"Mean Girls" remained fetch at this weekend's box office, while the sole new release to open wide, "I.S.S.," was lost in space.
In fact, in absentia of new movies brave enough to take on the NFL playoffs head-to-head, this weekend's top five movies are the exact same ones as last weekend.
"Mean Girls" claimed the top spot for the second week in a row even though it tumbled nearly 60% from its opening. It earned $11.7 million for a domestic total to date of just more than $50 million.
That fall likely has to do with lukewarm audience reception. The film has a B rating through CinemaScore, an audience tracking service where anything less than a B+ is usually an indicator of a lack of enthusiasm.
Many audience members online are bemoaning that this new "Mean Girls" sticks too closely to the original film, while others are complaining that it doesn't adapt enough from the Broadway musical version of the story that serves as its source material.
Outside the U.S. the film has made $16.2 million for a worldwide take of more than $66 million.
Even if moviegoers seem tepid about the new film, its studio Paramount has a lot to celebrate, as it only cost $36 million to make and was originally intended to go straight to streaming on Paramount+.
Jason Statham finds himself playing second fiddle to Regina George and the plastics for another weekend, as his mid-budget action flick "The Beekeeper" holds on to its number two spot.
The movie brought in $8.5 million this weekend, off 49% from a week ago. That isn't bad for a movie in the action genre. The movie's second weekend numbers are actually close to what analysts had predicted it would make in its debut last week before it drastically overperformed.
"The Beekeeper" has now made more than $31 million in North America and been even more successful overseas, where it has made $44 million.
Its worldwide gross now sits at more than $75 million.
In third, "Wonka" remains a popular box office confection.
The prequel to the Gene Wilder classic brought in $6.4 million. It has made more than $187 million in the U.S. so far, and nearly $345 million in the rest of the world for a worldwide take of nearly $532 million.
In fourth place "Anyone but You" continues an impressive run far beyond what anyone had predicted for it when it opened before Christmas.
Fueled by positive word of mouth, the R rated romantic comedy made $5.4 million this weekend for a domestic total of more than $64 million so far.
Elsewhere it has added $36 million to its coffers to eclipse the $100 million mark worldwide.
Rounding out the top five is "Migration."
The animated comedy from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment continues to soar on positive audience reaction and being one of the only family offerings available in theaters at the moment.
The $5.3 million the movie made this weekend brings it close to $95 million in North America, while in other territories it has made nearly $98 million. Worldwide its earnings now total nearly $192 million.
Meanwhile, the only movie opening wide this weekend, the spacefaring sci-fi action film "I.S.S.," failed to reach orbit, opening in an abysmal seventh place with just $3 million. It has not opened overseas.
The movie tells the story of Russian and American astronauts battling for control of the International Space Station after a global war breaks out below them on earth.
It received middling reviews from critics and a dismal C- CinemaScore from moviegoers.
Here are your top ten movies at the weekend box office:
1. "Mean Girls" ($11.7 million)
2. "The Beekeeper" ($8.5 million)
3. "Wonka" ($6.4 million)
4. "Anyone but You" ($5.4 million)
5. "Migration" ($5.3 million)
6. "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" ($3.7 million)
7. "I.S.S." ($3 million)
8. "Night Swim" ($2.7 million)
9. "The Boys in the Boat" ($2.5 million)
10. "Poor Things" ($2 million)
