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Thriller box office · Week 4 · Jan 20–26, 2019

Thriller Box Office, Week 4 of 2019: Thriller Releases of Jan 20–26

Serenity (2019) is the highest-grossing thriller movie released in week 4 of 2019 (Jan 20–26), with $14.5M worldwide, ahead of Never Look Away (2019) at $6.2M and Polar (2019) at $615.8K. 7 thriller films released that week report a worldwide gross, $22M in all, 45% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 91% on Week 3, 2019, whose releases took $247.4M. By language, English leads with $15.3M across 4 thriller releases.

week 4 releases with a gross
7
combined worldwide
$22M
Serenity (2019), the #1
$14.5M
vs Week 3, 2019
−91%
Serenity (2019) movie poster #1 of 7
#1 thriller movie of Week 4, 2019

Serenity (2019)

2019 · Sci-Fi, Drama

$14.5M worldwide · 66% of the chart's total

$8.5M US & Canada · 59% $5.9M elsewhere · 41%
Top 5

What Were the Biggest Thriller Hits of Week 4 of 2019?

Serenity (2019) leads with $14.5M, 66% of the total. The top 5 together took $21.9M, almost all of what the 7 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Serenity (2019) movie poster Number 1
    $14.5M Serenity (2019)
    $8.5M US & Canada · 59% $5.9M elsewhere · 41%
  2. Never Look Away (2019) movie poster Number 2
    $6.2M Never Look Away (2019)
    $1.3M US & Canada · 21% $4.9M elsewhere · 79%
  3. Polar (2019) movie poster Number 3
    $615.8K Polar (2019)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. Vicious (2019) movie poster Number 4
    $488.6K Vicious (2019)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  5. The Vast of Night (2019) movie poster Number 5
    $167.8K The Vast of Night (2019)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Thriller Release of Week 4 of 2019, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 4 of 2019 (Jan 20–26).

  1. 1 Serenity (2019) movie poster
    Serenity (2019) Jan 25, 2019 · English · Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery $14.5M worldwide
    Jan 25, 2019 US and Canada: $8.5M Rest of the world: $5.9M Worldwide: $14.5M
  2. 2 Never Look Away (2019) movie poster
    Never Look Away (2019) Jan 25, 2019 · German · Drama, History, Thriller $6.2M worldwide
    Jan 25, 2019 US and Canada: $1.3M Rest of the world: $4.9M Worldwide: $6.2M
  3. 3 Polar (2019) movie poster
    Polar (2019) Jan 25, 2019 · English · Action, Drama, Thriller $615.8K worldwide
    Jan 25, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $615.8K
  4. 4 Vicious (2019) movie poster
    Vicious (2019) Jan 24, 2019 · Dutch · Thriller, Horror $488.6K worldwide
    Jan 24, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $488.6K
  5. 5 The Vast of Night (2019) movie poster
    The Vast of Night (2019) Jan 26, 2019 · English · Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller $167.8K worldwide
    Jan 26, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $167.8K
  6. 6 Door in the Woods (2019) movie poster
    Door in the Woods (2019) Jan 24, 2019 · English · Horror, Thriller $18.9K worldwide
    Jan 24, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.9K
  7. 7 Sons of Denmark (2019) movie poster
    Sons of Denmark (2019) Jan 24, 2019 · Danish · Drama, Thriller $13.2K worldwide
    Jan 24, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.2K
Earlier years

How Does Week 4 of 2019 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 4, 2017 earned the most: $382.7M from 6 films, led by Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017). Week 4, 2019 took $22M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 4, 2010 Jan 17–23 3 films 3 $73.1M – Legion (2010) $67.9M
Week 4, 2011 Jan 16–22 4 films · −79% 4 $15.1M −79% The Housemaid (2011) $15M
Week 4, 2012 Jan 22–28 3 films · +993% 3 $165.5M +993% The Grey (2012) $79.8M
Week 4, 2013 Jan 20–26 4 films · −46% 4 $90.2M −46% Parker (2013) $46.9M
Week 4, 2014 Jan 19–25 2 films · −14% 2 $78M −14% I, Frankenstein (2014) $76.8M
Week 4, 2015 Jan 18–24 7 films · −12% 7 $68.7M −12% The Boy Next Door (2015) $52.4M
Week 4, 2016 Jan 17–23 10 films · +171% 10 $186.4M +171% The 5th Wave (2016) $109.9M
Week 4, 2017 Jan 22–28 6 films · +105% 6 $382.7M +105% Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017) $312.2M
Week 4, 2018 Jan 21–27 6 films · −18% 6 $313.5M −18% Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) $288.2M
Week 4, 2019 Jan 20–26 7 films · −93% 7 $22M −93% Serenity (2019) $14.5M
FAQ

Thriller Box Office Week 4 of 2019: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 7 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing thriller movie in week 4 of 2019 (Jan 20–26)?

Serenity (2019) leads with $14.5M worldwide, $8.5M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Never Look Away (2019) at $6.2M and Polar (2019) at $615.8K.

How much did thriller movies released in week 4 of 2019 (Jan 20–26) earn?

7 thriller films released in week 4 of 2019 (Jan 20–26) report a worldwide gross, $22M in all, or $3.1M per film on average. Week 3, 2019 releases took $247.4M.

How many thriller movies released in week 4 of 2019 (Jan 20–26) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Serenity (2019), earned $14.5M.

How much of the Week 4, 2019 Thriller box office came from the US and Canada?

$9.9M of the $22M total, or 45%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 5 films of the 7 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 4, 2019 thriller box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 4 of 2019 (Jan 20–26). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the week 4, 2019 thriller box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.