Box Office Recap – 01/08/2018

‘JUMANJI’ NABS BOX OFFICE WIN WITH $36M – (01/08/2018)

Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has nabbed the top slot at the box office with $36 million in receipts this weekend. Coming in second was Universal/Blumhouse/Stage 6’s Insidious: The Last Key, which brought in $29.3 million over three days.

Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi took third with $23.6 million.

• Overall, the first weekend of the year grossed $162 million, up 18% over last year. Observers are predicting another big box office weekend over Martin Luther King weekend, with Liam Neeson’s The Commuter, Warner Bros./StudioCanal’s Paddington 2 and Screen Gems’ Proud Mary bursting onto the scene. 

1. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle — $36 million
2. Insidious: The Last Key — $29.3 million
3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi — $23.6 million
4. The Greatest Showman — $13.8 million
5. Pitch Perfect 3 — $10.2 million
6. Ferdinand — $7.7 million
7. Molly’s Game — $7 million
8. Darkest Hour — $6.4 million
9. Coco — $5.5 million
10. All the Money in the World — $3.6 million