Weekend Box Office (January 11 - 13, 2019)

by Sujit Chawla

THIS WEEKEND There was no four-peat this weekend as the team of Cranston and Hart was enough to take down Aquaman and company. One other new release did well while another one couldn't even make the top 10.

The Upside, starring Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston, wrested first place away from the underwater superhero this weekend, taking in an estimated $19.6M from 3,080 theaters for a per screen average of $6,360. A remake of the breakout French hit The Intouchables, The Upside had poor-to-mixed reviews (40% on Rotten Tomatoes) but audiences loved what they saw giving the film an A grade on CinemaScore. For studio STX Entertainment (Bad Moms, I Feel Pretty) it was the first number one opening in their history.

Slipping into second place after a month was Aquaman which still managed to take in an estimated $17.2M this weekend bringing its cume up to $287M. The bigger story however is that with an additional $27.9M overseas, the worldwide total jumped to $1.02B making it the second highest grossing DC film after The Dark Knight Rises ($1.08B) and what is sure to be a lucrative run in Japan still to come.

Sony has a lot to be thankful for as their films took the next three spots led by the debuting family film A Dog's Way Home which took in an estimated $11.3M from 3.090 theaters for a per screen average of $3,657. Critics were mixed (59% on Rotten Tomatoes) but audiences gave the film a solid A- CinemaScore. Fourth place belonged to another superhero as Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, fresh off its Golden Globe win for Animated Feature Film, had the best hold in the top 10 slipping 31% to an estimated $9M bringing its cume up to $147.7M after five weekends. Fifth place belonged to the sole horror entry on the charts, Escape Room which fell a reasonable 51.2% in its second weekend to $8.9M, according to estimates, bringing its total up to $32.4M. Look for a final total in the $50-55M range.

In sixth place was Disney's Mary Poppins Returns which turned up another $7.2M, according to estimates, bringing its total to $150.6M after a month. Bumblebee landed in seventh place this weekend with an estimated $6.8M bringing its cume up to $108.5M, also after a month.

Adding over 1,800 screens this weekend and jumping into the top 10 was the true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in On the Basis of Sex which took in an estimated $6.2M from 1,923 theaters for a per screen average of $3,238.

Ninth place belonged to Clint Eastwood and The Mule which added an additional $5.5M this weekend, according to estimates, bringing its total up to $90.5M after five weekends. And rounding out the top 10 was award hopeful Vice which took in an estimated $3.3M bringing its cume up to $35.9M.

Debuting outside of the top 10 was the Keanu Reeves-starrer Repliacs which took in a sad $2.5M, according to estimates, from 2,329 theaters for a per screen average of only $1,073. Critics and audiences both hated the film so this should be the last you hear about it for a while. And fresh off its upset win at the Golden Globes, Bohemian Rhapsody jumped 35% from last weekend to an estimated $3.2M with its overall cume now at $198M.

The top ten films grossed an estimated $95.1M which was down 26.5% from last year when Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle stayed at number one with $28.1M; and off 20.1% from 2017 when Hidden Figures also remained at number one with $20.8M.


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# Title Jan 11 - 13 Jan 4 - 6 % Chg. Theaters Weeks AVG Cumulative Distributor
1 The Upside $ 20,355,000 3,080 1 $ 6,609 $ 20,355,000 STX
2 Aquaman 17,351,134 31,003,280 -44.0 3,863 4 4,492 287,947,915 Warner Bros.
3 A Dog's Way Home 11,251,263 3,090 1 3,641 11,251,263 Sony
4 Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 9,050,583 13,126,885 -31.1 3,029 5 2,988 147,826,028 Sony
5 Escape Room 8,928,452 18,239,172 -51.0 2,717 2 3,286 32,461,383 Sony
6 Mary Poppins Returns 7,650,693 15,860,957 -51.8 3,253 4 2,352 151,092,678 Disney
7 Bumblebee 7,208,398 13,202,603 -45.4 3,303 4 2,182 108,903,375 Paramount
8 On The Basis of Sex 6,070,615 1,609,454 277.2 1,923 3 3,157 10,402,462 Focus
9 The Mule 5,674,006 9,109,693 -37.7 3,329 5 1,704 90,707,402 Warner Bros.
10 Vice 3,235,830 5,734,509 -43.6 1,724 3 1,877 35,893,673 Annapurna
11 Bohemian Rhapsody 3,201,768 2,368,141 35.2 1,334 11 2,400 198,498,074 Fox
12 If Beale Street Could Talk 2,406,742 1,843,384 30.6 1,018 5 2,364 7,706,167 Annapurna
13 Replicas 2,375,325 2,329 1 1,020 2,375,325 Ent. Studios
14 Ralph Breaks the Internet 2,258,077 4,673,522 -51.7 1,554 8 1,453 190,493,680 Disney
15 Green Book 2,147,235 1,807,575 18.8 742 9 2,894 38,607,941 Universal
16 Second Act 1,671,142 4,755,291 -64.9 1,681 4 994 36,385,013 STX
17 A Star Is Born 1,124,102 634,230 77.2 394 15 2,853 203,580,251 Warner Bros.
18 The Favourite 1,108,173 1,903,292 -41.8 512 8 2,164 21,481,355 Fox Searchlight
19 Mary Queen of Scots 852,645 2,146,860 -60.3 829 6 1,029 15,229,520 Focus
20 Free Solo 813,813 120,207 577.0 163 16 4,993 12,323,600 NatGeo
Top 5 $ 66,936,432 $ 91,432,897 -26.8
Top 10 96,775,974 119,008,739 -18.7
Top 20 114,734,996 134,486,106 -14.7
Top 20 vs. 2018 114,734,996 154,125,501 -25.6

Last Updated: January 13, 2019 at 1:00PM ET

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