'Hidden Figures' tells the true story of a group of African-American women who worked with NASA to help launch the program's first successful space missions. Hidden Figures duo (Photo: Hopper Stone) NEW YORK (AP)
— The crowd-pleasing NASA drama Hidden Figures has topped the box office for the second straight week, while a pair of high-priced prestige releases sputtered. Estimates Sunday say Hidden Figures, a tale about female African-American mathematicians in the 1960s space race, earned $20.5 million over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Fox anticipates it will make $25.3 million when Monday is included. Surprise! Turns out 'Hidden Figures' beat 'Rogue One' at the box office In a crowded field that included Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the Oscar favorite La La Land and the surprisingly strong supernatural thriller The Bye Bye Man, several big-name directors flopped. Ben Affleck's period crime thrillerLive by Night earned a mere $5.4 million. Martin Scorsese's religious epic Silence took in just $1.9 million.