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Sixth goes to Hail, Caesar!, but there is nothing to hail this weekend. After opening last weekend to $11.4 million, the Clooney/Coen feature did the opposite of the other films in the top ten this weekend - it fell significantly. Caesar earned only $6.6 million this weekend, and despite Valentine's and the long weekend, it still fell 42%. The C- Cinemascore is killing this one, and the $22 million Universal release isn't going to make much more than its current take of $21.4 million. It has yet to open overseas, but will need at least $40 million from international venues in order to find a profit.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens makes hay on the long weekend as it holds nicely. The Force Awakens pulled in another $6.2 million and fell only 11% in the process. The domestic total is up to $914.8 million, but a re-release will still be needed to push it into second all-time on the worldwide list.

Nicolas Sparks' The Choice tries to use Valentine's Day to get the leg up, but only finds mixed results. After opening to only $6 million last weekend, The Choice finds $5.3 million in weekend two, declining 13%. Lionsgate picked this up for $10 million, so with a gross so far of $13.2 million, it doesn't look bad on paper; however, you need to add another $20 million in for advertising. Suddenly, that paper doesn't look so good.

Ride Along 2 and The Boy take the lowest rungs on the box office ladder this weekend. Ride Along 2 picks up $4.1 million and falls only 9%. It has $82.7 million in sales against a budget of $40 million. The Boy earned $2.9 million and dropped 29%. It has earned $30.8 million since opening, and is working out as a nice performer for STX, as the budget for the horror film was just $10 million.

Overall, Deadpool saves the box office, as without it, things would be dire at best. The top 12 films this weekend earn a stellar $234.2 million, ahead of last year's three-day Presidential Weekend haul of $200.7 million. Next weekend brings three more films. Openers include Race, the Focus Features biopic about Jesse Owens, Risen, about the resurrection of Jesus Christ as told by a Roman soldier, and The Witch, the very well-reviewed horror flick from A24.

Top Weekend Box Office for 2/12/16-2/14/16 (Estimates)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	Deadpool	Fox	$135,000,000	New	$135,000,000
2	Kung Fu Panda 3	Fox	$19,650,000	- 7%	$93,000,000
3	How to Be Single	New Line Cinema	$18,750,000	New	$18,750,000
4	Zoolander 2	Paramount	$15,650,000	New	$15,650,000
5	The Revenant	Fox	$6,900,000	- 1%	$159,000,000
6	Hail, Caesar!	Universal	$6,590,000	- 42%	$21,354,970
7	Star Wars: the Force Awakens	Disney	$6,194,000	- 11%	$915,000,000
8	The Choice	Lionsgate	$5,250,000	- 13%	$13,250,000
9	Ride Along 2	Universal	$4,130,000	- 9%	$82,661,235
10	The Boy	Stx Entertainment	$2,913,000	- 29%	$30,800,000
11	The Finest Hours	Disney	$2,850,000	- 41%	$23,300,000
12	The 5th Wave	Sony	$2,700,000	- 28%	$29,519,370
	Also Opening/Notables
	Where To Invade Next	Drafthouse Films	$933,240	New	$1,032,630
	Mountains May Depart	Kino Lorber	$6,400	New	$6,400
	Pride And Prejudice And Zombies	Sony	$2,500,000	- 53%	$9,391,197
	2016 Oscar Nominated Short Films	Shorts Hd	$375,000	- 12%	$1,750,000
	Dirty Grandpa	Lionsgate	$2,150,000	- 47%	$33,000,000
	13 Hours: the Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	Paramount	$1,620,000	- 43%	$50,500,000
	The Lady In the Van	Sony Classics	$548,604	+ 55%	$1,968,016
	Daddy's Home	Paramount	$980,000	- 34%	$146,600,000
	Son of Saul	Sony Classics	$72,998	- 19%	$986,572
	The Big Short	Paramount	$1,370,000	- 20%	$65,700,000
	Brooklyn	FOX SEARCHLIGHT	$1,120,000	- 5%	$34,000,000
	Spotlight	Open Road Films	$750,665	- 10%	$37,256,000
	Room	A24	$412,064	- 44%	$11,964,042
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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