TheBad Boyscontinue to ride at the top of the box office, as neither of the newbies this week could mount a serious challenge to the potential record-breaking January release. Guy Ritchie had a better-than-average Guy Ritchie opening (when not mounting a big tentpole picture) and horror continued to take a backseat to everything, with even a low budget not being low enough.

King of the Crop:?Bad Boys for LifeAims for Biggest January Release of All Time

earned another $34 million in its second weekend release. That puts its 10-day total at $120.6 million, which places it in league with films likeTed,Twilight, andThor, all of which grossed between $181-219 million. These are incredible numbers for a fresh January release. Clint Eastwood’sAmerican Sniperhad already been in limited release since December and was also on the verge of a big awards run when it hit a similar benchmark. The best ten-day total for a brand new January release up to this weekend was M. Night Shyamalan’sSplit, whose $77.38 million at this point seems rather paltry now. By next weekend, not only will the thirdBad Boysfilm surpass the gross of 2003’s summer release ofBad Boys II, but it’s likely to zoom pastPaul Blart: Mall Copas the biggest January release of all-time.Bad Boys For Life

Recommended:The 50 Highest-Grossing Movies of All TimeRecommended:All Billion-Dollar Movies, Ranked by TomatometerRecommended:Fresher Movies Make More Money at the Box Office: a Tomatometer Deep DiveRotten Returns:?The TurningAdds to An Already Dismal January for Horror

reboot opened to $11.4 million and only just recently crossed $20 million.started with just $6.3 million and limped past $15 million. Now it iss turn to make the horror genre look bad. Fans just are not buying these January efforts, and neither are critics, given the film’s dismal 13% on the Tomatometer. Even with a budget estimated between $10-14 million,The Turningis going to be underwater itself, as it may have trouble even reaching $15 million. We’ll see ifcan break the curse next week.The GrudgeUnderwaterThe Turning’Gretel & Hansel

The Top 10 and Beyond:?1917?Continues to Do Well, but Audiences Shrug at?The Gentlemen

Guy Ritchie returned to the world of off-kilter crime capers withand managed to get folks to fork over $11 million to it. That is more thanSnatchback in 2000 ($8 million), which was sold on the supporting performance of Brad Pitt, and certainly much better than the limited releases ofRocknRolla;Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; andRevolver. But an opening in that range is likely to lead to somewhere in the $25-30 million range, which is just another January shrug.The Gentlemen

Sam Mendes’may be a bit of a shrug with the?few critics pushing back against its style, but it certainly is not with audiences who helped push the film over the $100 million line with another $15.8 million weekend. Even if you lop off its two-week limited run,1917has still earned more in 17 days of wide release than M. Night Shyamalan’sSplit, which charts the film for a course over $140 million. While Universal can celebrate that, they are also staring down the grosses for. With another $12.5 million this weekend, the film is coming in under the pace of two of theUnderworldsequels,AwakeningandEvolution, each of which finished with $62+ million. The family aspect could keepDolittlein that range, but until it reaches a half-billion in grosses worldwide, the film is going to be deep into the red.1917Dolittle

Wrapping up other milestone news,finally passed half-a-billion domestically.is hoping to have enough in the tank to make it to $300 million, still ranking in the top five with over $283 million.passed $150 million after spending its ninth straight week in the top 10. Andshould still have enough pull to reach $100 million. It currently stands at $93.7 million.Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerJumanji: The Next LevelKnives OutLittle Women

This Time Last Year:?GlassRemained King

M. Night Shyamalan’sGlassled for a second straight week, dropping 53% to $18.88 million. That was more than the two big new releases would make combined, withThe Kid Who Would Be Kingcoming in fourth?with $7.17 million and the roasted Matthew McConaughey/Anne Hathaway twister,Serenity, which was eighth?with only $4.41 million. The Top Five was rounded out by?The Upsidecontinuing to do solid business, falling only 20.4% to $11.94 million. In its sixth week,Aquamanmade another $7.26 million, andSpider-Man: Into the Spider Versewas fifth?with $6.11 million. Clint Eastwood’sThe Mulealso finally crossed the $100 million line in its seventh?weekend. The Top Ten films earned just $73.81 million which was the lowest full January weekend of the last decade. This year’s Top Ten grossed an estimated $100.15 Million and averaged 66.5% on the Tomatometer. 2019’s Top Ten averaged 54.0% with critics.

On the Vine:?The Rhythm Sectionand?Gretel & Hansel

Horror and revenge will close out the first month of the decade. Blake Lively stars in Reed Morano’sas a woman looking for retribution for the death of her family. Then we also have Oz Perkins’ revisionist take onstarring Sophia Lillis from theItmovies. The horror genre has not had a great month, with the reboot ofThe Grudge,Underwater, and this week’sThe Turning. Can this be the one to put fans in seats, or will it be a third week in a row forBad Boys for Life?The Rhythm SectionGretel & Hansel

The Full Top 10:?January 24-26Bad Boys for Life(2020)77%– $34 million ($120.6 million total)(2020)89%– $15.8 million ($103.9 million total)Dolittle(2020)16%– $12.5 million ($44.7 million total)The Gentlemen(2020)72%– $11 million ($11 million total)Jumanji: The Next Level(2019)71%– $7.9 million ($283.5 million total)The Turning(2020)13%– $7.3 million ($7.3 million total)Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker(2019)52%– $5.2 million ($501.6 million total)Little Women(2019)95%– $4.7 million ($93.7 million total)Just Mercy(2020)84%– $4.1 million ($27.1 million total)Knives Out(2019)97%– $3.7 million ($151.9 million total)

Erik Childress can be heard each week evaluating box office onwith Nick Digilio as well as onwith Angela Miles and his.WGN RadioBusiness First AMMovie Madness Podcast

[box office figures via]Box Office Mojo

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