Box-Office Weekend: Moana Makes it Three

For the third weekend in a row, Moana 2 held the top spot of the box-office weekend top ten; this weekend holding on by a margin of $4.1 million.

In its third weekend of release, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures’ Moana 2 brought in $26.6 million, allowing it to remain in the number one slot for a third consecutive weekend. The film now sports an overall total of $337.5 million. Meanwhile, Universal Pictures’ Wicked remained fixed in second place where it took in $22.5 million over the course of its fourth weekend in release, bringing its overall total to $359 million for the studio. Third place was claimed by newcomer Kraven the Hunter with $11 million earned for Sony Pictures Releasing. This debut pushed Paramount Pictures’ Gladiator II to fourth place where it added $7.8 million, bringing its four-week total to $145.9 million. The second debut of the weekend, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim claimed fifth place with $4.6 million taken in for Warner Brothers.

Dropping one spot to land in sixth place was Red One with $4.4 million taken in over the weekend. This gives the Amazon MGM Studios film a five-week total of $92.6 million. Meanwhile, AA Films saw Pushpa: The Rule – Part 2 fall three spots to land in seventh place this weekend where it added $3.7 million to bring its two-week total to $13 million. The re-release of Interstellar fell two spots to an eighth-place finish this weekend with $3.3 million for Paramount Pictures, giving the re-release a two-week tally of $11.8 million. Trafalgar Releasing saw its offering of Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem claim ninth place with $2.3 million it is debut this weekend. Finally, the Lionsgate holiday-themed film The Best Christmas Pageant Ever held steady in tenth place with $1.4 million, bringing its six-week total to $36.7 million.

Only three films were forced from the top ten this weekend (as opposed to half the list last week) as last weekend’s eight-, ninth-, and tenth-place films all dropped from this week’s list. After one week in release and amassing $2.5 million for Sony Pictures Releasing, Solo Leveling: ReAwakening dropped from the top ten. Meanwhile, A24’s Y2K managed to bring in $3.8 million during the last two weeks. Finally, the Fathom Events offering of For King + Country: A Drummer Boy Christmas – Live made a total of $3.8 million during its one-week stint in theaters.

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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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