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That moves Ghost in the Shell down to fifth as it gets massacred in its second weekend, despite zero new competition moving into its territory. After Ghost debuted to a soft $18.7 million last weekend, the bottom fell out on Friday, with Ghost earning only $2.1 million and dropping 72%. It came back a bit over the rest of the weekend, picking up $7.4 million, but it fell a disastrous 61%, sealing the fate of the sci-fi actioner stateside. Overseas added $50 million last weekend, but save for China and Japan, Ghost was out everywhere except in these key markets, and given the accusations of whitewashing, one has to wonder if this will break out in those countries. Ghost in the Shell cost $110 million to make, and Paramount is going to take it on the chin, as it has a domestic take to date of $31.6 million and a worldwide gross of $124.4 million. Paramount is really going to need Baywatch and the Transformers sequel to click, as they have yet to have a film earn more than $45 million on the domestic side in 2017.

Lionsgate's Power Rangers drops to sixth, as this film has been pounded since opening to $40.3 million a few weeks ago. Last weekend, it fell 65% to $14.2 million, and this weekend it falls another 56% to $6.2 million. The result here has been similar to the last Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, Out of the Shadows. That one opened to an okay $35 million, then fell 59%, 64%, and 53%, as there simply aren't enough viewers beyond the fanbase willing to support the idea. Overseas, it appears Power Rangers is just as tough a sell, with only $42 million in ticket sales to date, as that $100 million budget - which looked fine on opening weekend - looms large now.

Kong: Skull Island dips to seventh, but crossed some key milestones this week. First, let's talk about the weekend. Kong earned another $5.8 million and declined a decent 32% compared to last weekend. After opening to $61 million, Kong needed some legs and a good overseas performance to earn back its $185 million budget. It got both, as the domestic side hit $150 million on Wednesday, and Kong's domestic total increased to $156.6 million following the weekend. Overseas, the total has hit $378 million, pushing the worldwide gross well beyond $500 million, a number the $185 million Warner Bros. Film had to take down if was going to hope for profitability. Kong will likely finish with $175 million on the domestic side.

Eighth and ninth are Logan and Get Out. Logan earned $4.1 million and brings its domestic total up to $218.1 million. Get Out earned another $4 million to get it to $162.9 million.

Our last opener debuts in tenth, as The Case for Christ fails to open beyond its faith-based demographic despite five positive reviews out of a possible six at Rotten Tomatoes. No, really - both Variety and Forbes threw down positive reviews, something rather unusual for faith-based films, as usually the score is more like The Shack (20% fresh) or God's Not Dead 1 and 2 (15% and 9%). Unfortunately, box office results were normal, with The Case for Christ pulling in $3.9 million from the standard 1,174 venues. Budget data was not released by distributor Pure Flix Entertainment.

Overall, the top 12 films at the box office earned $114.5 million, as this crop of films makes room for Furious 8 to debut to what will likely be $100 million plus. The box office chose the right weekend to take a breather, as last year's top 12 could only muster $95.3 million. Melissa McCarthy's The Boss flopped with $23.5 million, and Hardcore Henry disappointed with $5.1 million. Next weekend, blockbuster season begins, as Furious 8 will likely be champ until Guardians opens in May.

Top Weekend Box Office for 4/7/17-4/9/17 (Estimates)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	The Boss Baby	Fox	$26,300,000	-48%	$89,373,000
2	Beauty And the Beast	Disney	$25,022,000	-45%	$432,316,000
3	Smurfs: the Lost Village	Sony	$14,015,000	New	$14,015,000
4	Going In Style	Warner Bros.	$12,500,000	New	$12,500,000
5	Ghost in the Shell		$7,350,000	-61%	$31,573,000
6	Power Rangers	Lionsgate	$6,215,000	-56%	$75,111,000
7	Kong: Skull Island	Warner Bros.	$5,825,000	-32%	$156,555,000
8	Logan	Fox	$4,050,000	-34%	$218,057,000
9	Get Out	Universal	$4,020,000	-29%	$162,853,000
10	The Case For Christ	Pure Flix	$3,900,000	New	$3,900,000
11	The Zookeeper's Wife	Focus Features	$2,888,000	-12%	$7,602,000
12	Life	Sony	$2,400,000	-56%	$27,000,000
	Also Opening/Notables
	Your Name.	Funimation	$1,600,000	New	$1,600,000
	Gifted	FOX SEARCHLIGHT	$476,000	New	$476,000
	Colossal	Neon	$125,809	New	$125,809
	Their Finest	STX Entertainment	$77,000	New	$77,000
	Truman	Filmrise	$25,000	New	$25,000
	Graduation		$11,040	New	$11,040
	CHiPs	Warner Bros.	$1,430,000	-64%	$17,168,000
	T2: Trainspotting	Sony	$270,000	-27%	$1,600,000
	The Shack	Lionsgate	$1,102,000	-46%	$54,961,000
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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