Box Office: Leonardo DiCaprio, ‘The Revenant’ to Clash Against ‘Star Wars’

Leonardo DiCaprio’s “The Revenant” will try to bear down on “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at U.S. multiplexes this weekend.

Fox is expanding “The Revenant” from four locations to 3,371 on Friday with early expectations of an opening in the $20 million range. That should amount to about half of the fourth weekend of “The Force Awakens,” which crossed the $750 million mark in domestic box office on Monday and should take in at least $40 million during the upcoming frame.

The seventh Star Wars movie dominated during the New Year’s weekend with $90.2 million — more than three times the No. 2 film, Paramount’s “Daddy’s Home.”

“The Revenant,” directed by Alejando G. Inarritu, has grossed $1.4 million from its four locations since its Christmas Day opening. During the New Year’s weekend, it generated the sixth-best per-location gross with $198,767 at the Arclight Hollywood while “The Force Awakens” posted the top five..... Read More »