'Kung Fu Panda 3' dominates the weekend box office

It looks like the "Kung Fu Panda" franchise is still a viable one for 20th Century Fox. The third installment that once more includes the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, among others, had a dominant showing at the weekend box office with the animated feature taking the number one spot with an estimated $41 million, according to Exhibitor Relations.

The two previous "Panda" movies opened in the early summer, with their opening weekend earnings reported at $60.2 million and $47.6 million, respectively. Factor in "Panda 3" opening in January instead of the more kid accessible summer months, the $41 million opening is nothing to scoff at.

Coming in second place is Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar frontrunner, "The Revenant," taking in an estimated $12.4 million. The film now has a total domestic gross of $139 million, a big thanks to that being the Oscar hype around it.

In a disappointing third place is the disaster-at-sea tale "The Finest Hours," which only took in around $10 million, though it was released in over 3,000 theaters. Disney has been on an incredible run with the Marvel releases and "The Force Awakens," this proves the studio isn't bulletproof of bombs.

At least "Hours" can say it did better than the Marlon Wayans spoof "Fifty Shades of Black," which only took in around $6 million on 2,075 screens.

Speaking of "The Force Awakens," the film came in fourth place this weekend with an estimated $10.8 million. If all goes according to plan, the film will hit the $2 billion mark at the worldwide box office this week, making it only the third film all-time to accomplish that feat.

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