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Get Out Wins the Weekend, LEGO Batman Drops to Second

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get-outGet Out got people out to the theaters. The film earned an estimated $30.5 million in its debut weekend. The film has earned a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, an 8.1 on IMDB, and A- Cinemascore. The film’s positive word of mouth should see it do well next weekend even against tough competition wit Logan‘s debut.

The film bumped The LEGO Batman Movie which moved to second place earning an estimated $19 million. The $80 million film has earned $133 million domestically so far.

John Wick: Chapter Two moved up a slot and was third for the weekend. It earned an estimated $9 million. It bumped down The Great Wall which slipped to fourth with $8.7 million.

Rounding out the top five was Fifty Shades Darker which earned $7.7 million.

In other debuts, Rock Dog was #11 with $3.7 million and Collide was #13 with $1.5 million.

Doctor Strange continued to bring in the dollars adding $81,000 to its domestic total bringing its worldwide total to $675.9 million. We’ll have more analysis of comic films later this afternoon.

LEGO Batman Repeats While Fifty Shades Darker Holds on for Second

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the-lego-batman-movieThe LEGO Batman Movie was first place this weekend earning an estimated $34.2 million domestically in its second weekend. The reportedly $80 million film has now earned $98.8 million domestically and $170.8 million worldwide after two weeks. With this Monday being a holiday the film should have a solid four day weekend.

Dropping 55%, Fifty Shades Darker came in second place earning just under $21 million domestically. With a $55 million budget, the film has done well overseas earning $187.2 million in foreign markets for a total of $276.9 million.

In third place was the weekend’s first new film, The Great Wall. That film brought in an estimated $18.1 million. With a $150 million budget the film is doing well overseas where it has already earned $244.6 million. The Chinese-backed film will likely not do well domestically, and will see most of its earnings overseas where it has yet to open in a few markets.

John Wick: Chapter Two slipped one spot dropping to fourth place and adding an additional $16.5 million domestically to bring its earning to $58.7 million after two weeks.

Rounding out the top five was another new film Fist Fight. It earned an estimated $12 million.

Doctor Strange continued to bring in dollars adding $129,000 to its domestic total to bring it to $232.4 million. Worldwide the film has earned $673.6 million worldwide.

We’ll have more analysis of 2016’s comic adaptations in an hour.