'Jumanji,' 'Insidious' top 'Star Wars' in its fourth weekend
08 Jan 2018
LOS ANGELES - Move over, Star Wars, there are some new box office champs this weekend. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has topped the charts after three weekends in theaters, and newcomer Insidious: The Last Key opened in second, pushing The Last Jedi into third place.
Columbia Pictures said Monday that the Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart-led Jumanji is estimated to have earned an additional $36 million this weekend, bringing its total to $244.4 million.
In second place is the horror film Insidious: The Last Key, the fourth in the franchise, which earned $29.3 million. The Universal and Blumhouse Pictures film even outperformed the third chapter in the series. That film launched to $22.7 million in June of 2015.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi fell to third place with $23.6 million in its fourth weekend in theaters. The space blockbuster has grossed $572.5 million to date.
The Greatest Showman took fourth place with $13.8 million and Pitch Perfect 3 rounded out the top five with $10.2 million. - AP