Oh, January: it's hard to be disappointed because expectations are perpetually oh so very low. While history has shown that this month is capable of producing box office surprises, we didn't see any trace of that happening in the last three days. In my column last week, I noted that there was a lack of notable new wide releases coming on Friday and that a high weekend-to-weekend drop for Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr.'s Mean Girls would be a pretty bad look. Seven days later, that observation has turned into reality, as Gabriela Cowperthwaite's sci-fi thriller I.S.S. failed to inspire any real interest, and the musical remake saw its ticket sales drip 59 percent compared to its debut.
All that being said, Mean Girls is still sitting in the number one spot of the Top 10, earning its second box office crown. Check out the numbers in the chart below and join me after for analysis.
