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 After four weeks atop box office charts, Disney's "Star Wars:
The Force Awakens" has ceded first place to Universal's "Ride
Along 2." The comedy sequel picked up a leading $34 million
across 3,175 venues and $39.5 million over the four-day Martin
Luther King weekend. The space opera slid to third place with
$25.1 million for the three days and roughly $30 million for the
four-day period. It has earned $851 million stateside and $1.86
billion globally.
Universal spent $40 million re-teaming Ice Cube and Kevin Hart.
"Ride Along 2" finds the bickering police officers trying to
bring a Miami drug ring to justice.
Fox's "The Revenant" was bolstered by its strong showing at the
Oscar nominations on Thursday when the wilderness epic picked up
a leading 12 nods, including ones for Best Picture and for the
performances of stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. The story
of a fur trapper seeking revenge racked up $29.5 million over
the three days.
Its domestic total stands at $87.7 million and it should pull in
$34 million over the holiday. New Regency financed the ambitious
film, which battled production delays, crew defections, and a
budget that ballooned from $90 million to $135 million, to
emerge as an awards season winner.
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Paramount's "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" flirted with
political controversy, drawing a rebuke from a CIA spokesman, will
pulling off a solid $16 million opening over the three days. The $50
million production will do an estimated $19 million over the
holiday. It screened at 2,389 locations. The 2012 attack on the
American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya resulted in the
killing of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. Critics in the
Republican Party have faulted the Obama administration for its
response to the attack and for not being forthcoming about warnings
it received that the compound might have been in danger.
Lionsgate's "Norm Of The North" pulled in $6.7 million from 2,411
locations. The animated film about a polar bear who is displaced
from his Arctic home and makes his way to New York City, should do
$8.8 million worth of business over the four-day span.
"The Revenant" wasn't the only Oscar nominee to enjoy a bump. Fox
Searchlight's "Brooklyn" saw its receipts climb 51% to $2 million
from 687 theaters, bringing its total to $25 million. Fellow Best
Picture nominee "Room" saw its revenue spike up over 500%, topping
out at $893,357 for the weekend from 293 locations. The A24 release
has earned $6.2 million.
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