‘Mean Girls,’ ‘Beekeeper’ in No. 1 Box Office Duel With $7.3 Million on Anemic Weekend

The box office continues to drag itself through a miserable second half of January. With no new wide releases to boost business, overall totals for the weekend have sunk to just $59 million while Paramount’s “Mean Girls” and Amazon MGM’s “The Beekeeper” are dueling for the No. 1 spot with less than $8 million each for the frame.

We won’t know until final totals are posted on Monday which film got No. 1, but based on studio estimates, “The Beekeeper” currently has the edge with $7.4 million. The Miramax-produced action thriller is enjoying a modest run with $42.2 million grossed domestically while passing $100 million worldwide.