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44% Maze Runner: The Death Cure

76% Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

72% Hostiles

54% The Greatest Showman

88% The Post
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‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’ Sprints Past ‘Jumanji’

Fox’s “Maze Runner: The Death Cure” has ended the three-week reign of Sony’s “Jumanji: Welcome the “Jungle” with a respectable $23.5 million at 3,787 North American locations for the weekend.

“The Death Cure,” starring Dylan O’Brien in the finale of the dystopian trilogy, performed at the top end of forecasts with the best performances in the west and south central regions. The opening had been delayed for a year following injuries O’Brien suffered on the set.

The original “Maze Runner” launched with $32.5 million in 2014 and “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” launched with $30.6 million in 2015. “The Death Cure” generated a B+ Cinemascore and drew a 51% female audience; 57% of the total audience was under 25.

“Jumanji” finished with $16.4 million at 3,553 sites in its sixth weekend, declining only 16% and giving it $338 million domestically since Dec. 20 — $3 million behind “Zootopia” for the 46th spot on the all-time list. That’s far above anyone’s original forecast and makes it the third-highest performer for Sony of all time.

The action comedy, starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, also grossed $17.7 million internationally this weekend for an overseas total of $484 million and a worldwide box office of $821.7 million.

Overall domestic business was solid rather than spectacular with $139 million, down 2.5% from the same weekend last year, according to comScore. Thanks largely to “Jumanji,” year-to-date business as of Sunday is up 1.7% to $918.9 million.

Christian Bale’s “Hostiles” led the rest of the pack with $10.2 million at 2,815 venues as Entertainment Studios expanded the historical drama from 119 locations. Fox’s sixth weekend of “The Greatest Showman” came in fourth with $8.9 million at 2,663 screens, declining only 11% in a remarkable show of staying power. The Hugh Jackman musical has taken in $126.5, which has proven a solid draw for Fox and should finish the weekend with roughly $126 million.

Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” followed in fifth with $8.9 million at 2,640 locations in the wake of Oscar nominations for best picture and Meryl Streep as best actress. The Fox release declined only 24% and has toppped $58 million so far.

Warner’s second weekend of “12 Strong” finished sixth with $8.6 million at 3,018 sites, edging STXfilms’ second frame of “Den of Theives” with $8.4 million at 2,432 venues.

Fox Searchlight’s “The Shape of Water,” which led the Oscar nominations with 13, came in eighth with $5.7 million at 1,840 sites as the studio added 1,001 new locations. The fantasy drama has grossed $37.7 million in nine weeks.

Warner Bros.’ third weekend of “Paddington 2” took ninth with $5.6 million at 2,792 screens. Disney-Lucasfilm’s seventh weekend of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” followed in 10th place with $4.2 million at 1,745 venues for a 45-day total of $610.7 million.

Fox Searchlight’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” finished 11th with $3.6 million at 1,457 sites in the wake of receiving seven Oscar nominations, lifting its three-month total to $37 million.

Focus Features’ “Darkest Hour,” which scored six Oscar nominations, pulled in $2.9 million at 1,322 locations, lifting the Winston Churchill war drama past $45 million. Focus’ “Phantom Thread,” which also received six Oscar nods, took in $2.9 million at 1,021 sites to push domestic gross to $10.6 million for the Daniel Day-Lewis fashion drama.

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[goldenpp72]

Jumanji continues to surprise me. Makes me wonder how they will manage sequels since I can't imagine they will let it rest again right now.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I hope Wes Ball gets a bigger franchise off his Maze Runner work. The story is crap, but those films are very well directed for their budget. Marvel or DC would be lucky to have him

 

[t-storm]

I haven’t seen any of the Maze Runner films but I think they’re all on Netflix. Are they worth watching? They can’t be any worse than last year’s Power Rangers which I thought was alright.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I haven’t seen any of the Maze Runner films but I think they’re all on Netflix. Are they worth watching? They can’t be any worse than last year’s Power Rangers which I thought was alright.

I thought the first one was surprisingly good. The second one is definitely worse than Power Rangers though lol. You're really not missing anything either way, it's exactly what you're imagining it is.

 

[Rocket Number 22]

Jumanji continues to surprise me. Makes me wonder how they will manage sequels since I can't imagine they will let it rest again right now.

It was announced they will run their sequel DIRECTLY against star wars episode 9.

They are very confident

 

[goldenpp72]

It was announced they will run their sequel DIRECTLY against star wars episode 9.

They are very confident

Well Jumanji was a lot better than TLJ so they can have at it

 

[Kibakahn]

Jumanji is a great movie. Deserved success.

 

[mckmas8808]

Well Jumanji was a lot better than TLJ so they can have at it

BRUH!

 

[Hashmal_Bringer_of_Order]

I finally saw Jumanji (my friend is a massive Rock fan) and true to expectations, everything not directly involving the Rock was terrible. I'm amazed people like it that much.
Glad to see Greatest Showman doing well though.

 

[Insane Metal]

Uh, that's pretty bad for MR.

 

[goldenpp72]

I finally saw Jumanji (my friend is a massive Rock fan) and true to expectations, everything not directly involving the Rock was terrible. I'm amazed people like it that much.
Glad to see Greatest Showman doing well though.

Jack Black wasn't exactly a slouch in the movie either, he was my favorite character. The rest of the cast was fine enough and fit their role, but those were the two standouts for sure.

 

[AnotherDayAnotherDollar]

I finally saw Jumanji (my friend is a massive Rock fan) and true to expectations, everything not directly involving the Rock was terrible. I'm amazed people like it that much.
Glad to see Greatest Showman doing well though.

I think it's nostalgia from the old movie. Jumanji is not a fire dumpster like the new Ghostbusters, so nostalgia played a role. I watched the movie and it has no business doing over 200MM domestic and 500MM WW let alone the 370MM+ and 900MM+ it will probably end up at.

 

[godhandiscen]

I liked Jumanji, but I feel that they are just really lucky this is a season with a lack of quality release (TLJ was not quality).