The Oscar nominated film, starring Leonardo
DiCaprio, is about a frontiersman fighting for survival after being attacked by
a bear. It took $16m (£11.2m) with Star Wars: The
Force Awakens in second place with $14.3m (£10m).
Storm Jonas forced cinema closures in
Washington DC and New York, while hundreds of others suspended showings.
Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst
for box office firm Rentrak, said the storm had a limited effect. "It probably altered the box office 10
or 12 percent overall. This was never predestined to be an earth-shattering box
office weekend anyway," he said.
The Revenant, directed by Alejandro G
Inarritu, has taken $119.2m (£83.5m) in North America so far. It had a limited release on Christmas Day,
followed by a wide release on 8 January.
JJ Abrams' The Force Awakens has made
$1.94bn globally to date and is likely to cross the $2bn (£1.36bn) mark over
the next week.
Last week's number one, Kevin Hart and Ice
Cube comedy Ride Along 2, dropped to third with $13m (£9.1m).
Rounding out the top five were two new
entries, comedy Dirty Grandpa and The Boy, about an American nanny who finds
her English family's boy is a life-sized doll.
Next week's new releases include thriller
The Finest Hours starring Chris Pine, Holliday Grainger and Casey Affleck, and
Kung Fu Panda 3.
US box office top five
1. The Revenant - $16m (£11.21m)
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - $14.3m
(£10.02m)
3. Ride Along 2 - $13m (£9.1m)
4. Dirty Grandpa - $11.5m (£8.06m)
5. The Boy - $11.3m (£7.9m)
I love this! Mostly because it is about films but that it is up to date, current and not deathly like most other Weekly news entries on what is going on and I think your choice to talk about these movies is great as well as a brief description for those that wouldnt have heard of the films or for whatever reason. Maybe a final comment saying what film you like the most of them would have been a nice touch but overall fabulous!!
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