The Film Experience

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)	PLATFORM TITLES

1 BAD BOYS FOR LIFE $34 (cum. $120.6)	1 🔺 THE LAST FULL MEASURE $1.0 on 614 screens NEW


2 🔺 1917 $15.8 (cum. $103.8) CONTINUOUS SHOT, GLOBE VICTORIES ★	2 WEATHERING WITH YOU $693k on 458 screens (cum. $6.5) REVIEW ★


3 DOLITTLE $12.5 (cum. $44.6) THIS ODD FRANCHISE	3 🔺 PANGA $281k on 102 screens NEW


4 THE GENTLEMEN $11 NEW	4 🔺 COLOR OUT OF SPACE $217k on 81 screens (cum. $358k) NEW


5 JUMANJI THE NEXT LEVEL $7.9 (cum. $283.4)	5 🔺 THE SONG OF NAMES $111k on 182 screens (cum. $663k)


6 THE TURNING $7.3 NEW	6 🔺 CLEMENCY $86k on 127 screens (cum. $225k) INTERVIEW, REVIEW ★


7 STAR WARS RISE OF SKYWALKER $5.1 (cum. $501.5) VISUAL FX, REVIEW, OSCAR HISTORY	7 🔺 LES MISERABLES $59k on 69 screens (cum. $207k) INTERVIEW, OSCAR NOMINEE, REVIEW ★


8 LITTLE WOMEN $4.7 (cum. $93.7) REVIEW, BEST PICTURE, PODCAST ★	8 PAIN AND GLORY $56k on 68 screens (cum. $4.3) REVIEW, PODCAST, BEST ACTOR NOMINEE, TV SPOT, GOYA NODS ★


9 JUST MERCY $4 (cum. $27)	9 A HIDDEN LIFE $37k on 43 screens (cum. $1.6) REVIEW


10 KNIVES OUT $3.6 (cum. $151.8) REVIEW, WHODUNNITS, ANA DE ARMAS ★	10 CHHAPAAK $16K on 21 screens (cum. $601k)


11 FROZEN 2 $2.5 (cum. $469.8) REVIEW , BEST SONG?	11 CITIZEN K $14k on 7 screens (cum. $55k)


12 PARASITE $2.0 (cum. $30.9) PODCAST, CLASS, BONG, BEST PICTURE NOMINEE, SAG WINNER ★	12 INVISIBLE LIFE $10k on 11 screens (cum. $141k) INTERVIEW ★

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.