Star Wars: The Last Jedi barely eked out a win over Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle during a hotly-contested four-day holiday weekend.
While on Sunday it appeared as if Jumanji had potentially scored an upset over Disney’s latest Star Wars installment, based on final numbers The Last Jedi won a third straight weekend at the domestic box office, with $66.8 million to Welcome to the Jungle‘s $66.2 million through New Year’s Day. That said, Sony’s family-adventure sequel starring Dwayne Johnson was the #1 movie in the country on Monday by a comfortable margin, taking in an estimated $16.22 million to The Last Jedi‘s $14.29 million.
In terms of optics, the result was a definite win for Disney against a fierce competitor, though there was more than enough good news to go around. Sony took a risk by dusting off a 20-year-old property, banking on the drawing power of stars Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart and minting a rhino-sized hit in the process. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has now grossed an estimated $185.2 million in its first 13 days, with much more to come as we head into January.
As we reported previously, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is now the top-grossing film of 2017 domestically, with its North American total now standing at an estimated $531.5 million (previous champ Beauty and the Beast finished its run with $504 million). It topped the gross of its Disney stablemate in only 17 days.
In other wide releases, Universal’s Pitch Perfect 3 finished the four-day weekend with $21.6 million in third place, giving the musical-comedy threequel a $68.1 million total after 11 days of release. Fox’s The Greatest Showman finished at No. 4 with a gross of $20.9 million (a sizeable increase of 45% over the four-day Christmas weekend frame), bringing its cume to $54.4 million through New Year’s Day.
At No. 5, Fox’s Ferdinand posted a 46% increase over the four-day Christmas holiday weekend, bringing in $14.8 million for a total of $57 million. Disney’s Coco also took advantage of the school-free holiday break, grossing another $10 million in sixth place for a total of $182.4 million after six weeks of play.
In seventh, Fox’s All the Money in the World took in a so-so $7.2 million in its second weekend, good for a $14.3 million total. The No. 8 slot went to Focus Features’ Darkest Hour, which added 137 screens and brought in another $7 million over the four-day weekend in 943 locations, enough for a $19.6 million total.
At No. 9, Paramount’s Downsizing took in $6.2 million in its sophomore frame, giving the Matt Damon comedy $18.7 million through New Year’s Day – a disappointing result given the film’s reported $65 million budget. And in tenth, Warner Bros.’ Father Figures took in another $4.9 million for a scant $14 million total after eleven days. Landing just outside the Top 10, Fox Searchlight’s The Shape of Water brought in $4.7 million on 756 screens, giving the Guillermo del Toro fantasy-romance $16.8 million thus far.
Limited Release:
In limited release, Fox’s awards-season heavyweight The Post grossed $748,188 on just nine screens, good for an impressive $83,132 per-screen average. On four screens, Focus Features’ Phantom Thread took in $293,233 ($73,308 per-screen average), giving Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest $604,578 after two weeks of limited release.
STX’s Molly’s Game added $3.1 million in 271 locations for a healthy per-screen average of $11,476 and a running total of $6.1 million after eight days. NEON’s I, Tonya, meanwhile, grossed $831,650 on 49 screens, good for a per-screen average $16,972 and a $2.5 million cume.
South Korean import Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds (a huge hit in its home country) did well in 17 locations, grossing $274,716 for a per-theater average of $16,160 and a cume of $723,295 since hitting North American theaters on December 22.
Overseas Update:
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle took the No. 1 spot in 50 territories this weekend for an estimated four-day weekend of $88.1 million and an overseas cume of $175 million. That would give it $360 million worldwide through New Year’s Day. The sequel is scheduled to hit the lucrative Chinese market on January 12.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi brought in an estimated $80.3 million in international territories, giving it an overseas total of $534.8 million in advance of its big China debut on January 5. Its global total now stands at $1.066 billion.
4-Day Weekend Actuals for Friday, December 29, 2017 – Monday, January 1, 2018:
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | $66,813,601 | -7% | 4,232 | 0 | $15,788 | $531,511,829 | 3 | Disney |
| 2 | Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle | $66,273,753 | 83% | 3,765 | 0 | $17,603 | $185,224,946 | 2 | Sony / Columbia |
| 3 | Pitch Perfect 3 | $21,676,000 | 9% | 3,468 | 21 | $6,250 | $68,166,470 | 2 | Universal |
| 4 | The Greatest Showman | $20,906,547 | 137% | 3,316 | 310 | $6,305 | $54,422,533 | 2 | Fox |
| 5 | Ferdinand | $14,852,368 | 103% | 3,337 | -293 | $4,451 | $57,012,473 | 3 | Fox |
| 6 | Coco | $10,083,054 | 87% | 2,104 | -7 | $4,792 | $182,455,513 | 6 | Disney |
| 7 | All the Money in the World | $7,214,936 | — | 2,074 | — | $3,479 | $14,342,632 | 1 | Sony / TriStar |
| 8 | Downsizing | $6,248,716 | 26% | 2,668 | 0 | $2,342 | $18,707,081 | 2 | Paramount |
| 9 | Father Figures | $4,966,173 | 51% | 2,902 | 0 | $1,711 | $14,030,095 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | Wonder (2017) | $4,270,824 | 115% | 1,193 | 63 | $3,580 | $122,579,689 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 11 | Justice League | $1,564,203 | 46% | 1,215 | 114 | $1,287 | $225,913,169 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darkest Hour | $7,010,765 | 80% | 943 | 137 | $7,435 | $19,658,052 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 2 | The Shape of Water | $4,723,305 | 57% | 756 | 30 | $6,248 | $16,863,460 | 5 | Fox Searchlight |
| 3 | Molly’s Game | $3,110,069 | — | 271 | — | $11,476 | $6,137,582 | 1 | STX Entertainment |
| 4 | Lady Bird | $1,901,468 | 90% | 392 | -10 | $4,851 | $31,867,480 | 9 | A24 |
| 5 | The Disaster Artist | $1,241,322 | 40% | 507 | -10 | $2,448 | $18,170,123 | 5 | New Line / A24 |
| 6 | Tiger Zinda Hai | $1,227,405 | -31% | 284 | -15 | $4,322 | $4,878,546 | 2 | Yash Raj Films USA Inc. |
| 7 | Daddy’s Home 2 | $1,170,000 | 26% | 770 | -303 | $1,519 | $102,039,807 | 8 | Paramount |
| 8 | Thor: Ragnarok | $1,129,887 | 35% | 540 | -161 | $2,092 | $311,500,126 | 9 | Disney |
| 9 | Call Me by Your Name | $998,105 | — | 115 | — | $8,679 | $4,906,869 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 10 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | $873,697 | 66% | 266 | -41 | $3,285 | $24,362,781 | 12 | Fox Searchlight |
| 11 | Murder on the Orient Express (2017) | $813,279 | 57% | 391 | -56 | $2,080 | $100,816,328 | 8 | Fox |
| 12 | The Star | $612,438 | -60% | 661 | -445 | $927 | $40,091,491 | 7 | Sony / Columbia |
| 13 | A Bad Moms Christmas | $202,011 | 32% | 214 | -61 | $944 | $71,935,943 | 9 | STX Entertainment |
| 14 | The Man Who Invented Christmas | $85,696 | -21% | 146 | 0 | $587 | $5,525,255 | 6 | Bleecker Street |
| 15 | Geostorm | $76,718 | 135% | 110 | 0 | $697 | $33,600,076 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I, Tonya | $831,650 | 101% | 49 | 7 | $16,972 | $2,572,435 | 4 | Neon |
| 2 | The Post | $748,188 | 42% | 9 | 0 | $83,132 | $1,947,229 | 2 | 20th Century Fox |
| 3 | Phantom Thread | $293,233 | — | 4 | — | $73,308 | $604,578 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 4 | Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds | $274,716 | 48% | 17 | 0 | $16,160 | $723,295 | 2 | Well Go USA |
| 5 | Youth | $273,366 | -15% | 35 | 1 | $7,810 | $1,579,715 | 3 | China Lion Film |
| 6 | Ex-File 3 (Qian Ren 3) | $180,920 | — | 21 | — | $8,615 | $180,920 | 1 | China Lion Film |
| 7 | Loving Vincent | $85,331 | 60% | 55 | 0 | $1,551 | $6,269,689 | 15 | Good Deed Entertainment |
| 8 | The Florida Project | $66,429 | 126% | 33 | -10 | $2,013 | $5,313,315 | 13 | A24 |
| 9 | Blade Runner 2049 | $63,376 | 100% | 75 | 0 | $845 | $91,671,050 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | Only The Brave | $56,098 | 154% | 86 | 0 | $652 | $18,195,028 | 11 | Sony Pictures |
| 11 | Hostiles | $49,455 | 116% | 5 | 2 | $9,891 | $101,749 | 2 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool | $45,192 | — | 4 | — | $11,298 | $45,192 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 13 | Jane | $37,423 | — | 21 | — | $1,782 | $1,502,589 | 11 | Abramorama |
| 14 | The Square | $30,245 | 62% | 15 | -2 | $2,016 | $1,231,564 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 15 | Happy End | $18,450 | -20% | 3 | 0 | $6,150 | $63,109 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 16 | Victoria & Abdul | $17,330 | 162% | 23 | -1 | $753 | $22,237,145 | 15 | Focus Features |
| 17 | The Other Side Of Hope | $16,795 | 238% | 6 | 2 | $2,799 | $143,330 | 5 | Janus Films |
| 18 | Same Kind of Different as Me | $15,276 | 141% | 40 | -5 | $382 | $6,397,737 | 11 | Pure Flix Entertainment |
| 19 | Roman J. Israel, Esq. | $14,968 | -6% | 33 | -16 | $454 | $11,854,730 | 7 | Sony Pictures |
| 20 | Marshall | $13,434 | 22% | 50 | -8 | $269 | $9,471,159 | 12 | Open Road |
| 21 | In The Fade | $13,325 | — | 3 | — | $4,442 | $18,949 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 22 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | $10,825 | — | 32 | — | $338 | $100,229,647 | 15 | Fox |
| 23 | Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story | $8,561 | — | 5 | — | $1,712 | $156,011 | 6 | Zeitgeist |
| 24 | 1945 | $8,291 | -8% | 4 | -2 | $2,073 | $243,701 | 9 | Menemsha Films |
| 25 | The Breadwinner | $5,508 | 85% | 10 | 0 | $551 | $216,486 | 7 | GKIDS |
| 26 | The Thousand Faces of Dunjia | $4,592 | -58% | 2 | -2 | $2,296 | $122,865 | 3 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 27 | My Friend Dahmer | $4,157 | 297% | 2 | -1 | $2,079 | $1,297,410 | 9 | FilmRise |
| 28 | Tom of Finland | $3,922 | — | 4 | — | $981 | $308,887 | 12 | Kino Lorber |
| 29 | God’s Own Country | $3,727 | 97% | 4 | 1 | $932 | $314,485 | 10 | Orion Pictures / Samuel Goldwyn Films |
| 30 | Let There Be Light | $3,584 | 0% | 8 | 0 | $448 | $7,209,256 | 10 | Atlas |
| 31 | The Lucky Man | $3,494 | -29% | 2 | -1 | $1,747 | $10,398 | 2 | Indican Pictures |
| 32 | Novitiate | $3,178 | — | 6 | — | $530 | $567,050 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 33 | Thelma | $1,766 | -16% | 6 | -3 | $294 | $132,374 | 8 | The Orchard |
| 34 | On the Beach at Night Alone | $1,588 | — | 3 | — | $529 | $30,683 | 7 | Cinema Guild |
| 35 | Permanent | $1,032 | 166% | 2 | -1 | $516 | $11,198 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 36 | The Paris Opera | $138 | -82% | 1 | -1 | $138 | $52,764 | 11 | Film Movement |
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