Parasite was astonishingly up 16% in its 16th weekend getting its third wind or so now as we approach Oscar night. 1917 has passed the $100 million mark and Little Women is almost there, too, both dropping less than 30% this weekend five weeks into their run. In short: they're all quite popular which is good news for the Oscars coming in early February.
Weekend Box Office
January 17th-20th (ESTIMATES)
🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = recommended |
WIDE RELEASE (800+ screens)
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PLATFORM TITLES
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1 BAD BOYS FOR LIFE $34 (cum. $120.6)
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1 🔺 THE LAST FULL MEASURE $1.0 on 614 screens *NEW* |
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4 THE GENTLEMEN $11 *NEW*
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4 🔺 COLOR OUT OF SPACE $217k on 81 screens (cum. $358k) *NEW* |
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5 JUMANJI THE NEXT LEVEL $7.9 (cum. $283.4)
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5 🔺 THE SONG OF NAMES $111k on 182 screens (cum. $663k) |
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| 6 THE TURNING $7.3 *NEW* |
6 🔺 CLEMENCY $86k on 127 screens (cum. $225k) INTERVIEW, REVIEW ★ |
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9 JUST MERCY $4 (cum. $27)
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9 A HIDDEN LIFE $37k on 43 screens (cum. $1.6) REVIEW |
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11 FROZEN 2 $2.5 (cum. $469.8) REVIEW , BEST SONG?
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11 CITIZEN K $14k on 7 screens (cum. $55k)
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Gangster comedy The Gentlemen opened the strongest of the new releases with The Turning not really registering with moviegoers. Worse news still for that film is that audiences gave it an "F" Cinema Score. Of course "F"s are sometimes badges of honor, depending on the film. But Bad Boys For Life in weekend number 2 held on to the best per screen average indicating a long run ahead.
The new limited releases didn't fare much better with little initial audience interest for the war film The Last Full Measure, the sports film Panga, and the new Nicolas Cage oddity Color out of Space... at least in their first weekends.
Clemency surprisingly added over 100 screens in its 5th weekend but it's too little too late since the per screen is under $1,000.
LAST CHANCE: Pain and Glory, A Hidden Life, Invisible Life, Cats, Like a Boss, Underwater, and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood are all likely to vanish very soon (if they're still playing near you) so don't delay if you've been meaning to see them.
Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 6:15PM 
Reader Comments (19)
Went and saw Underwater. Nothing great, but not terrible either.
nothing new worthwhile out there to see right now
Why is no one in the US going to see Les Miserables? Is it bad promotion? Do people think it's too confronting or what? I saw it at the Sydney Film Festival last year and loved it. And yes, it is possible to love BOTH Les Mis and Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
I caught up with Good Boys and Top End Wedding on home viewing this weekend - both a lot of fun. This afternoon I'll hopefully watch either I Lost My Body or Maleficent 2. Looking forward to the former but the latter is solely for its Oscar nomination.
I saw Waves Taylor Russell's performance was really something special.
I have been watching The Morning Show, which is not great, but entertaining. It is fascinating to see how practically everyone on the show is known commidity, to an extent I don't think I've ever seen before. People like Marcia Gay Harden, David Morse, Brett Butler, Embeth Davidtz, Martin Short, Fred Melamed, and Mindy Kaling show up for small recurring roles, and practically every regular is either a known character actor (Bel Powley, Tom Irwin) or someone so familiar they've sent me scrambling to imdb.
Parasite for the 2nd time. What a miracle of a film.
Transit. What if never again was happening right now? (Spoiler: it is.)
Transit is a masterpiece. Phoenix, too. And Barbara. Petzold was the best director of the 10's.
I saw Jojo Rabbit and now I can't unsee it.
I saw The Turning. Gothic literature is one of my specialties and the trailer grabbed my interest. I totally get the low Cinema Score and poor reviews. It's an experimental film with a slapped on generic horror score that doesn't end so much as it just stops. Is it good? I don't know. Is VHS installation art from the 80s good? Because that's what it feels like. I liked it.
A re-watch of A Knight's Tale on TV and earlier today, Parasite (great film).
I just finished The Irishman. What a spectacle.
Also saw Stephen Frears' The Program about Lance Armstrong and co, and Austria's disqualified foreign oscar submission Joy.
I saw Clemency and it was very bleak. Excellent performances though.
I saw I lost my body. I liked it although it felt like two different movies.
I saw two I have been waiting a long time to see.
Clemency--grim and depressing, but very well-done. Aldis Hodge should be up for Best Supporting Actor and Alfre should be winning Best Actress. Brilliant.
Little Women--glorious. Greta is now a major director. Beautiful to watch and hear. Saoirse is a goddess and so deserves her nomination. Laura should be nommed for this instead of Marriage Story. Desplat's music is wonderful. And I want to own every single vest worn by Timmy in this.
I saw 1917 and loved it. I can see why it's winning everything. The experience is so visceral - it gets under your skin with a combination of laser-focused, urgent storytelling, great lead performances, and a sense of being in the hands of a filmmaking team pushing to perfect every aspect of the production.
Really, only PARASITE and THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO affected me this much this year, with AND THEN WE DANCED and LITTLE WOMEN close behind.
Some catch up this weekend:
The Third Wife
breakthrough
Richard Jewell
Halston
This One’s for the Ladies
See You Yesterday
Give Me Liberty
Wow, I am happy that Little Women looks like it will hit $100 million domestic.
I saw Just Mercy, which is kind of standard story telling but nonetheless very good and well made. Michael B. Jordan is a great natural actor, and Jamie Foxx is also very good in the film.
Andrew Scott and company in NTLive’s Present Laughter. That guy is freaking great. I will see anything with him. A very entertaining production. Sophie Thompson and Indira Varma both standouts.
Plus, The King with Timothée—dullish, and Cheer, both on Netflix. I blubbered a bit at the end of Cheer. Would watch a whole other doc just with Lexi tumbling and Jerry mat-talking.