Insidious Chapter 2<\/a><\/i> and the first three Paranormal Activity<\/i> movies).<\/p>\nA third new film opened this week, to disappointing returns. Before I Fall<\/b><\/i> \u2014 based on a young-adult novel about a teenager who relives the day of her death again and again \u2014 landed in fifth place for the week with only $4.9 million.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in other box-office news\u2026<\/p>\n
The Lego Batman Movie<\/i><\/b> earned $11.7 million and ranked fourth in its fourth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $148.6 million. The film has earned another $108.2 million overseas, for a global total of $256.8 million.<\/p>\n
John Wick: Chapter 2<\/i><\/b> earned $4.7 million and ranked sixth in its fourth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $82.9 million. The film has earned another $61.5 million overseas, for a global total of $144.4 million.<\/p>\n
(John Wick: Chapter 2<\/i> has far surpassed the original film, which earned $43 million domestic + $45.7 million overseas = $88.8 million worldwide in 2014.)<\/p>\n
Hidden Figures<\/i><\/b> earned $3.8 million and ranked seventh in its eleventh week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $158.8 million. The film has earned another $36.2 million overseas, for a global total of $195 million.<\/p>\n
The Great Wall<\/i><\/b> earned $3.51 million and ranked eighth in its third week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $41.3 million. The film has earned another $278.9 million overseas, for a global total of $320.2 million.<\/p>\n
Fifty Shades Darker<\/i><\/b> earned $3.48 million and ranked ninth in its fourth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $109.9 million. The film has earned another $246.2 million overseas, for a global total of $356.1 million.<\/p>\n
And La La Land<\/i><\/b> earned $2.98 million and ranked tenth in its thirteenth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $145.7 million. The film has earned another $250.7 million overseas, for a global total of $396.4 million.<\/p>\n
Next week brings us Kong: Skull Island<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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