Jumanji roars past Star Wars, tops box office
Move over, Star Wars, there are some new box office champs this weekend. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has topped the charts after three weekends in theatres, and newcomer Insidious: The Last Key opened in second, pushing The Last Jedi into third place.
Columbia Pictures says Sunday that the Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart- led Jumanji is estimated to have earned an additional $36 million (U.S.) this weekend, bringing its total to $244.4 million.
"This is all about Jumanji’s staying power," said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for box office tracker comScore.
"This is a movie that was overshadowed by all the excitement around The Last Jedi, and yet Jumanji just kept plugging away and drawing audiences throughout the holiday . . . This is kind of unheard of for a movie this size."
In second place is the horror film Insidious: The Last Key, the fourth in the franchise, which earned $29.3 million. The Universal and Blumhouse Pictures film even outperformed the third chapter in the series. That film launched to $22.7 million in June 2015.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi fell to third place with $23.6 million in its fourth weekend in theatres. The space blockbuster has grossed $572.5 million to date. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to comScore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, $36 million.
2. Insidious: The Last Key, $29.3 million.
3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi, $23.6 million.
4. The Greatest Showman, $13.8 million. 5. Pitch Perfect 3, $10.2 million. 6. Ferdinand, $7.7 million. 7. Molly’s Game, $7 million. 8. Darkest Hour, $6.4 million. 9. Coco, $5.5 million. 10. All the Money in the World, $3.6 million.