January is known for being a slow month at the box office and that point was proven once again this weekend. Glass leads for the second weekend in a row while The Kid Who Would Be King and Serenity failed to entice moviegoers.
Glass grossed $18.8 million over the weekend and was down a steep 53.2%. The drop isn’t unexpected considering how divisive the film has been with fans and I honestly thought the drop could’ve been bigger. At this rate, Glass should still see $100 million at the domestic box office as it now stands with a gross of $73.4 million so far. Internationally, the film added $23.6 million from 55 markets for an overseas gross totaling $89.1 million and a global tally reaching $162.7 million. The film is now open in all markets except for China where it still does not have an official release date. Keep in mind this film cost $20 million to make and while some might try to spin where it’s headed as a disappointment, it’s still a hit in regards to its small budget. I call this another win for M. Night Shyamalan.
Maintaining second place is The Upside which grossed $11.9 million. The film dropped a slim 20.4% as it continues to ride high on solid word of mouth. This is another example that critics don’t always influence what moviegoers will see or won’t see. This is clearly a crowd pleaser and it’s still has a lot of life left to continue an impressive box office run. The Upside has grossed $62.8 million to date on a $37.5 million budget.
Coming in third is Aquaman with $7.2 million. The big news for the film over the weekend was that it topped $1.09 billion at the global box office thus making it the largest DC Comics adaptation of all-time globally. It also became the third largest WB movie all-time worldwide and the 25th largest worldwide release ever. On the domestic front, Aquaman has grossed $316.4 million to date.
Debuting in fourth is The Kid Who Would Be King which grossed a disappointing $7.1 million. Despite a decent “B+” CinemaScore and strong reviews heading into the weekend, the film just didn’t click with its target audience. The film really didn’t register with kids as its demo break down came in at 53% female and 53% of the opening weekend crowd was aged 25 or older.
Rounding out the top five is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse which grossed $6.1 million. The film dropped a slim 19.3% and continues an impressive box office run that began 7 weeks ago. The film has grossed $169 million at the domestic box office and is only $700,000 away from Hotel Transylvania 2 to become the highest grossing domestic release for Sony Animation. Internationally the film added $2.8 million this weekend for an overseas total of $169.1 million and a global tally topping $338 million.
Outside the top five, we see the Oscar expansion for Green Book, which expanded into 2,430 locations (+1,518) this weekend following this week’s Oscar nominations and saw a +153.6% increase with $5.4 million. The film has grossed $49 million after eleven weeks of release and should continue to perform well as we head to the Oscars next month.
Also outside the top five, in eighth place is Serenity with $4.4 million. The film, which was originally supposed to be released last fall, was riddled with dismal reviews and moviegoers definitely didn’t like what they saw as it earned a dreadful “D+” CinemaScore. Serenity will be a distant memory by next weekend.
Check out the full top ten results below:
| Film | Total | % Change | Gross to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onward | $10,601,952 | -72.9% | $60.3 |
| Bloodshot | $9,176,695 | NEW | $9.17 |
| I Still Believe | $9,103,614 | NEW | $9.10 |
| The Invisible Man | $5,890,805 | -61.1% | $64.3 |
| The Hunt | $5,304,455 | NEW | $5.3 |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | $2,522,584 | -67.3% | $145.7 |
| The Way Back | $2,356,115 | -71.2% | $13.3 |
| The Call of the Wild | $2,226,720 | -67.1% | $62 |
| Emma. | $1,295,215 | -73% | $9.9 |
| Bad Boys for Life | $1,102,208 | -63.5% | $204.2 |
