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Warner Bros. and Legendary’s Kong: Skull Island roared louder than expected in its North American box-office debut, scaling $61 million to top Wolverine threequel Logan. Kong: Skull Island hopes to restore the world’s most famous ape to glory and build a new film franchise, with a Kong v. Godzilla installment already in the works.
The top 12 movies of the weekend, as of Sunday, March 12, are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | ||||
| 1 | Kong: Skull Island | Warner Bros. | $61,015,000 | 3,846 | $15,865 | $61,015,000 |
| 2 | Logan | 20th Century Fox | $37,850,000 | 4,071 | $9,297 | $152,656,733 |
| 3 | Get Out | Universal | $21,072,600 | 3,143 | $6,705 | $111,054,445 |
| 4 | Shack, The | Lionsgate | $10,050,000 | 2,888 | $3,480 | $32,268,691 |
| 5 | Lego Batman Movie, The | Warner Bros. | $7,820,000 | 3,303 | $2,368 | $159,023,660 |
| 6 | Before I Fall | Open Road | $3,107,910 | 2,346 | $1,325 | $9,036,722 |
| 7 | Hidden Figures | 20th Century Fox | $2,765,000 | 1,421 | $1,946 | $162,865,186 |
| 8 | John Wick: Chapter Two | Lionsgate | $2,700,000 | 2,031 | $1,329 | $87,423,211 |
| 9 | MET Opera: La Traviata (2017) | Fathom Events | $1,800,000 | 900 | $2,000 | $1,800,000 |
| 10 | La La Land | Lionsgate | $1,770,000 | 1,578 | $1,122 | $148,445,589 |
| 11 | Fifty Shades Darker | Universal | $1,629,250 | 1,498 | $1,088 | $112,922,485 |
| 12 | Lion | The Weinstein Company | $1,361,350 | 960 | $1,418 | $48,684,795 |
