‘Jumanji,’ ‘Insidious’ topple ‘Star Wars’

LOS ANGELES — 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 theaters, 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 this weekend, bringing its total to $244.4 million.

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 outperformed the third chapter in the series. That film launched to $22.7 million in June of 2015.

Young audiences drove the “Insidious” box office with 59 percent under the age of 25. Whether or not they enjoyed the film, it got a B- CinemaScore.

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” fell to third place with $23.6 million in its fourth weekend in theaters. The space blockbuster has grossed $572.5 million to date.

“The Greatest Showman” took fourth place with $13.8 million and “Pitch Perfect 3” rounded out the top five with $10.2 million.

Expanding this week were Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut “Molly’s Game,” which added over 1,300 theaters and took in $7 million. The Jessica Chastain-starrer about the real life “poker princess” Molly Bloom was up for two Golden Globe awards Sunday evening — best actress and best screenplay.

The Winston Churchill film “Darkest Hour” starring Gary Oldman (up for a best actor Golden Globe) also added 790 theaters and took in $6.4 million.