As winter storm Jonas pummeled the east coast this weekend and shut down theaters, The Revenant creeped up to No. 1 for the first time since its release, pulling in 16 million and 119 million total. This is, needless to say, the highest grossing Inarritu movie ever and his first to hit the top spot at the box office, no doubt fueled by the 12 Oscar nominations it hauled in a couple weeks ago.
Meanwhile, Ride Along 2 suffered a steep drop and fell to third, earning 12 million for a 59 million domestic total and paving the way for Star Wars to retake second place. TFA earned another 14 million, adding to its now 879 million total as it is now the fourth biggest international grossing movie of all time, surpassing Jurassic World earlier this week. Worldwide, it's still behind Titanic and Avatar- we'll have to see if it can topple Titanic or not, with Avatar's total seemingly out of reach. The rest of the top five was filled by new releases that did not impress, with Dirty Grandpa and the horror movie The Boy sneaking in with fairly lame debuts for both. Chloe Moretz's YA adaptation The 5th Wave did not make the top five, ensuring this one will not become a franchise.
Top 5:
- The Revenant- 16 million
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens- 14.3 million
- Ride Along 2- 12.3 million
- Dirty Grandpa- 11.5 million
- The Boy- 11.3 million
We're pretty much in the dog days of January, with nothing coming out in limited release lately and the film festival crowds gathering in Sundance this week with a slate of potential Oscar contenders for next year's awards season being screened. In light of that, there's not much to talk about, with nothing of note coming out until the Coen Brothers Hail, Caesar on February 5th, followed by Deadpool and Zoolander 2 on the 12th. Until then, we slog through. Stay warm everybody.
