As expected, The Force Awakens killed it.
[dropcap size=small]T[/dropcap]his weekend was a memorable one at the box office. Star Wars: The Force Awakens released and my oh my did it put up some hefty numbers. Many records were broken by the film, including highest grossing opening night and opening weekend. Total profits from the film are in the ballpark of $238 million.
Opening against The Force Awakens were Sisters and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip. Now for going up against the best selling movie of all time, they did pretty well; the movies made $13 million and $14 million, respectively.
| Film | Weekend | Gross |
| 1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens | $238.00M | $238.00M |
| 2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | $14.40M | $14.40M |
| 3. Sisters | $13.42M | $13.42M |
| 4. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 | $5.65M | $254.44M |
| 5. Creed | $5.09M | $87.90M |
| 6. The Good Dinosaur | $4.23M | $96.55M |
| 7. Krampus | $3.78M | $34.81M |
| 8. In the Heart of the Sea | $3.47M | $18.60M |
| 9. Dilwale | $1.88M | $1.88M |
| 10. Bajirao Mastani | $1.66M | $1.66M |
This upcoming week is bringing with it a lot of new films in theaters. The Hateful Eight begins its select theater roadshow, while Joy, Concussion, Point Break, Daddy’s Home, The Revenant, and 45 Years all hit the big screen. None of these movies are expected to come out with numbers like The Force Awakens but The Hateful Eight and The Revenant have had excellent reviews so far so it will be interesting to see how they open. This week is expected to be dominated again by The Force Awakens, but these new releases will take some of the limelight.
