Summary 'Rogue One' kept a firm grip on the box office top spot for a third straight week.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - "Rogue One," the latest chapter in the "Star Wars" intergalactic saga, kept a firm grip on the box office top spot for a third straight week, industry estimates for North America showed on Sunday.
The Disney film, the first stand-alone episode in the eight-film series, follows the mission of rebel alliance fighters trying to steal plans to the Empire s feared Death Star.
At this point in the three-day New Year s holiday weekend, "Rogue One" has taken in $49.7 million in US and Canadian theaters, bringing its three-week total to $441 million, Exhibitor Relations reported.
Universal s animated musical "Sing" was the runner-up for a second straight week, with a $41.4 million take so far this weekend and an accumulated total of $177.3 million.
The actors who voice the cartoon characters -- Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson and Reese Witherspoon -- also do their own singing.
The Sony sci-fi thriller "Passengers" maintained its third-place position, though far behind the two leaders, with a $16.1 million take in its second week, for total revenues of $61.4 million.
The film stars Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt as astronauts who accidentally awaken from hibernation -- 90 years too early -- during a deep-space mission.
"Moana," a computer-animated musical fantasy from Disney about a brave Polynesian teenager, climbed back to fourth place from sixth in its sixth week, pulling in $10.5 million, for a $213 million total so far.
In fifth place, and also on the rise, was Paramount s "Fences," Denzel Washington s adaptation of an August Wilson play about racial tensions and failed dreams, which rose from seventh position to take in $10.2 million, for total revenues of $32.7 million since its release three weeks ago.
