Box Office: January 26-28, 2018: MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE, JUMANJI 2, HOSTILES

Box Office: January 26-28, 2018

Maze Runner: The Death Cure premiered in the Number One spot at the box office over the weekend with $23.5 Million.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was Second with $16.4 Million for $338 Million so far. Hostiles was Third with $10.2 Million. The Greatest Showman  was Fourth with $9.5 Million. The Post was Fifth with $8.8 Million. 12 Strong, Den of Thieves, The Shape of Water,  Paddington 2, and Padmaavat rounded out the top ten respectively.

The films in the Top Ten that opened this weekend at the box office:

Maze Runner: The Death Cure (also known simply as The Death Cure) is a 2018 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Wes Ball and written by T.S. Nowlin, based on the novel The Death Cure written by James Dashner. It is the sequel to the 2015 film Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials and the third and final installment in the Maze Runner film series. The film stars Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Walton Goggins, Ki Hong Lee, Jacob Lofland, Katherine McNamara, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter, Rosa Salazar, and Patricia Clarkson.

Padmaavat (formerly titled Padmavati), is a 2018 Indian epic period drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Deepika Padukone stars as Rani Padmavati, alongside Shahid Kapoor as Rawal Ratan Singh, and Ranveer Singh as Alauddin Khilji. Aditi Rao Hydari, Jim Sarbh, Raza Murad, and Anupriya Goenka feature in supporting roles. Based on the epic poem Padmavat (1540) by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, the film narrates the story of Padmavati, a Rajput queen who committed jauhar (self-immolation) to protect herself from Khilji.

Next week sees the release of: Winchester, Bilal: A New Breed of Hero, and a plethora of other mainstream and independent films. Find my predictions on these releases in the weekly Now In-Theater column. A preview: Maze Runner: The Death Cure will be Number One at the box office for the second week in a row.

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