Box Office: ‘The Martian,’ ‘Goosebumps’ and ‘Bridge of Spies’ hold off newcomers

In an unusually tough weekend at the box office, a handful of new titles appear to be falling behind holdovers.

“The Martian” and “Goosebumps,” in their fourth and second weekends, respectively, probably will beat out new releases “The Last Witch Hunter,” “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension,” “Jem and the Holograms,” “Rock the Kasbah” and the newly expanded “Steve Jobs,” based on Friday figures.

“The Martian,” directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain, brought in $4.4 million on Friday. The film, which is also considered to be gaining traction in the year-end awards race, looks to be heading for more than $14 million over the weekend, to bring its new domestic total to somewhere around $165 million.

“Goosebumps,” starring Jack Black in an adaptation of the popular series of children’s books by R.L. Stine, should finish the weekend with a new domestic total of more than $42 million.

The Steven Spielberg film “Bridge of Spies,” starring Tom Hanks, is also holding well in its second week of release at the box office. It should make between $10 million and $12 million for the weekend, putting it at No. 3 overall.

After two weekends in limited release, “Steve Jobs,” went wide with what look like mixed results. The film, directed by Danny Boyle from a script by Aaron Sorkin, is looking to make just more than $7 million for the weekend. Starring Michael Fassbender as the tech guru of the title, the film may still have a long run through awards season.

The Bill Murray war comedy “Rock The Kasbah” will probably make less than $2 million for the weekend in over 2,000 theaters. The live-action adaptation of the cartoon “Jem and the Holograms” will make barely $1.1 million on about 2,400 screens, making it among the worst wide release openings on record -- probably not the truly outrageous opening filmmakers had in mind.

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