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‘Jumanji’ bounds out of jungle to top N. American box office
LOS ANGELES, Jan 9, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Sony’s family-oriented movie “Jumanji:
Welcome to the Jungle” roared into first place this weekend in North American
theaters as horror film “Insidious” edged into second past a slipping “Star
Wars” installment, final data show.
“Jumanji,” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and funnymen Jack Black and
Kevin Hart, netted an impressive $37 million for the three-day weekend,
bringing its domestic total to $246 million in its third week out, said
website Exhibitor Relations.
The film, following four teens who find themselves inside the video game
world of Jumanji, has grossed more than $500 million worldwide and opens in
the huge Chinese market next weekend.
In second place was Universal’s newly released “Insidious: The Last Key,”
with a take of $29.6 million. The horror film, the fourth installment in the
“Insidious” franchise, stars Lin Shaye and Angus Sampson and follows a
parapsychologist investigating a haunting in her childhood home.
News for third-place “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” was mixed: the latest in
the hugely popular series has now taken in $1.2 billion worldwide, but it
continued to slow in North America, totaling $23.7 million in its fourth
week.
The space saga stars Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver and two
members of the series’ original cast, Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker and the
late Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia.
Fourth place went to Fox’s “The Greatest Showman,” a “good old-fashioned
cornball PG musical” (so says Variety.com) about larger-than-life circus
impresario P.T. Barnum. With the popular Hugh Jackman in the lead role, the
film took in $13.8 million in its third week, down only slightly from the
previous week.
And in fifth was another musical, “Pitch Perfect 3,” a Universal sequel
that took in $10.3 million in its third week. The movie’s cast, led by Anna
Kendrick, follows the continuing adventures of glee singers the Bellas.
Rounding out the top 10 were: “Ferdinand” ($7.7 million) “Molly’s Game”
($6.9 million) “Darkest Hour” ($6.1 million) “Coco” ($5.4 million) “All the
Money in the World” ($3.6 million)
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