NEW YORK – Labors of love, one from Martin Scorsese, the other from Ben Affleck, proved costly at a casualty strewn weekend box office where the uplifting NASA drama “Hidden Figures” stayed on top for the second straight week.
“Hidden Figures,” about African-American mathematicians in the 1960s space race, sold a leading $20.5 million in tickets in North American theaters over the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday weekend, according to estimates Sunday. Fox anticipates the film, starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae, will make $25.3 million when Monday is included, bringing its cumulative total to about $60 million.
1. “Hidden Figures,” $20.5 million.
2. “La La Land,” $14.5 million ($17.8 million international).
3. “Sing,” $13.8 million ($13.2 million international).
4. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” $13.8 million ($21.9 million international).
5. “The Bye Bye Man,” $13.4 million ($1.3 million international).
6. “Patriots Day,” $12 million ($1.3 million international).
7. “Monster Trucks,” $10.5 million ($4 million international).
8. “Sleepless,” $8.5 million.
9. “Underworld: Blood Wars,” $5.8 million ($1.4 million international).
10. “Passengers,” $5.6 million ($32.5 million international). – Jake Coyle (AP film writer) (AP)
