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 "Coco" joined "The Hitman's Bodyguard," "Fate of the Furious"
and "Split" as 2017 titles to top the domestic box office for
three weekends in a row. The major studios have held off on any
new openings since the Thanksgiving holiday but that changes on
the evening of Dec. 14 when previews start for Disney-Lucasfilm's
"The Last Jedi" amid expectations of an opening weekend in the
$200 million range.
"Coco," a colorful celebration of Mexico's Day of the Dead,
showed impressive holding power with a 33% decline from its
second weekend to lift its 19-day domestic total to $135.5
million. It's performed similarly to Disney's animated "Moana,"
which opened at the same time last year and had totaled $144.7
million after three weekends.
There was a single wide opening this weekend with Broad Green
Pictures' final movie, "Just Getting Started," showing little
traction with moviegoers with $3.2 million at 2,146 locations.
"Just Getting Started," a poorly reviewed action comedy starring
Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones, wound up in 10th place
behind A24's sixth weekend of awards contender "Lady Bird" with
$3.5 million at 1,557 venues.
The fourth weekend of Warner Bros.-DC Entertainment's superhero
team-up "Justice League" finished with just over half of "Coco"
with $9.6 million at 3,508 locations with a 42% decline.
"Justice League" has taken in $212.1 million in 24 days and is
the 10th biggest movie of 2017 -- but it's also the lowest
performer among the five DC Extended Universe movies. "Wonder
Woman" had hit $318 million domestically at the 24-day point in
June.
"Justice League" has gone past $600 million worldwide with an
international total of $401 million. Its performance pushed
Warner Bros. past the $5 billion mark worldwide for 2017. The
studio announced Sunday that it's become the first studio to
cross the $2 billion mark for the year, led by "Wonder Woman"
with $412 million and "It" with $327 million.
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Lionsgate's third weekend of inspirational drama "Wonder" finished
in third place with $8.5 million at 3,519 North American sites with
a 35% decline. "Wonder" became the 27th movie of the year to cross
the $100 million mark -- and one of the least costly among that
group, given its $20 million budget. Production companies on the
Jacob Tremblay vehicle are Mandeville Films, Participant Media,
Walden Media and TIK Films.
A24's expansion of James Franco's comedy-drama "The Disaster Artist"
came in fourth with a solid $6.4 million at 840 venues, up from 19
last weekend. That edged the sixth weekend of Disney-Marvel's "Thor:
Ragnarok" with $6.3 million at 3,047 sites, which put its domestic
total above $300 million. The third Thor movie was a key factor in
November's box office staying ahead of the same month last year.
Paramount's fifth weekend of "Daddy's Home 2" finished sixth with $6
million at 3,263 locations, down only 21%, to lift its 31-day total
to $91.2 million. The original "Daddy's Home" wound up its domestic
run two years ago with $150.4 million.
Fox's fifth frame of "Murder on the Orient Express" followed with
$5.1 million at 3,201 sites for a total of $92. 7 million. The
Kenneth Branagh vehicle, which has a $55 million budget, has been a
solid performer internationally with $182 million in grosses outside
the U.S.
Sony's fourth weekend of faith-based animated drama "The Star" came
in eighth with $3.7 million at 2,976 venues, off only 10%. The film,
co-financed by Walden Media and released through the Affirm label,
has totaled $32.3 million in 24 days.
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