‘Split’ Three-Peats Atop Box Office With $14.6 Million Super Bowl Weekend

“Split” edged out Paramount’s “Rings” for the top spot during Super Bowl Weekend, as the long-awaited sequel to “The Ring” franchise zeroed in on $13 million at the box office at 2,931 locations.

“Rings,” directed by Javier Gutierrez, follows a young woman who tries to save her boyfriend who watched a mysterious video tape that promises to kill the watcher seven days after they view it.

Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monáe and Best Supporting Actress nominee Octavia Spencer star in the film from Fox and Chernin Entertainment as NASA mathematicians who were instrumental in sending some of the first astronauts to outer space.

The film picked up a SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture last weekend.

Lionsgate’s “La La Land,” which tied a record with 14 Oscar nominations and whose director, Damien Chazelle, won Best Feature Film Director by the Directors Guild of America awards last night, finished fifth this weekend with $7.5 million at 3,236 locations.