{"id":55456,"date":"2017-03-27T10:54:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T17:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=55456"},"modified":"2017-03-27T10:54:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T17:54:36","slug":"box-office-three-new-wide-releases-make-less-combined-beauty-beast-second-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/03\/box-office-three-new-wide-releases-make-less-combined-beauty-beast-second-week.html","title":{"rendered":"Box office: Three new wide releases make less, combined, than Beauty and the Beast<\/i> does in its second week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Three new wide releases failed to beat a Disney musical at the box office this week.<\/p>\n

Power Rangers<\/i><\/b>, a big-screen reboot of the 1990s superhero show, opened in second place with an estimated $40.5 million between Thursday and Sunday nights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That was less than half of the $88.3 million that Beauty and the Beast<\/b><\/i> made in the same timeframe. The live-action remake of the classic Disney cartoon, which had already scored the sixth-best opening weekend of all time last week<\/a>, had the fourth-best second weekend<\/a> of all time this week, which indicates that the film may have stronger \u201clegs\u201d than some other blockbusters of its size.<\/p>\n

And with $317 million in North American grosses since opening last week, Beauty and the Beast<\/i> is now one of only six films that have grossed $300 million in ten days or less<\/a> (along with Star Wars 7<\/i>, Jurassic 4<\/i>, Avengers 1 + 2<\/i> and The Dark Knight<\/i>).<\/p>\n

Neither of the week\u2019s other new wide releases did very well.<\/p>\n

Life<\/b><\/i>, a horror film about an alien lifeform that gets loose on the International Space Station, landed in fourth place with $12.6 million, while CHiPs<\/b><\/i>, an R-rated comedy based on the 1970s TV series, landed in seventh place with only $7.6 million.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, The Shack<\/b><\/i> landed in eighth place with $3.8 million in its fourth week.<\/p>\n

The Shack<\/i> had the fourth-best first<\/a> and second weeks<\/a> and the sixth-best third week<\/a> of any \u201cfaith-based<\/a>\u201d film, and this week it had the seventh-best fourth weekend:<\/p>\n