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Fourth is the animated Sing from Illumination Entertainment, which is now in its fifth week. Sing turned in another $9 million, off 37% from the previous frame. Larger drops are natural for kids movies following a long weekend, as in the last frame, the Friday came in at $3 million, then the Saturday was $6.3 million, and the Sunday was a powerful $5 million. The Sunday of a long weekend is super-sized for kids' flicks, and then they have issues with the percentage drop the following weekend. For Sing, none of this matters. The domestic tally has hit $249.4 million, and joins the overseas amount that sits at $179 million. This is all against a cost of only $75 million.

Fifth goes to La La Land, and after earning $14.7 million last weekend, the awards contender comes down to earth this frame with a gross of $8.4 million. That gives the Lionsgate musical a drop of 43%, but with no Golden Globes bounce like it had last weekend, the studio must wait and hope for Oscar noms to give it another. So far, La La Land has picked up a massive $89.7 million at the domestic box office and another $84 million on foreign shores. La La Land is going to be a huge hit when all is said and done, as it cost only $30 million to make before marketing.

Sixth is Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which is now in its sixth weekend. After earning $13.5 million last frame, Rogue One was pushed back to earth this time around. Rogue One earned another $7 million and fell 48% compared to last weekend. The domestic total has now reached $512.2 million stateside, and the film has pulled in another $500 million overseas.

Monster Trucks, the car accident from Paramount, finishes in seventh place. In is second weekend, Monster Trucks earned $7 million and declined 36%. The domestic total for this flop has reached only $22.6 million, while the overseas total has reached $19 million.

Eighth goes to Patriot’s Day, Mark Wahlberg’s miss. After a wide release debut at $11.6 million last weekend, the A+ Cinemascore did not help, and the true story thriller earned only $6 million in its second frame. That gives it a drop of 48% but brings the domestic total up to a disappointing $23.6 million. Patriot’s Day cost $45 million to bring to the screen, and at this point, it doesn’t have a chance of matching the budget with its stateside gross.

Finishing in ninth place is The Founder, Michael Keaton’s latest drama. Shut out of awards season, The Founder has been left to flounder. It earned $3.8 million from 1,115 venues. One doesn’t need to be a rocket scientist to know that this one is in trouble – big trouble.

Tenth is Open Road’s Sleepless, which flopped last weekend. Sleepless earned a sad $3.7 million in its second weekend and dropped 56%. The total for the Jamie Foxx thriller has reached $15.2 million.

Finishing outside of the top 10 is The Bye Bye Man, which finished in fourth with $13.5 million last weekend. The horror flick from STX Entertainment earned only $3.6 million in weekend two, with the fall due to the opening of the surprise Split. The Bye Bye Man now has a running total of $20.1 million. Next time, STX, check the release schedule. Good thing Bye Bye only cost $7.4 million, but if this had held this weekend, we would be talking franchise.

Overall, the top 12 films earned a solid $127.4 million, led by Split. A year ago, the top 12 films were led by The Revenant for a total of $113.6 million. Next weekend will be strange. Openers include A Dog’s Purpose, which is being haunted by a true life dog that almost drowned on set, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, and the drama Gold.

Top Weekend Box Office for 1/20/17-1/22/17 (Estimates)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	Split	Universal	$40,184,000	New	$40,184,000
2	Xxx3: the Return of Xander Cage	Paramount	$20,000,000	New	$20,000,000
3	Hidden Figures	Fox	$16,250,000	- 22%	$84,238,000
4	Sing	Universal	$9,036,000	- 37%	$249,361,000
5	La La Land	Lionsgate	$8,350,000	- 43%	$89,680,500
6	Rogue One: a Star Wars Story	Disney	$7,036,000	- 48%	$512,201,563
7	Monster Trucks	Paramount	$7,000,000	- 36%	$22,612,000
8	Patriots Day	Lionsgate	$6,000,000	- 48%	$23,640,000
9	The Founder	Weinstein Co.	$3,758,000	New	$3,759,266
10	Sleepless	Open Road Films	$3,706,000	- 56%	$15,193,348
11	The Bye Bye Man	STX Entertainment	$3,560,000	- 74%	$20,110,000
12	Moana	Disney	$2,510,000	- 42%	$236,784,702
	Also Opening/Notables
	The Ressurrection of Gavin Stone	High Top Releasing	$1,250,000	New	$1,250,000
	The Red Turtle	Sony Classics	$21,811	New	$21,811
	Underworld: Blood Wars	Sony	$1,650,000	- 73%	$28,550,000
	20th Century Women	A24	$1,400,750	+ 343%	$2,327,391
	Paterson	Bleecker Street	$123,560	+ 24%	$541,953
	Passengers	Columbia Pictures (Sony)	$2,300,000	- 57%	$94,500,000
	Live By Night	Warner Bros.	$1,805,000	- 65%	$9,472,000
	Silence		$1,150,000	- 42%	$5,159,000
	Fences	Paramount	$1,250,000	- 55%	$48,750,000
	Jackie	FOX SEARCHLIGHT	$365,000	- 51%	$11,267,000
	Lion	Weinstein Co.	$1,814,000	- 21%	$16,396,530
	Manchester By the Sea	Roadside Attractions	$950,000	- 44%	$39,000,000
	Moonlight	A24	$633,744	New	$15,826,125
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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