Weekend Box Office: January 25-27

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

1.  Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters - $19 million

2.  Mama - $12.8 million

3.  Silver Linings Playbook - $10 million

4.  Zero Dark Thirty - $9.8 million

5.  Parker - $7 million

6.  Django Unchained - $5 million

7.  Movie 43 - $5 million

8.  Gangster Squad - $4.2 million

9.  Broken City - $4 million

10.  Les Miserables - $3.9 million

Remember when that Hansel and Gretel movie looked like a good idea?  Nope, me neither.  Nevertheless, that long-delayed film won the box office this weekend with an estimated $19 million...which means enough people showed up to keep it from being a complete disaster, but not too many rushed out to see it either. 

At least that debut was more respectable than this weekend's other new releases, as Jason Statham's Parker did so-so business with just $7 million, and Movie 43, the R-rated comedy starring the biggest cast of A-list stars who wouldn't be caught dead actually promoting the film bombing outright with a meager $5 million.  That's not good.

It was decent second weekend for the horror thriller Mama.  Although it dropped more than half its audience since opening in first last weekend, it managed to hold on well enough through a weak box office weekend to finish in second. 

The Oscar hopefuls were still popular, with Silver Linings Playbook still enjoying finally being in wide release, earning another $10 million, and Zero Dark Thirty right behind it with $9.8 million.  Django Unchained earned $5 million, and Les Miserables was good for one more week in the top 10 with $3.9 million (it also just passed the $300 million mark worldwide).

Coming up is Superbowl Weekend, so it will be quiet again next week.  For those not interested in football, opening in theaters is the zombie comedy Warm Bodies, as well as Stallone's latest, Bullet to the Head, and Stand Up Guys, starring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin.