{"id":54684,"date":"2017-01-08T17:22:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T01:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=54684"},"modified":"2017-01-08T17:36:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T01:36:21","slug":"box-office-hidden-figures-nearly-beats-rogue-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/01\/box-office-hidden-figures-nearly-beats-rogue-one.html","title":{"rendered":"Box office: Hidden Figures<\/i> nearly beats Rogue One<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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A movie about the space race nearly beat Star Wars<\/i> at the box office this week.<\/p>\n

Hidden Figures<\/b><\/i>, which tells the true story of three African-American women whose mathematical and scientific prowess was key to NASA\u2019s success in the early 1960s, grossed an estimated $21.8 million between Thursday and Sunday nights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That was nearly tied with Rogue One<\/b><\/i>, which earned $22 million this week \u2014 though Hidden Figures<\/i> could pull ahead when the final figures come out tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Hidden Figures<\/i> went into wide release this weekend after opening in limited release on Christmas Day. The film has earned a total of $24.8 million to date.<\/p>\n

Rogue One<\/i>, for its part, has earned $477.3 million in North America after four weeks, which makes it the eighth-highest grossing film of all time<\/a> in North America.<\/p>\n

Rogue One<\/i> has earned another $437.1 million overseas and $914.4 million worldwide. It currently ranks 88th overseas<\/a> and 41st worldwide<\/a> on the all-time charts.<\/p>\n

Two other films didn\u2019t do so well in wide release this week.<\/p>\n

Underworld: Blood Wars<\/b><\/i> landed in fourth place with $13.1 million \u2014 by far the lowest opening of any film in the Underworld<\/i> series<\/a>. (The four previous films, released between 2003 and 2012, all opened to over $20 million.)<\/p>\n

And A Monster Calls<\/b><\/i> \u2014 about an imaginary monster that helps a boy to cope with bullies at school and his mother\u2019s terminal illness \u2014 landed outside the top ten, in 13th place, with $2 million after expanding from four to 1,523 theatres.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in other box-office news\u2026<\/p>\n

Sing<\/b><\/i> earned $19.6 million and ranked third in its third week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $213.4 million. The film has earned another $143.5 million overseas, for a global total of $356.9 million.<\/p>\n

La La Land<\/b><\/i> earned $10 million and ranked fifth in its fifth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $51.7 million. The film has earned another $34.1 million overseas, for a global total of $85.8 million.<\/p>\n

Passengers<\/b><\/i> earned $8.8 million and ranked sixth in its third week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $80.9 million. The film has earned another $104.6 million overseas, for a global total of $185.5 million.<\/p>\n

Why Him?<\/b><\/i> earned $6.5 million and ranked seventh in its third week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $48.6 million. The film has earned another $17.8 million overseas, for a global total of $66.3 million.<\/p>\n

Moana<\/b><\/i> earned $6.4 million and ranked eighth in its seventh week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $225.4 million. The film has earned another $224.7 million overseas, for a global total of $450.1 million.<\/p>\n

Fences<\/b><\/i> earned $4.7 million and ranked ninth in its fourth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $40.7 million. The film does not appear to have been released overseas yet.<\/p>\n

And Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/b><\/i> earned $3.8 million and ranked tenth in its third week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $49.5 million. The film has earned another $50.4 million overseas, for a global total of $99.9 million.<\/p>\n

Next week brings us The Bye Bye Man<\/i>, Monster Trucks<\/i>, Sleepless<\/i> and the wide releases of Silence<\/i>, Live by Night<\/i> and Patriots Day<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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