Figures No. 1 for 2nd weekend
NEW YORK — Hidden Figures, the uplifting film about black female mathematicians at NASA during the 1960s space race, led the North American box office for the second straight week, selling $ 27.5 million in tickets over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, according to final studio figures Tuesday.
The film, based on a true story, stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae. Hidden Figures has made about $ 62 million domestically as of Tuesday.
Landing in second place was Universal’s Sing, in its fourth week. The animated musical garnered $ 19 million through Tuesday. To date, the film has pulled in $ 238 million domestically.
Lionsgate’s musical La La Land took third, expanding to more than 1,800 screens ( including almost 148 Imax screens) in its sixth week in release. The Emma StoneRyan Gosling love story and ode to Los Angeles pulled in about $ 18 million in four days.
Disney’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story landed in fourth in its fifth week with about $ 17 million over four days. The picture is on its way to the coveted $ 1 billion mark, with $ 980 million in ticket sales worldwide.
Faring the best of the new releases was STX Entertainment’s The Bye Bye Man, which landed in the fifth spot. Exceeding tracking predictions, the thriller pulled $ 15.2 million through Tuesday.
Audiences ( 61 percent females; 75 percent under 25) and critics appear split on the picture. Although moviegoers gave it a B CinemaScore, it has a 27 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating.
Following its successful three- week limited run in seven theaters, CBS Films and Lionsgate’s Patriots Day expanded to more than 3,000 locations. Starring Mark Wahlberg, the retelling of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing story took in about $ 14 million for the four- day weekend, landing in seventh place.
The film from Peter Berg seems to be an audience and critics’ favorite. It received a rare A- plus CinemaScore rating and has a 79 percent Rotten Tomatoes score.
Big flops came in the form of new releases Live by Night, from Warner Bros., and Monster Trucks, from Paramount. Live, which was written and directed by and stars Ben Affleck, expanded nationwide following a threeweek limited run. Based on a novel by Dennis Lehane, the Prohibition- era crime thriller landed in 12th place, making $ 6 million during the four- day weekend. Live by Night, which cost an estimated $ 65 million to make, has been hampered by poor reviews.
Monster Trucks pulled in $ 14.2 million in its four- day debut. But the film was produced for a massive $ 125 million. This makes the movie, about a teenager whose truck is inhabited by a tentacled monster, an early 2017 dud for Paramount. Still, it beat analyst projections of $ 8 million to $ 10 million for the entire weekend.
Also opening was Sleepless from Open Road. Starring Jamie Foxx, it came in at No. 8, amassing $ 9.8 million over the four- day weekend.