With much of the country battling freezing conditions like those in”The Revenant,” Fox’s frontier vengeance tale starring Leonardo DiCaprio was tracking its first weekend triumph at the North American box office with a $4.6 million Friday.
The Best Picture Oscar frontrunner is on pace for $15 million and No. 1 over the three days, ahead of three new movies, defending champ “Ride Along 2,” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” “The Revenant” has finished a strong second in its first two weekends of wide release, but three is looking like the charm for the Alejandro G. Inarritu-directed drama.
With many states declaring states of emergency and hundreds of theaters closed, winter storm Jonas was putting a chill on the weekend.