Weekend Box Office (January 3 - 5, 2020)
THIS WEEKEND The new year kicked off with the same pair of action sequels ruling the box office after dominating the Christmas season.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was on top for a third weekend in a row with an estimated $33.7M falling 53%. That was in line with the 53% to 56% range of declines that recent Star Wars movies suffered on their first January weekend after the holidays ended. The cume for the finale of the saga is now $450.8M making it the third largest domestic blockbuster from 2019 behind Disney stablemates Avengers: Endgame and The Lion King. The road ahead should see Skywalker end up its North American run close to the $525M mark. With a little more stability, it may match up with the $532.2M of Rogue One but it will finish about 15% below the $620.2M of The Last Jedi.
International markets took in $50.5M this weekend to raise that cume to $468M. The worldwide take is now $918.8M with international accounting for 51% of that. A final global gross of $1.1 billion or a little more seems possible which would edge out the $1.05 billion of Rogue One. Five Star Wars movies in a four-year span, plus the popular new Mandalorian TV series, certainly is a lot for fans to consume.
Just like its predecessor, Jumanji: The Next Level is collecting cash in the shadow of Star Wars and making a mint worldwide in the process. For North America, the Sony smash dropped only 25% to an estimated $26.5M lifting the domestic cume to $236.2M making it number ten among 2019 films. A final of nearly $300M seems possible. Overseas markets are red hot with another $42.4M this weekend raising the offshore sum to $374M for a worldwide gross of $610M. Reaching $750M seems likely, and finishing near $800M is also a possibility. That would put the combined global gross for this recent pair of Jumanji films an at incredible $1.75 billion for a super-charged franchise.
Sony occupied the number three spot with another of its holiday season hits, Little Women, which slipped only 19% in its second full weekend to an estimated $13.6M. The acclaimed film has amassed $60M already and is well on its way into the $100M club. Reviews are fantastic, word-of-mouth is superb, and major Oscar nominations would then keep it going strong for weeks to come.
Earning a rare F grade from CinemaScore, the new horror remake The Grudge found itself opening in fourth place with an estimated $11.3M from 2,642 locations for a decent $4,277 average. Reviews were awful for the R-rated pic and word-of-mouth has been negative so the road ahead looks shaky. By comparison, the Sarah Michelle Gellar version of The Grudge back in 2004 grossed more on its opening day ($14.6M) than this new version will in its first seven days.
The toon titan Frozen II followed closely with an estimated $11.3M, off only 33%, boosting the domestic haul to a stellar $449.9M. The Anna-Elsa adventure also collected $42.4M from overseas raising the totals to $875.3M international and $1.325 billion worldwide making it the highest grossing animated film of all-time surpassing the first Frozen. Breaking $1.4 billion is guaranteed and the final will try to end up close to $1.5 billion.
Will Smith's holiday toon offering Spies in Disguise dropped 25% to an estimated $10.1M for $46.7M to date. The leggy whodunit Knives Out slipped a mere 9% to an estimated $9M giving Lionsgate a terrific $130.3M on its way past the $150M mark making it one of the top-grossing original films from 2019.
Adam Sandler's Uncut Gems grossed an estimated $7.8M, down 18%, for a total of $36.8M for A24. Lionsgate's Bombshell followed with an estimated $4.1M, off 15%, and $24.6M to date. Cats rounded out the top ten falling 46% to an estimated $2.6M for Universal and only $24.7M overall.
The top ten films grossed an estimated $130M which was up 9% from last year when Aquaman remained at number one with $31M; but down 10% from 2018 when Jumanji climbed into the top spot with $37.2M.
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| # | Title | Jan 3 - 5 | Dec 27 - 29 | % Chg. | Theaters | Weeks | AVG | Cumulative | Distributor |
| 1 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | $ 34,524,815 | $ 72,389,590 | -52.3 | 4,406 | 3 | $ 7,836 | $ 451,582,256 | Disney |
| 2 | Jumanji: The Next Level | 26,227,346 | 35,249,690 | -25.6 | 4,134 | 4 | 6,344 | 235,933,751 | Sony |
| 3 | Little Women | 13,612,373 | 16,755,310 | -18.8 | 3,308 | 2 | 4,115 | 60,060,705 | Sony |
| 4 | Frozen II | 11,854,169 | 16,891,973 | -29.8 | 3,175 | 7 | 3,734 | 450,439,533 | Disney |
| 5 | The Grudge | 11,404,113 | 2,642 | 1 | 4,316 | 11,404,113 | Sony | ||
| 6 | Spies in Disguise | 10,396,460 | 13,354,798 | -22.2 | 3,502 | 2 | 2,969 | 47,042,421 | Fox |
| 7 | Knives Out | 8,916,416 | 9,876,123 | -9.7 | 2,142 | 6 | 4,163 | 130,119,450 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | Uncut Gems | 7,570,205 | 9,576,879 | -21.0 | 2,686 | 4 | 2,818 | 36,556,384 | A24 |
| 9 | Bombshell | 4,084,056 | 4,816,042 | -15.2 | 1,721 | 3 | 2,373 | 24,589,972 | Lionsgate |
| 10 | Cats | 2,630,135 | 4,821,760 | -45.5 | 2,902 | 3 | 906 | 24,721,070 | Universal |
| 11 | Ford v Ferrari | 1,706,499 | 1,800,361 | -5.2 | 730 | 8 | 2,338 | 109,976,339 | Fox |
| 12 | Richard Jewell | 1,664,849 | 3,085,000 | -46.0 | 1,870 | 4 | 890 | 21,103,165 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | A Beautiful Day... | 1,223,296 | 1,436,340 | -14.8 | 856 | 7 | 1,429 | 58,801,961 | Sony |
| 14 | Queen & Slim | 1,168,600 | 1,705,180 | -31.5 | 625 | 6 | 1,870 | 42,663,370 | Universal |
| 15 | Good Newwz | 920,000 | 1,600,000 | -42.5 | 217 | 2 | 4,240 | 4,000,000 | Zee |
| 16 | Parasite | 838,276 | 569,267 | 47.3 | 222 | 13 | 3,776 | 23,850,894 | Neon |
| 17 | Ip Man 4 | 669,054 | 737,718 | -9.3 | 125 | 2 | 5,352 | 2,866,676 | Well Go USA |
| 18 | 1917 | 617,697 | 576,216 | 7.2 | 11 | 2 | 56,154 | 2,307,564 | Universal |
| 19 | 21 Bridges | 391,579 | 226,725 | 72.7 | 476 | 7 | 823 | 28,265,017 | STX |
| 20 | Jojo Rabbit | 344,736 | 252,978 | 36.3 | 209 | 12 | 1,649 | 21,579,550 | Fox Searchlight |
| Top 5 | $ 97,622,816 | $ 154,641,361 | -36.9 | ||||||
| Top 10 | 131,220,088 | 186,817,165 | -29.8 | ||||||
| Top 20 | 140,764,674 | 196,581,493 | -28.4 | ||||||
| Top 20 vs. 2019 | 140,764,674 | 134,486,106 | 4.7 |
Last Updated: January 5, 2020 at 2:35PM ET
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