Box Office Top 10: ‘Deadpool’ stays on top with $56.5M

NEW YORK – The R-rated comic book adaption “Deadpool” remained on top at the box office, earning $56.5 million in its second weekend and bringing its two-week total to $236.9 million.

The 20th Century Fox release, starring Ryan Reynolds, is on course to become one of the most lucrative R-rated films of all time. It easily trumped three smaller new wide releases.

The faith-based tale “Risen” opened with $11.8 million. The 1600s Puritan horror thriller “The Witch” opened with $8.8 million, the best weekend yet for the indie distributor A24. And Focus Features’ Jesse Owens biopic “Race” debuted with a disappointing $7.4 million.

Last week’s take / total take (weeks in release)

1. “Deadpool” $56,470,167 / $236,865,054 (2)

2. “Kung Fu Panda 3” $12,516,601 / $117,121,185 (4)

3. “Risen” $11,801,271 / $11,801,271 (1)

4. “The Witch” $8,800,230 / $8,800,230 (1)

5. “How To Be Single” $8,202,430 / $31,746,063 (2)

6. “Race” $7,353,922 / $7,353,922 (1)

7. “Zoolander 2” $5,455,344 / $23,673,355 (2)

8. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” $3,907,295 $921,713,590 (10)

9. “The Revenant” $3,866,741 / $165,183,291 (9)

10. “Hail, Caesar!” $2,745,705 / $26,258,850 (3)