Hugh Glass, the main character in The Revenant, was thought to be a goner—his still-breathing body plopped in a makeshift grave in the dead of winter. But somehow, in the cold and snow, the guy crawled back.
Sounds a little like the box office performance of the movie, actually.
Shrugging off a historic East Coast blizzard and a month’s worth of weekends not at No. 1, The Revenant clawed its way to the top of the box office chart, besting two former champs and a trio of newcomers. (Buzz over its 12 Oscar nominations probably didn’t hurt.) Granted, the estimated $16 million didn’t make for exactly a lively win. But like Glass, it’s hard to be too peppy when buried under a couple feet of snow.
Speaking of resurgent, Star Wars: The Force Awakens—which spent last weekend in third place—scrambled back up to second with a $14.3 million weekend. That brings its total North American war chest to (are you sitting down?) $879.3 million. Looks like Chewie has the cash to get that perm he’s always wanted.
It’s doubtful Ride Along 2 will match The Force Awakens‘ total grosses. The Kevin Hart/Ice Cube comedy slipped from first all the way to third, losing nearly two-thirds of its weekend-over-weekend audience. It collected just a bit under $13 million, according to early estimates.
Still, it was enough to foil the debut of Dirty Grandpa. The squalid Zac Efron/Robert De Niro romp didn’t exactly get filthy rich this weekend, snatching just 11.5 million dirty dollars en route to a foul fourth-place finish. It did outperform two other freshmen films, though: The Boy finished just a wee bit behind Grandpa, scaring up $11.3 million. The 5th Wave, meanwhile, couldn’t even land in fifth place—its $10.7 million take being good enough only for sixth.
Final figures update: 1. The Revenant, $16 million; 2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, $14.1 million; 3. Ride Along 2, $12.5 million; 4. Dirty Grandpa, $11.1 million; 5. The Boy, $10.8 million; 6. The 5th Wave, $10.3 million.
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