Box Office Report: Rogue One Still #1
By Bill Wine
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- There were four big new titles on marquees at multiplexes over the holiday weekend, but none of them could knock the Star Wars spin-off from its first-place perch.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story followed up its impressive opening weekend with another first-place finish, earning an estimated $64 million on its second weekend in theaters.
The next four slots went to debuting attractions:
The animated musical comedy, Sing, was second with $35 million.
Third was the science fiction thriller, Passengers, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, with a total of $15 million.
In fourth place was the James Franco-Bryan Cranston comedy, Why Him?, with $11 million.
And fifth was the action thriller, Assassin's Creed, with Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, with $10 million.
Overall, industry-wide totals were healthy but relatively modest, well below those of last weekend and those of the equivalent weekend last year.