Box Office: 'Jumanji' 支配するs MLK 週末, 'The 地位，任命する' Leads Newcomers
By Dave McNary
LOS ANGELES, Jan 14 (Variety.com) - Sony's "Jumanji: Welcome to the ジャングル" is 支配するing the North American box office to easily 勝利，勝つ the four-day ツバメ Luther King Jr. 週末 with about $33.4 million at 3,849 場所／位置s, 見積（る）s showed Sunday.
Fox's "The 地位，任命する" is 主要な the 残り／休憩（する） of the pack handily and topped 予測（する）s with $22.2 million at 2,819 場所s for Friday-Monday after 拡大するing from 36 場所／位置s. The 開始 of Lionsgate's Liam Neeson's thriller "The 通勤（学）者" also topped 期待s in third place with $16 million at 2,892 発生地s.
The fifth 週末 of Disney-Lucasfilm's "星／主役にする Wars: The Last Jedi" with $14.7 million at 3,090 場所／位置s is fourth and Fox's fourth 週末 of "The Greatest Showman" with $14.5 million at 2,938 審査するs takes fifth place at the holiday box office.
Warner. Bros.' 開始する，打ち上げる of family comedy "Paddington 2" was 戦う／戦いing for sixth place with 全世界の／万国共通の's second 週末 of "Insidious: The Last 一時期／支部" with about $14.1 million each. Sony's 開始する，打ち上げる of 活動／戦闘-thriller "Proud Mary" （機の）カム in eighth with $12 million at 2,125 場所／位置s followed by 全世界の／万国共通の's fourth 週末 of "Pitch Perfect" with $6.7 million at 2,505 場所／位置s and 焦点（を合わせる） Features' eighth 週末 of "Darkest Hour" with $5.7 million at 1,693 発生地s.
全体にわたる 商売／仕事 was solid rather than みごたえのある with a four-day total in the $190 million 範囲, によれば comScore. "Jumanji: Welcome to the ジャングル," which will finish the holiday with nearly $290 million in 29 days, now 階級s as the eighth highest grosser 解放（する）d in 2017.
"'Jumanji' has in essence 攻撃する，衝突する the reset button and is now behaving more like a film in its second 週末 rather than its fourth," said Paul Dergarabedian, 上級の マスコミ 分析家 with comScore. "In the wake of a startling late run ascension to the number one 位置／汚点／見つけ出す, 'Jumanji' continues to energize the 早期に 2018 box office marketplace while this 週末 taking on a host of wide 解放（する） newcomers."
Disney n oted Sunday that "星／主役にする Wars: The Last Jedi" had reached a 世界的な total of $1.264 billion, topping Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" ($1.263 billion) and 全世界の／万国共通の's "The 運命／宿命 of the Furious" ($1.236 billion) to become the 最高の，を越す 全世界の 解放（する） of 2017 and the tenth-highest 全世界の 解放（する） of all time.
"Jumanji," starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, 供給するd the most 事実 challenge to "The Last Jedi" after 開始 Dec. 20. It's the most successful 肩書を与える for Sony since "Spider-Man: Homecoming," which pulled in $337 million 国内で during the summer.
"The 地位，任命する," starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in a story about the 1971 出版（物） of the 米国防総省 Papers, attracted an older audience with 66 パーセント over 35. It received an A Cinemascore with ComScore's PostTrak audience 調査する showing solid 返答 with 63 パーセント 率ing the 演劇 a "限定された recommend" -- 示すing strong playability in coming weeks, によれば Chris Aronson, 大統領，／社長 of 国内の 配当.
"We see a real 適切な時期 for attracting young people who are 政治上 aware 予定 to the timeliness of the 支配する 事柄," he 追加するd.
"The 地位，任命する" took in $4.3 million in two weeks of 限られた／立憲的な 解放（する）, so its 国内の total has 攻撃する，衝突する $26.7 million. The 国家の Board of Review 指名するd "The 地位，任命する" the best film of 2017 with Hanks and Streep winning the 事実上の／代理 awards and the 生産者s Guild 指名するd it as one of its 最高の，を越す 11 films but it was 否定するd 指名／任命s last week from the Directors Guild and Writers Guild. "The 地位，任命する" has an 88 パーセント 得点する／非難する／２０ on Rotten Tomatoes.
"The 通勤（学）者," starring Neeson as a 実業家 drawn into a 犯罪の 共謀 on his train ride home. The film finished Friday with around $4.6 million, and has received a B CinemaScore and a 55 パーセント Rotten Tomatoes 率ing. The film kicks off a long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 共同 between Lionsgate and StudioCanal that will continue with "早期に Man" and "Shaun the Sheep Movie 2."
"Paddington 2" was coming in わずかに under 期待s. Warner Bros. a cquired the North American 権利s for the sequel film, starring the popular British children's literary character, from the Weinstein Company in November after the 性の いやがらせ 主張s against former 長，率いる Harvey Weinstein left the 生産／産物 company and distributor a 有毒な 指名する.
"Paddington 2," in which Ben Whishaw 発言する／表明するs the 事故-傾向がある 耐える, has already earned $125 million 国祭的な and has 獲得するd a 100 パーセント 率ing on Rotten Tomatoes.
"Proud Mary," starring Taraji P. Henson, opened at the lower end of 期待s for Sony's 審査する Gems. The film, which carries a modest $14 million 予算, was marketed toward Henson's fan base. She portrays a 攻撃する，衝突する woman working for an 組織するd 罪，犯罪 family in Boston, whose life is 完全に turned around when she 会合，会うs a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional 攻撃する，衝突する goes bad. Critics were unimpressed and gave "Proud Mary" a 23 パーセント 率ing on Rotten Tomatoes.
