Box Office Report: Put It In The Burn Book… ‘Mean Girls’ Leads Another Box Office Top-4 Repeat

Box Office analysis is provided by Daniel Garris of BoxOfficeReport.com.

Weekend Estimates:

Weekend Actuals:

Mean Girls (Paramount) -- $11.663 M
The Beekeeper (Amazon MGM) -- $8.603 M
Wonka (Warner Bros.) -- $6.715 M
Migration (Universal) -- $5.460 M
Anyone But You (Sony) -- $5.403 M
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (Warner Bros.) -- $3.656 M
I.S.S. (Bleecker Street) -- $3.065 M
Night Swim (Universal) -- $2.799 M
The Boys in the Boat (Amazon MGM) -- $2.537 M
Poor Things (Disney / Searchlight) -- $2.131 M
American Fiction (Amazon MGM) -- $1.755 M
The Book of Clarence (Sony / Legendary) -- $1.101 M
The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS) -- $843 K
Origin (NEON) -- $826 K
The Color Purple (Warner Bros.) -- $738 K
Godzilla Minus One (Toho International) -- $692 K
The Hunger Games: TBOSAS (Lionsgate) -- $572 K
All of Us Strangers (Disney / Searchlight) -- $556 K

Weekend Estimates Written Update:

Paramount's Mean Girls grossed an estimated $11.70 million this weekend to lead the domestic box office for a second consecutive frame. However, Mean Girls declined a sharp 59.1 percent from last weekend's debut. In addition to there being some built-in front-loading, this weekend's hold suggests that word of mouth for Mean Girls may indeed be somewhat mixed (the film received a B rating on CinemaScore, which while respectable, isn't great). In the bigger picture, Mean Girls has grossed $50.05 million through ten days, which is solid given the film's price-tag and that the film was originally intended to debut via streaming on Paramount+. Mean Girls continues to perform quite similarly to Paramount's Scream, which grossed $51.16 million in its first ten days of release back in January of 2022 (that film declined 59.3 percent in its second weekend to gross $12.21 million). Scream went on to finish its domestic run with $81.64 million. Internationally, Mean Girls grossed an estimated $7.5 million this weekend from 18 select international markets, including a $4.1 million debut in the United Kingdom. Respective totals for Mean Girls stand at $16.2 million internationally and $66.3 million globally.

Amazon MGM Studios' The Beekeeper took in an estimated $8.48 million this weekend to hold steady in second place. The Beekeeper declined 48.8 percent from last weekend. That represented a respectable second weekend hold, especially since the film lost a sizable amount (but not all) of its IMAX showtimes this weekend to IMAX & Pathé Live's IMAX exclusive release of Queen Rock Montreal. Through ten days of domestic release, The Beekeeper continues to exceed expectations with $31.14 million. The Beekeeper is performing stronger than usual for a Jason Statham-led film (not including The Meg films) and has already surpassed the $27.47 million final domestic gross of 2021's Wrath of Man. Internationally, The Beekeeper grossed an estimated $14.2 million this weekend from 56 international markets. That brings the film's international total to $44.2 million and current global haul to $75.3 million.

With updated estimates, Warner Bros.'s Wonka grossed an estimated $6.72 million to remain in third place. Wonka declined only 20.7 percent from last weekend, thanks in part to continued strong word of mouth and in part to the lack of new competition for family audiences this weekend. With no new wide releases scheduled to enter the marketplace next weekend, Wonka and holdovers in general should hold up very well next weekend. Through Sunday, the 38 day-domestic total for Wonka stands at $187.44 million. That leaves the film just $12.56 million away from reaching the $200 million domestic mark. Internationally, Wonka grossed an estimated $10.6 million this weekend from 77 international markets. Respective totals for the film stand at $344.6 million internationally (including $73.7 million from the United Kingdom) and at $532.0 million globally.

With updated estimates, Universal and Illumination's Migration has moved into fourth place with $5.46 million (the film had been in fifth place based on yesterday's weekend estimates). Migration had a terrific hold this weekend, as the computer animated film declined a slim 12.4 percent from last weekend. Like Wonka, Migration is also continuing to benefit from strong word of mouth and the lack of new competition for family audiences. With a 31-day domestic gross of $94.83 million, Migration is now just $5.17 million away from reaching the $100 million domestic mark. Migration is also closing in on the $100 million international mark after grossing $6.9 million internationally this weekend from 76 international markets. Through Sunday, respective totals for Migration stand at $97.2 million internationally and at $192.0 million globally. Migration will open in the United Kingdom on Friday, February 2.

Sony's Anyone But You placed in fifth this weekend with an estimated $5.40 million. The break-out romantic comedy continued to display strong holding power by declining just 24.2 percent from last weekend. With a 31-day domestic take of $64.22 million, Anyone But You now boasts a current total gross to opening weekend ratio of 10.70 to 1. The film's fifth weekend gross this weekend was just 10.0 percent below the $6.00 million opening weekend gross of the film. This weekend also saw Anyone But You pass the $100 million global mark. The film grossed an estimated $10.6 million internationally this weekend from 41 international markets. Respective totals for Anyone But You stand at $36.0 million internationally and at $100.2 million globally. This coming week Anyone But You will open in France on Wednesday (January 24) and in Brazil and Italy on Thursday (January 25).

Warner Bros.'s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom grossed an estimated $3.66 million to continue to claim sixth place. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom declined a very solid 30.4 percent from last weekend. While the film's overall domestic performance has left a lot to be desired, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has held up reasonably well throughout its run, which has led to a 31-day domestic total of $114.19 million for the film. Internationally, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom remained more impressive this weekend with an estimated $9.5 million from 78 international markets. Through Sunday, respective totals for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom stand at $282.0 million internationally (including $59.6 million from China) and at $396.2 million globally, as the film is now on the verge of reaching the $400 million global mark. Also of note is that Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has passed the $393.5 million final global take of 2022's Black Adam.

The weekend's one new wide release, Bleecker Street's I.S.S. debuted modestly in seventh place with an estimated $3.02 million. The sci-fi thriller played in 2,518 locations this weekend, which gave the film a per-location average of just $1,201 for the frame. The film's performance didn't come as a surprise, as pre-release expectations for I.S.S. had been low. Critical reviews for I.S.S. have been mixed and it appears that the film may be going over worse with audiences after receiving a soft C- rating on CinemaScore. I.S.S. was directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and features a cast that includes Ariana DeBose, John Gallagher Jr., Chris Messina, Maria Mashkova, Pilou Asbæk and Costa Ronin.

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