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Those ticket sales, a 60% decline from its
massive Thanksgiving haul, boost its domestic tally to $337
million. "Frozen 2" earned $130 million in its inaugural outing
and another $123 million the following weekend, cementing new
high-water marks for Disney Animation. It's now the third movie
this year behind Universal's "Glass" and Disney's "Avengers:
Endgame" to win the box office for three consecutive weekends.
Overseas, "Frozen 2" continues to enchant moviegoers as the
fantasy follow-up powers to the $1 billion mark at the global
box office. It brought in $90 million internationally this
weekend, powering box office receipts to $920 million globally.
"Frozen 2" is expected to join the billion-dollar club soon and
will be the sixth Disney film this year to hit that milestone.
The only new film to movie theater marquees this weekend was
STX's "Playmobil," a cartoon based on the European children's
toys. Since "Frozen 2" is still enticing ticket buyers with
young kids and the plastic toy company is relatively unknown
compared to a brand like Lego (which Warner Bros. successfully
mined into multiple feature films), "Playmobil" sputtered in
spectacular fashion. The animated adventure collected just
$811,000 from 2,337 theaters in what is one of the worst
nationwide opening weekends of all time. Unless the movie
resonates in a big way at the international box office -- where
it has generated $12.5 million to date -- the $75 million film
stands to be a major money loser for co-financiers Wild Bunch,
Pathe, Dimitri Rassam and the Paris-based On Animation. Lucky
for STX, the company only paid to distribute the movie and
doesn't have a financial stake.
In a distant second place, Lionsgate and Rian Johnson's whodunit
"Knives Out" added another $14.5 million in its second weekend
of release. The acclaimed murder mystery -- starring Daniel
Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans and Don Johnson -- has
pocked $63.5 million in North America and a strong $124 million
globally to date.
Holdovers rounded out box office charts. Disney-Fox's "Ford v
Ferrari" claimed third place, nabbing $6.58 million from 3,746
venues. After a month in theaters, the racing drama with
Christian Bale and Matt Damon amassed $91 million at the
domestic box office. Universal's "Queen and Slim" landed at No.
4, bringing in $6.53 million and lifting its North American
revenues to $26.8 million. In fifth place, Sony's "A Beautiful
Day in the Neighborhood" earned $5.2 million in its third
outing. The Mister Rogers film starring Tom Hanks has generated
$43.1 million so far.
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