NEW YORK — Labors of love, one from Martin Scorsese, the other from Ben Affleck, proved costly at a casualty-strewn weekend box office where the uplifting NASA drama “Hidden Figures” stayed on top for the second straight week.

“Hidden Figures,” about African-American mathematicians in the 1960s space race, sold a leading $20.5 million in tickets in North American theaters over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend, according to estimates Sunday. Fox anticipates the film, starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae, will make $25.3 million when Monday is included, bringing its cumulative total to about $60 million.

The weekend was more remarkable for what didn’t work than what did. Both Affleck’s period gangster thriller “Live by Night” and Scorsese’s Christian epic “Silence” bombed in their wide-release debuts. Warner Bros.’ “Live by Night” earned a mere $5.4 million in 2,471 theaters. Paramount’s “Silence” took in $1.9 million in 747 theaters.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Final four-day domestic figures will be released Tuesday.

1. “Hidden Figures,” $20.5 million

2. “La La Land,” $14.5 million

3. “Sing,” $13.8 million

4. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” $13.8 million

5. “The Bye Bye Man,” $13.4 million

6. “Patriots Day,” $12 million

7. “Monster Trucks,” $10.5 million

8. “Sleepless,” $8.5 million.

9. “Underworld: Blood Wars,” $5.8 million

10. “Passengers,” $5.6 million

By The Associated Press