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 The third weekend of Warner Bros.-DC
Entertainment's "Justice League" finished second with $16.7
million at 3,820 sites, with the superhero tentpole dropping
60%.
Lionsgate's "Wonder" continued to perform well with $12.5
million at 3,449 venues to come in third followed by
Disney-Marvel's fifth frame of "Thor: Ragnarok" with $9.7
million at 3,148 sites, the fourth weekend of Paramount's
"Daddy's Home 2" with $7 million at 3,403 venues and Fox's
fourth weekend of "Murder on the Orient Express" with $6.7
million at 3,201 screens.
Awards contenders "Lady Bird" and "Three Billboards Outside
Ebbing, Missouri" tied for seventh place with $4.5 million each.
A24's "Lady Bird" expanded by 403 sites to 1,194 and Fox
Searchlight's "Three Billboards" doubled its run to 1,430
screens.
The major studios opted to rely on holdovers during the session
and held off on any wide openings. A24 generated strong
performance from its limited launch of James Franco's "The
Disaster Artist" with $1.2 million at 19 locations for a $64,254
per screen average. Fox Searchlight's "The Shape of Water" saw
an impressive $166,800 at two theaters and Woody Allen's "Wonder
Wheel" debuted with a solid $140,555 at five sites through
Amazon.
Sony Classics' second weekend of "Call Me By Your Name" posted a
stellar $281,280 at four screens for a 10-day total of $908,175.
It won best feature at the Gotham Independent Film Awards on
Nov. 27.
"Coco" has now taken in $108.7 million in its first 12 days
following a 47% decline from its opening. The film, based on the
traditions surrounding the Day of the Dead holiday in Mexico,
centers on a 12-year-old boy who dreams of becoming a musician.
The film has been embraced by critics with a 97% score on Rotten
Tomatoes. Disney's "Moana" performed slightly better during the
same period last year with $119.8 million after 12 days.
The studio has not released a price for "Coco." Disney-Pixar
titles are usually budgeted in the $175 million to $200 million
range.
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"Justice League" has finished its first 17 days with $197.3 million
domestically. The movie, which teams up the DC characters in the
same manner as Disney-Marvel's superheroes, is the 10th
highest-grossing title released in 2017. It's been the lowest
performer among the five films in the DC Extended Universe, with
"Wonder Woman" grossing $275.1 million in its first 17 days in June
and "Suicide Squad" taking in $262.4 million in its first 17 days
last year.
Gal Gadot stars as Wonder Woman along with Ben Affleck as Batman,
Henry Cavill as Superman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as the
Flash, and Ray Fisher as Cyborg as the superheroes team up to save
the world. Warner Bros. has not disclosed the production cost, which
is believed to be as much as $300 million.
"Justice League" also grossed $35.7 million on approximately 20,375
screens in 66 international markets, bringing the overseas total to
$370.1 million and the global total $567.4 million.
Overall domestic moviegoing totaled $104 million, up $8 million from
the same frame in 2016 and the biggest post-Thanksgiving weekend in
five years, according to comScore.
"The biggest post-thanksgiving weekend since 2012 proves that there
was no need for a wide release newcomer to drive large numbers of
moviegoers to the multiplex that is already chock full of appealing
titles from both the blockbuster side of the ledger and awards
season favorites," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst
with comScore.
Year-to-date domestic box office is down 3.9% to $9.86 billion as of
Sunday, according to comScore. Even with a blockbuster performance
by Disney-Lucasfilm's "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," which opens Dec.
15, the final 2017 box office number is likely to finish at least 2%
down at the end of the year.
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