NORTH AMERICA: 'The Revenant' Remains in First on Tuesday with $2.00M; 'The Force Awakens' Second with $1.57M; 'Dirty Grandpa' Moves into Third with $1.31M

on January 27, 2016

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By Daniel Garris

Fox's The Revenant took in $2.00 million on Tuesday to continue to lead the daily box office. The Alejandro González Iñárritu directed western starring Leonardo DiCaprio was up 36 percent over Monday and down a solid 36 percent from last Tuesday. The Revenant has grossed an impressive $122.68 million through 19 days of wide release (and an additional two weeks of platform release). The film is currently running 25 percent ahead of the $97.86 million 19-day gross of 2010's Shutter Island.

Disney's Star Wars: The Force Awakens held steady in second place with $1.57 million. The seventh chapter of the Star Wars franchise increased 22 percent over Monday and decreased a very solid 34 percent from last Tuesday. Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues to pad its total as the highest grossing film of all-time domestically with $881.98 million through 40 days of release. That leaves the film just $18.02 million away from becoming the first ever the reach the $900 million domestic mark.

Dirty Grandpa was up one spot from Monday to move into third place on Tuesday with $1.31 million. The R-rated comedy from Lionsgate starring Robert De Niro and Zac Efron was up a healthy 42 percent over Monday. Dirty Grandpa has grossed $13.34 million in five days of release. That is towards the lower end of expectations and places the film 32 percent behind the $19.62 million five-day start of 2013's Last Vegas (which increased 41 percent on its first Tuesday to gross $1.92 million).

Ride Along 2 was down one spot from Monday to fall to fourth with $1.19 million. Universal's PG-13 rated comedy sequel starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart was up 23 percent over Monday and down a sharp 48 percent from last Tuesday. Thanks in part to poor holding power thus far, Ride Along 2 is performing below expectations with a twelve-day take of $60.76 million. That places the film 22.5 percent behind the $78.44 million twelve-day gross of 2014's Ride Along.

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi rounded out Tuesday's top five with $1.15 million. The Michael Bay directed action thriller from Paramount increased 23 percent from Monday and decreased a solid 38 percent from last Tuesday. 13 Hours has grossed $34.81 million in twelve days, which is a bit below expectations and places the film 26 percent behind the $47.28 million twelve-day take of 2012's Act of Valor.

Sony's The 5th Wave and STX Entertainment's The Boy claimed sixth and seventh place with respective daily grosses of $0.937 million and $0.897 million. The two films were separated by a slim $39,941 for the day. The 5th Wave increased 29 percent over Monday, while The Boy was up by 25 percent. Respective five-day starts stand at $12.40 million for The Boy and at $11.99 million for The 5th Wave. Both films are performing towards the lower end of expectations and both films are likely limiting the potential of one another as a result of the overlap between their audiences.

Tags: north-america, The Boy, The 5th Wave, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Ride Along 2, Dirty Grandpa, The Revenant

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