The Revenant beats Stars Wars at the box office while Goosebumps debuts with $2.8m
Leonardo Di Caprio’s new film The Revenant has beaten Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the first time since its release in December.
Last week the Di Caprio movie, which portrays the life of legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass and is directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, grossed $3.59m compared with $2.988m for Star Wars, which also had more screens, with 421 compared with 255.
Meanwhile the debut of horror-meets-humour movie Goosebumps, starring Jack Black, drew $2.88m over the weekend.
Overall, Star Wars looks unlikely to beat the record of $105m set by Avatar in 2009 with its total sales now reaching $85m, while The Revenant has now taken $9.5m
The cinema adaptation of teen science fiction novel The 5th Wave opened at $2.18m, while The Big Short opened at $1.79m.
The Tina Fey/Amy Poehler comedy Sisters was down on its opening week, with $2.16m in ticket sales, while Will Ferrell/Mark Wahlberg comedy Daddy’s Home sold $1.63m.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Revenant (Fox) | $3,619,458 | 255 | $9,602,039 |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Disney) | $2,988,814 | 421 | $85,123,278 |
| Goosebumps (Roadshow) | $2,888,963 | 331 | $3,238,563 |
| The 5th Wave (Sony) | $2,184,952 | 195 | $2,184,952 |
| Sisters (Universal) | $2,162,471 | 294 | $7,041,788 |
| The Big Short (Paramount) | $1,790,278 | 183 | $1,892,107 |
| Daddy's Home (Paramount) | $1,631,243 | 283 | $17,991,879 |
| Alvin And The Chipmunks: Road Chip (Fox) | $1,072,392 | 289 | $10,990,911 |
| The Good Dinosaur (Disney) | $955,276 | 279 | $12,621,987 |
| Snoopy And Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie (Fox) | $781,117 | 302 | $6,031,550 |
| Carol (Transmission) | $736,191 | 90 | $859,985 |
| The Hateful Eight (Roadshow) | $644,869 | 6 | $644,869 |
| Point Break (Roadshow) | $387,486 | 220 | $5,164,075 |
| Joy (Fox) | $319,604 | 0 | $7,624,340 |
| Suffragette (Transmission) | $239,823 | 103 | $3,577,274 |
| Detective Chinatown (Chinalion Film) | $148,566 | 14 | $148,566 |
| The Dressmaker (Universal) | $147,352 | 79 | $19,555,297 |
| The Belier Family (Palace) | $144,235 | 26 | $1,440,592 |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (Roadshow) | $125,379 | 53 | $29,938,897 |
| Spectre (Sony) | $114,139 | 50 | $35,461,600 |
