LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Its bombs away at the multiplexes.

Family film Monster Trucks tanked when it debuted over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, while Ben Afflecks Live by Night and Martin Scorseses Silence suffered moribund national expansions. Their failures will lead to tens of millions of dollars in red ink for the studios that backed them. Sleepless, an action-thriller with Jamie Foxx, also suffered an underwhelming opening, getting lost in the onslaught of new releases.

Theres almost an unprecedented number of films out there, said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at comScore. Its got to be somewhat daunting and overwhelming for moviegoers.

Amidst the carnage, Fox and Chernin Entertainments Hidden Figures retained its box office crown in its second weekend of wide release, earning $20.5 million for the weekend and a projected $25.3 million for the long weekend. That will push its total to $59.7 million. The historical drama about African-American NASA workers during the early days of the space program has been one of the biggest breakouts of awards season.