Box-Office Weekend: Ebenezer Gets Jolly

Once again, a new release has taken over first place of the box-office weekend top ten, as Ebenezer finished $7.6 million ahead of its closest competition.

“Ebenezer” posterIn its first weekend of release, Ebenezer took in $19.0 million for Paramount Pictures, which was good enough to claim first place. Meanwhile, The Cat in the Hat remained in second place with $11.4 million, bringing its two-week total to $38.2 million for Warner Brothers. This pushed last weekend’s top film, Godzilla Minus Zero to third place where it made $8.3 million, giving the GKIDS release a two-week total of $48.9 million. Climbing a spot from fifth to fourth, Ramayana: Rise of A Legend made $5.5 million for Sony Pictures Releasing, giving it a two-week total of $24.1 million. This pushed A24’s You Can See Everything down to fifth place where it added $5.47 million, giving the film a five-week total of $89.0 million.

Debuting in sixth place this weekend, Ghost Soldier took in $5.2 million over the weekend as the film’s one-week total rose to $8.3 million. Meanwhile, How to Rob a Bank debuted in seventh place where it took in $5.1 million for Amazon MGM Studios. Standing its ground in eighth place, Wild Horse Nine took in $4.6 million for Searchlight Pictures, bringing the film’s two-week total to $13.3 million. Falling two spots, Wildwood landed in ninth place with $4.4 million, giving it a four-week total of $48.3 million. Finally, dropping three spots, Clayface landed in tenth place with $3.7 million this weekend, bringing the film’s four-week total to $63.6 million for Warner Brothers.

Three films found themselves forced out of the box-office weekend top ten. Following a third place finish a week ago, Angel’s Drummer Boy drops from the top ten with a two-week total of $16.2 million taken in for the studio. After claiming ninth place last weekend, Black Bear’s Wicker dropped from the top ten this weekend after generating $23.3 million for the studio over the last four weeks. After bringing in $2.1 million a week ago, Jimmy fell from this weekend’s list.

Weekend Box Office
(November 13th – November 15th)

  1. Ebenezer…$19.0 Million
  2. The Cat in the Hat…$11.4 Million
  3. Godzilla Minus Zero…$8.3 Million
  4. Ramayana: Rise of A Legend…$5.5 Million
  5. You Can See Everything…$5.47 Million
  6. Ghost Soldier…$5.2 Million
  7. How to Rob a Bank…$5.1 Million
  8. Wild Horse Nine…$4.6 Million
  9. Wildwood…$4.4 Million
  10. Clayface…$3.7 Million
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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