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 The session caps a remarkable run for the Dwayne Johnson-Kevin
Hart action comedy, which also won the box office on its third,
fourth and fifth weekends. "Jumanji" has become the 42nd highest
domestic grosser of all time with $352.6 million, less than
$500,000 behind Johnson's "Furious 7" for the 41st spot.
"Jumanji," which declined just 32 percent, is only the 11th
title to top $11 million in its seventh weekend. It's the lowest
total for a first-place film since the second weekend of "The
Hitman's Bodyguard" won the final frame of August.
Fox's "Maze Runner: The Death Cure," which won the box office
last weekend, finished second with $10.2 million from 3,793
locations. The weekend's sole opener, Helen Mirren's
horror-thriller "Winchester," launched in third with $9.3
million at 2,480 venues, topping modest expectations which had
been in the $6 million to $8 million range.
Overall domestic business was typically modest for a Super Bowl
weekend with $92 million overall, according to comScore, as
studios remain reluctant to open major titles during the frenzy
surrounding the pro football championship. The lowest recent
Super Bowl weekend came in at $86 million in 2014, when the
third weekend of "Ride Along" led with $12 million.
The 2018 box office has remained close to even with last year
thanks to "Jumanji," with $1.06 billion through Sunday, down 0.5
percent from last year at the same point.
"'Jumanji' gets the MVP box office award for Super Bowl weekend
with a stunning late run ascension to the number one spot as
'Maze Runner' adds to its total and 'Winchester' enjoys a bit of
counter programming success amidst a sea of Oscar contenders
over what is a typically slow moviegoing weekend," said Paul
Dergarabedian, senior media analyst with comScore.
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"Maze Runner: The Death Cure," the third and final installment of
the "Maze Runner" series, stars Dylan O'Brien as a young man trying
to survive in a dystopian universe. It declined by 58 percent from
its $24 million opening. The film's release was delayed for a year
due to injuries that O'Brien sustained on the set in 2016.
"Winchester" centers on a real-life house in San Jose, Calif. built
by Sarah Winchester (Mirren), the heiress to the Winchester firearms
fortune, over 38 years beginning in 1886. The mansion, which stands
seven stories tall, contains hundreds of rooms and is meant to be an
asylum for vengeful ghosts.
Fox's seventh weekend of "The Greatest Showman" finished fourth with
$7.8 million at 2,588 sites, posting the lowest decline among the
top 10 films at 18 percent. The Hugh Jackman musical has turned in
an impressive $137.5 million in 45 days.
Entertainment Studios' Western drama "Hostiles," starring Christian
Bale, followed in fifth with $5.5 million at 2,934 locations, giving
it $21.2 million after two weeks in wide release. Fox's seventh
weekend of "The Post" came in sixth with $5.2 million at 2,462 sites
for a $67.2 million domestic total.
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