M. Night Shyamalan’s new thriller Split dominated the box office with a very impressive $40.2 million opening weekend. This is the fourth largest January opening of all-time. This opening weekend was much more impressive than Shyamalan’s last film The Visit which had a $25.4 million opening back in 2015 reports Box Office Mojo.
Second place went to xXx: The Return of Xander Cage. The film brought in $20.2 million, which is far short of the $44.5 million opening the original grossed back in 2002. I expect this film to reach around $70 million domestically. Hidden Figures dropped to third place with $16.3 million and has crossed $80 million domestically.
Sing came in fourth place with $9 million and is sitting just under $250 million domestically. Oscar favorite La La Land rounds out the top five with $8.4 million and is about to pass $90 million domestically.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story came in sixth place with $7 million and has grossed $512.2 million domestically after 38 days. The Founder jumps into the top ten at ninth place with $3.8 million.
Split has a chance to repeat as box office champion as we have three new releases coming to theaters next week including the final installment of the Resident Evil franchise.
Weekend Gross by Distributor:
Universal: $49.2 million (+35 percent)
Paramount Pictures: $29.5 million (+14.3 percent)
20th Century Fox: $18.1 million (-7.6 percent)
Lionsgate: $14.4 million (-12.1 percent)
Disney: $9.7 million (-8.2 percent)
Weinstein Co.: $5.6 million (n/a)
Open Road: $3.7 million (-4.6 percent)
STX Entertainment: $3.6 million (-9.8 percent)
Warner Bros.: $1.8 million (-3.6 percent)
Next week’s openings: A Dog’s Purpose, Gold, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter