It was a close race, but
Hidden Figures topped the weekend box office with $700,000 more in receipts than
Rogue One, which falls to #2 in its fourth week. With a budget of $25 million, the well-received historical drama made an impressive $22.8 million in its first weekend in wide release. Check out the entire top 10 below.
- Hidden Figures (Fox) – $22.8M; Total gross $25.6M
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Disney) – $22.1M; Total gross: $477.4M
- Sing (Illumination/Universal) – $20.7M; Total gross: $241.5M
- Underworld: Blood Wars (Screen Gems) – $13.7M; Debut
- La La Land (Lionsgate) – $10.1M; Total gross: $51.8M
- Passengers (Sony) – $8.8M; Total gross: $80.9M
- Why Him? (Fox) – $6.9M; Total gross: $49M
- Moana (Disney) – $6.4M; Total gross: $225.4M
- Fences (Paramount) – $4.8M; Total gross: $40.8M
- Assassin’s Creed (Fox) – $4.2M; Total gross: $49.9M
