Of The Box Office<\/span><\/h2>\n

No other tentpole wide releases this week as, again, we’re in the slow times post-holidays. The second and third spots on the list were unsurprisingly two wide-release tentpoles that have already been out for a few weeks each: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker<\/em><\/a> came in at #2 with $15.1 million, bringing its worldwide total to $989.9 million. We can expect it to hit the billion-dollar threshold after this weekend. Jumanji: The Next Level<\/em><\/a> came in third with $14 million for a cume so far of $671.1 million. That’s still a ways off from the first movie’s final $962 million haul, but it’s still a respectable number and almost guarantees a third movie.<\/p>\n

Paramount’s Like a Boss<\/em> was the other wide release this weekend but it didn’t even crack the top three, coming in fourth with $10 million. It’s not a lot, but considering the budget was only $29 million, it might break even, especially if word-of-mouth is good<\/a>. In fifth place was Just Mercy<\/em>, which also brought in $10 million in its expansion week. It originally opened in four theaters and last week was ranked #30 on the box office list, so consider this a big jump.<\/p>\n

Two female-powered films are in the next group: Greta Gerwig’s Little Women<\/em>, which just got six Oscar nominations, is #6 with $7.65 million and Frozen II<\/em>, which got snubbed for nominations, is #8 with $5.76 million. However, #7 is something of a disappointment: Kristen Stewart-led horror movie Underwater<\/em> saw its release this weekend but tanked with only $7 million. Worldwide it’s made $14.4 million, however, so depending on whether or not the budget is low enough, Fox might at least break even on it.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the last two spots is Knives Out<\/em> with another $5.7 million at #9. Rian Johnson’s delightful whodunit has pulled in a global total of $265.4 million on a $40 million budget, making it a legitimate hit for Lionsgate and proof that original, midbudget films still have a place in Hollywood if they are good. Last, but not least, is Dreamworks’ animated Spies in Disguise<\/em> with $5.1 million. Worldwide, it’s only made $115.7 million so far, so don’t expect any sequels any time soon.<\/p>\n

And They\u2019re Out<\/span><\/h2>\n

Four films fell out of the Top 10 this week, though most shouldn’t be a surprise. First is the Safdie brothers’ Uncut Gems<\/em>, which fell from #8 to #11. The fact it was snubbed across the board for any Academy Award nominations is a headscratcher, especially Adam Sandler being snubbed<\/a>. But at least it added another $3.5 million to its total as the biggest release in A24’s history.<\/p>\n

In only its second week in theaters, Sony’s The Grudge<\/em> plummeted seven spots from #5 to #12 with $3.5 million. Not great for the horror remake. Bombshell<\/em>, well, bombed from ninth to thirteenth place with just $1.5 million. Worldwide it’s only made $29.6 million for Lionsgate, showing the world is perhaps not yet ready for sympathetic stories about the women of Fox’s empire.<\/p>\n

And last, Cats<\/em>, which was only in 10th place last week, dropped all the way to #17 on the list. Yikes.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it for this weekend. Check back with Atom Insider next week as we recap all the newest releases vying for the top of the box office.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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