Jungle Book triumphs at BO

“The Jungle Book” pulverized a trio of box office lightweights, racking up $42.4 million to lead ticket sales for the third consecutive weekend. Disney's live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories has made $252.1 million since opening last month.

It should have no trouble becoming the fourth film this year to cross $300 million domestically, joining the likes of “Deadpool,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Zootopia.”

“Keanu,” an action-comedy sendup from Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key, nabbed third place with $9.3 million across 2,658 screens. The weak result is alleviated somewhat by the fact that the Warner Bros/New Line release cost a meagre $15 million to produce. 

“Mother's Day,” an ensemble romantic comedy with Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis, collapsed at the multiplexes, eking out $8.3 million across 3,035 locations to finish in fourth. 

Source: Variety