Still to the surprise of more people than it should be, Bad Boys for Life has topped the box office for the second weekend. With a surprising first-weekend win, this weekend had it dipping just 46% from its opening to bring in $34 million. Add in the weekday numbers as well and that brings it to a $120 million take so far, helped by the three-day holiday weekend when it opened. It’s also about $20 million short of being the highest-grossing of the series so it’s no surprise that the fourth film is already in the works. The film also did another $42 million overseas as it added 19 more territories to bring it to $95 million or a worldwide take of $215 million in ten days.

Universal is pleased with 1917 as it dipped just 28% on its being nominated as a Best Picture release, adding $15.8 million to bring it to $103.8 million domestic. It’s close to $97 million overseas and $200 million worldwide or so.

And for those wondering what would happen to Dolittle, the expensive film dipped 43% to bring in another $12.5 million, getting it to the $44.6 million mark. on a $175 million budget. Even with a $46 million overseas take so far, this film is not going to be profitable no matter how long it stays in theaters.

Of new films, The Gentleman is the highest-ranking one at fourth place where it did $11 million. It’s gotten some solid critical attention while audiences are tossing it a “B+” CinemaScore. It had a somewhat limited release in 2,165 screens this past weekend but its performance has STX looking to expand it. According to Box Office Mojo, they acquired the film from Miramax for just $7 million, so even with advertising, they can likely make a bit of coin from the theatrical run in the end. Miramax has the overseas rights and it’s been open for a bit a few territories and now expanding, so it’s brought in $22.5 million so far with some big markets still to come.

The other new film was The Turning, which is coming on the heels of two other January horror films which means some mild burnout on the genre. The film nailed an “F” CinemaScore from audiences and brought in $7.3 million, which is about where it was tracking. It’s getting low scores in general and seems to be pretty near even on the gender split and coming in a touch younger in the breakdown. It had a limited international opening with just 13 markets and couldn’t crack a million. With a budget of $14 million, the stylish trailers couldn’t save this one.

We’ve not talked about it for awhile but we continue to marvel at how well Knives Out is doing. The film has had incredible small drops week to week even as it loses screens – it came out in November after all – and this week was just a 15% drop. It added another $3.6 million to help it cross the $150 million mark this weekend. It’s also at $135 million overseas for a $286 million worldwide on its $40 million budget.

Next week has a couple of wide releasew with Paramount bringing out The Rhythm Section and United Artists with Gretel & Hansel. On the limited side, Sony Pictures classic has The Traitor, Bleecker Street has The Assistant, Greenwich has Incitement while Manifold Productions brings out the Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words documentary.