The Super Bowl can be a great place for advertising movies, but the big NFL game of the year also plays merry havoc with getting audiences out of the house and into cinemas. Which goes some way to explaining why this weekend was one of the quietest in nearly two decades, with Glass easily maintaining the top spot despite only taking in $9.5 million.
Yes, The Beast is still loose and still dominant, holding on to its position after three weeks on release. It's creeping towards $100 million in the US and worldwide, it has earned $198.9 million. The Upside stayed in second, adding $8.8 million after four weeks.
In new release news, the only fresh wide offering was thriller remake Miss Bala, which failed to catch on and landed third with $6.7 million. It has suffered in comparison to the 2011 original, with reviews pointing to a watered-down re-telling of the story. Aquaman slipped to fourth on $4.7 million, while Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse continued to do well, holding in fifth with $4.4 million.
At sixth, Green Book boosted its screen count and stayed in place, adding $4.3 million, with The Kid Who Would Be King tumbling after its initial fourth place opening, landing in seventh with $4.2 million. A Dog's Way Home fell to eighth, leashing $3.5 million ahead of ninth-place Escape Room ($2.9 million) and, entering the top 10 in strictly limited release, Peter Jackson's They Shall Not Grow Old, making $2.4 million.
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