Closing out the franchise in style, LiamNeeson‘s Taken 3 earned $40.4 million from 3,594 theaters in its North American debut, topping the box office and scoring the second-best January opening of all time, not accounting for inflation.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, January 11, are as follows:
RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
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REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
1 | Taken 3 | 20th Century Fox | $40,400,000 | 3,594 | 11,240 | $40,400,000 |
2 | Selma | Paramount | $11,200,000 | 2,179 | 5,139 | $13,486,949 |
3 | Into The Woods | Disney | $9,750,000 | 2,833 | 3,441 | $105,271,929 |
4 | Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies | Warner Bros. | $9,435,000 | 3,402 | 2,773 | $236,517,487 |
5 | Unbroken | Universal | $8,368,035 | 3,301 | 2,535 | $101,602,305 |
6 | Imitation Game, The | The Weinstein Company | $7,624,000 | 1,566 | 4,868 | $40,840,439 |
7 | Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb | 20th Century Fox | $6,700,000 | 3,371 | 1,987 | $99,523,488 |
8 | Annie | Sony | $4,919,000 | 2,856 | 1,722 | $79,437,050 |
9 | Woman In Black 2: Angel of Death, The | Relativity Media | $4,825,000 | 2,602 | 1,854 | $22,334,105 |
10 | Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The | Lionsgate | $3,750,000 | 2,063 | 1,817 | $329,524,553 |
11 | Inherent Vice | Warner Bros. | $2,900,000 | 645 | 4,496 | $4,478,965 |
12 | Wild | Fox Searchlight | $2,700,000 | 1,286 | 2,099 | $30,338,942 |