Box Office Game — October 15, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Thursday, October 15, 2026 (day #1687 of the game): the weekend of January 19, 2018 — a 2018 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1687
The weekend to guessJanuary 19, 2018Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Sony PicturesLast week #1Week 5 in release-30.6% vs last week
Weekend$19,505,170Total$316,450,318
2
Poster of the #2 movie
12 Strong
Warner Bros.New this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$15,815,025Total$15,815,025
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Den of Thieves
STX EntertainmentNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$15,206,108Total$15,206,108
4
Poster of the #4 movie
The Post
20th Century FoxLast week #2Week 5 in release-39.5% vs last week
Weekend$11,716,960Total$44,758,362
5
Poster of the #5 movie
The Greatest Showman
20th Century FoxLast week #4Week 5 in release-14.6% vs last week
Weekend$10,644,824Total$113,125,431

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About the five films

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle poster

#1 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle IMDb →

“The game has evolved.”

Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately sucked into the jungle world of Jumanji in the bodies of their avatars. They’ll have to complete the adventure of their lives filled with fun, thrills and danger or be stuck in the game forever!

Director: Jake Kasdan · Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black · Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy · Budget: $90,000,000 · Worldwide: $995,339,117 · Domestic total: $404,515,480
12 Strong poster

#2 12 Strong IMDb →

“The declassified true story of the horse soldiers”

A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.

Director: Nicolai Fuglsig · Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña · Genre: War, Action, History · Budget: $35,000,000 · Worldwide: $67,450,815 · Domestic total: $45,819,713
Den of Thieves poster

#3 Den of Thieves IMDb →

“Cops without limits. Thieves without fear.”

A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.

Director: Christian Gudegast · Starring: Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson Jr. · Genre: Crime, Thriller, Action · Budget: $30,000,000 · Worldwide: $80,509,622 · Domestic total: $44,947,622
The Post poster

#4 The Post IMDb →

“Truth be told”

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

Director: Steven Spielberg · Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson · Genre: Drama, History · Budget: $50,000,000 · Worldwide: $179,769,467 · Domestic total: $81,903,458
The Greatest Showman poster

#5 The Greatest Showman IMDb →

“The impossible comes true.”

The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Director: Michael Gracey · Starring: Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams · Genre: Drama, Musical · Budget: $84,000,000 · Worldwide: $459,066,134 · Domestic total: $174,340,174

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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