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Fourth place goes to A Bad Moms Christmas, holding a little better than expected with $11.5 million, down 31% from last week. Despite a touch of competition in Daddy’s Home 2, the Bad Moms sequel held up its end of the bargain, though with $39.8 million in the bank after two weekends, its still a far cry from the $113 million earned by the original (which had $50 million in the bank at this point).

There’s mostly some ancient holdovers in the lower half of this chart, so it’s time for the lightning round.

Saw reboot Jigsaw dips another 48% with $3.4 million, giving it $34.3 million after three weekends. Made for pocket change found in some couch cushions, it’s still profitable for Lionsgate if they want to continue the gore-fest franchise.

Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween by Tyler Perry (I bet he’s thankful for 280 characters on Twitter) found another $2 million this weekend, giving it $45.9 million after four weekends. The Madea movies are still pretty cheap (this one’s billed at $25 million) and Perry still has a devoted, if small, audience, which will get it to $50 million.

In seventh, domestic flop but international hit Geostorm earned $1.5 million in its fourth weekend, giving it a total of $31.6 million. Blade Runner 2049 is down to under 1,000 theaters but clings to the top ten with $1.4 million and just $88 million after six weekends. Horror hit Happy Death Day (made for even less than Jigsaw) takes ninth with $1.3 million and $54.9 million in five weekends. Blumhouse has had a very good year.

Finally in tenth we have a good story with Lady Bird, written and directed by indie darling Greta Gerwig. With a weak lower half of the top ten, a film in just 37 theaters lands in the top ten with $1.2 million. The film is getting some minor Best Picture buzz, but moreso for its acting, with Saoirse Ronan in contention for Best Actress and Laurie Metcalfe for Best Supporting Actress, with Gerwig being mentioned for both director (in a really tough year) and screenplay. With this per screen average, Lady Bird becomes the big film to watch as we begin the move to prestige season.

The top 12 films this weekend earned $139.3 million, way off of last year’s $185.8 when the second weekends of Doctor Strange ($53.8 million) and Trolls ($39.7 million) were joined by the opening weekend of Arrival ($31.5 million). Next week shakes things up with the release of Justice League, reuniting Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and some other superheroes.

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