Box Office Weekend: Coco Rains Down on Justice

Disney and Pixar’s latest animated feature Coco delivered on its promise to top the box office upon release by finishing first during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend with an estimated $49 million. While it finished just ahead of Justice League (which added $40.7 million to its coffers bringing its two-week total to $171.5 million), it received higher mark from audiences and critics alike than its competition.

With an additional $22.2 million taken in during the five-day opening, Coco also enjoyed the fourth-largest Thanksgiving opening of all time. Finishing in third place with $22.3 million was the Julia Roberts/Jacob Tremblay starring Wonder, giving it an impressive two-week total of just about $70 million. Dropping to fourth was Thor: Ragnarok with $16.8 million (making it the tenth highest grossing film with the Marvel Cinematic Universe…so far anyway). Meanwhile, Daddy’s Home 2 brought in $13.3 million, raising its three-week total to $72.7 million.

Murder on the Orient Express also dropped a bit this week, earning $13 million to raise its three-week total to just above $74 million. The Star did moderately well lifting its two-week total to $22 million with a disappointing drop to $6.9 this week. A Bad Moms Christmas also continued its slide from the top ten earning just $5 million over the holiday, bringing its four-week total to $59.8 million.

A couple of independent films close out this week’s list. The Denzel Washington-led Roman J. Israel, Esq. pulled in $4.5 million to raise its two-week total to $6.3 million. While Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri raised its three-week total to $7.6 million taking in $4.4 million over the holiday break.

A new film from Woody Allen, Wonder Wheel, and the James Franco-directed The Disaster Artist both debut next week, offering some alternative pre-Christmas entertainment.

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Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com

An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.

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