Leonardo DiCaprio‘s “The Revenant” ended up at No. 1 at the weekend box office with an estimated $16 million Sunday, but moviegoers’ safety became the primary concern as Winter Storm Jonas paralyzed the East Coast and claimed at least 18 lives.
The largest movie theater chains, including AMC, Regal and Cinemark, were forced to close locations in New York, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Baltimore and other large cities as the record blizzard knocked out power, made traveling impossible, forced state of emergency declarations in 11 states and dumped as much as 40 inches of snow in some Eastern seaboard communities.