‘Hidden Figures’ keeps soaring, while Affleck, Scorsese crash at box office

1. “Hidden Figures” 2. “La La Land” 3. “Sing” 4. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” 5. “The Bye Bye Man” 6. “Patriots Day” 7. “Monster Trucks” 8. “Sleepless” 9. “Underworld: Blood Wars” 10. “Passengers” resents a culmination of the director’s investigations into the nature of faith. While the film, starring Andrew Garfield and Liam Neeson, earned considerable respect from some critics, it failed to catch on in Hollywood’s awards season.

“It’s gotten great reviews and it’s Marty’s passion project, so we’re proud to be a part of it, and we’re going to keep putting it out there in front of audiences,” said Kyle Davies, Paramount’s domestic distribution chief.

“Silence,” never conceived as a particularly commercial release, cost about $50 million to make. The studio expects it to earn $2.3 million over the four-day weekend.

The most costly flop may have been Paramount’s family film “Monster Trucks.” It earned $10.5 million over the three-day weekend. Viacom took a $115 million write-down late last year on the movie, which cost $125 million to make. It was a rare admission, well before its release, that “Monster Trucks” would bomb.

It was an especially crowded weekend. “La La Land,” the Oscar favorite, danced into second place with $14.5 million. Damien Chazelle’s musical, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, saw a considerable boost from the Golden Globes, where it landed a record seven awards. It has made $74.1 million domestically in six weeks. It’s also doing well internationally, earning more than $50 million.

The surprise success was the supernatural thriller “The Bye Bye Man,” from STX Entertainment. With some help from Friday the 13th on the calendar, the low-budget horror flick made $13.4 million.

Peter Berg’s Boston Marathon bombing docudrama, “Patriots Day,” took in a so-so $12 million in its first week of nationwide wide release. The CBS Films and Lionsgate joint release cost about $40 million to produce. But the film, starring Mark Wahlberg, earned an A-plus CinemaScore from audiences, suggesting it could have legs in the coming weeks.

Open Road’s “Sleepless,” a vigilante revenge thriller starring Jamie Foxx, failed to make much of a dent. It opened with $8.5 million.

Disney’s “Rogue One” add- ed an additional $13.8 million to its coffers. The film is now poised to cross $1 billion shortly, with $980 million globally to date.

Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore, said audiences were inundated with too many films, some of which struggled to keep attention as they went from limited to nationwide release. “Hidden Figures,” “La La Land,” ”Patriots Day,” “Silence” and “Live by Night” all premiered in December before expanding in January.

“It really is the tale of the holdovers. We’ve yet to, at this point, have a breakout newcomer from 2017,” Dergarabedian said. “When you have so many platforming releases, aside from the top-performing ones, ‘Hidden Figures’ and ‘La La Land,’ the others have had a tough time getting traction or getting noticed within this sea of movies.”

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Final four-day domestic figures will be released Tuesday.

1. “Hidden Figures,” $20.5 million.

2. “La La Land,” $14.5 million. 3. “Sing,” $13.8 million. 4. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” $13.8 million.

5. “The Bye Bye Man,” $13.4 million.

6. “Patriots Day,” $12 million.

7. “Monster Trucks,” $10.5 million. 8. “Sleepless,” $8.5 million. 9. “Underworld: Blood Wars,” $5.8 million.

10. “Passengers,” $5.6 million.

HOPPER STONE/ Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson, center, is one of the three stars of “Hidden Figures,” which tells the story of the key role African-American women played at NASA during the early days of the space race.