’Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ tops box office 7 weeks after release

By Jake Coyle The Associated Press

7 years ago

Kevin Hart, from left, Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan and Jack Black in “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.” According to studio estimates Sunday, “Jumanji” grossed $11 million over the weekend. (Frank Masi/Sony Pictures via AP, File)

Dylan O’Brien, Giancarlo Esposito and Rosa Salazar in a scene from “Maze Runner: The Death Cure.” Last week’s no. 1 film, “Maze Runner: The Death Cure” slid 58 percent in its second week with $10.2 million in ticket sales.(Twentieth Century Fox via AP, File)

NEW YORK — Seven weeks after first opening in theaters, “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” rose again to the top spot at the North American box office on a sluggish Super Bowl weekend.

According to studio estimates Sunday, “Jumanji” grossed $11 million over the weekend— good enough to surpass last week’s no. 1 film, “Maze Runner: The Death Cure.” The third installment in the YA trilogy slid 58 percent in its second week with $10.2 million in ticket sales.

The Helen Mirren-led horror film “Winchester” was the sole new wide release on a weekend that Hollywood typically cedes to football. It opened with $9.3 million.

Hollywood will instead be largely focused on the trailers debuting during Sunday’s NFL broadcast. “Star Wars” fans are hoping to see a spot for the Han Solo spinoff.