The film 12 Strong earned a similar amount to the one made by the Middle East war film that was released in January 2016 .
It ended up debuting to $ 16.5 million , similar to the $ 16.1 million that fellow Middle East war film 13 Hours : The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi opened to in January 2016 , and finished second at the box office behind Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungle.
12 Strong