• "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" wins the domestic box office for the second-straight weekend.
• The movie will take in an estimated $33.4 million over the four-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.
• "The Post" and "The Commuter" also had strong weekends.

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The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend at the box office is going strong, and Hollywood can thank The Rock, Meryl Streep, and Liam Neeson.

Yes, that's quite a unique trio, but this January seems to be that rarity where audiences are being offered a unique mix of options that's motivating different demos to head to the multiplex.

Topping the domestic box office heap for a second-straight weekend is Sony's "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle." The Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson-powered teen-friendly actioner took in an estimated $27 million by Sunday ($33.4 million by the Monday holiday), according to boxofficepro.com , putting its domestic total at just under $300 million by Monday. That places it sixth all-time for Sony's best domestic grossing movies ever. Once it passes the $304 million mark it will pass "Skyfall" for fifth all-time.

That's an impressive take for a movie that had to fight for every dollar at the start of its theatrical run when it was up against "Star Wars: The Last Jedi."

But this Martin Luther King weekend is a rarity as a major holdover from the previous year isn't the only hot ticket.

Steven Spielberg's "The Post" expanded to over 2,819 screens and it paid off with a $18.6 million take up to Sunday ($22.2 million four-day). With the movie's Oscar hype, Golden Globes nominations, the Meryl Streep-Tom Hanks lead duo, and the storyline's connection to current politics, Fox has a title that's motivating the thirty-somethings and over to the theaters.

One of the major wide releases this weekend also had a strong outing. Lionsgate's "The Commuter," Liam Neeson's latest action movie, came in third place with $13.4 million ($16 million, four-day). Though Neeson is 65 he seems to still be believable enough to be running around doing thrilling things.

However, "Paddington 2," despite having a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and Warner Bros. playing it on over 3,700 screens (around 800 more than "The Commuter"), only took in $10.6 million ($14.5 million, four-day). A drastic drop from its $19 million domestic opening the original had in 2015. But don't be too sad for the bear - the movie has already made over $125 million overseas.