Sony’s surprise hit Jumanji easily took first place this weekend, though Universal’s Insidious: The Last Key surged past expectations with an excellent second place debut. Meanwhile, Star Wars continues to see harsh drops, and STX’s Molly’s Game did solid business in its nationwide expansion.

Jumaji: Welcome to the Jungle dipped just 28% in its third weekend to an excellent $36M, bringing its domestic total to a whopping $244M, and raising its worldwide total over half a billion. Produced for a relatively conservative $90M, the action comedy topped Justice League this weekend to become the 9th highest grossing movie of 2017, and is seriously looking as though it could end up in the top 5, ahead of films like It and Spider-Man: Homecoming.

In second, Insidious: The Last Key flew past its high-teens expectations to an excellent $29.2M. That’s significantly higher than the $22M that Chapter 3 opened to back in summer of 2015. Produced for just $10M, the film opened to $49M worldwide. It’s hard to overstate just how impressive Blumhouse’s track record has been; this is their fourth straight $25M+ debut, a streak that may continue with April’s Truth or Dare. Even if The Last Key ends up making over half its total from opening weekend (which is common for January horror) it’s still hard to imagine this ending lower than Chapter 3, meaning a fifth installment is likely on the way.

In third, The Last Jedi fell 55% to $23M. That’s a bit higher than Rogue One did on the same weekend last year, though that’s not a very flattering comparison compared to The Force Awakens. At this point, the sci-fi juggernaut is looking at a total of around $625M.

The Greatest Showman, Pitch Perfect 3, and Ferdinand continued to show strong holds, and it seems possible that all three may hit the century mark before the end of their domestic runs.

In seventh place, Molly’s Game opened on the high end of modest expectations with $7M from 1,608 theaters. The true crime drama opened in limited release on Christmas day, and has pulled in $14M to date. With a $30M production budget and the $9M STX spent on distribution rights, this one should end up as a win.

In the specialty market, I, Tonya pulled in a strong $2.4M from 242 locations, and plans to expand further this coming weekend, while The Post expanded to 36 locations and saw a very strong $47K per theater average.

This coming weekend will see the debut’s of Sony’s Proud Mary, Lionsgate’s The Commuter, as well as Warner Bros.’ Paddington 2.