Christian Bale and Matt Damon owned the box-office weekend as their new film Ford v Ferrari easily took the weekend’s top spot. The film brought in $31.0 million domestically in its opening weekend, a full $22 million ahead of its closest competition.
Just behind Midway, was third-place finisher Charlie’s Angels, which brought in $8.6 million in its first weekend of release. Incidentally, this also means the film ostensibly tied with fourth-place entry Playing with Fire, which also took in $8.6 million over the weekend as the film dropped from third place last weekend, despite a two-week total of $22.6 million.
The holiday-themed Last Christmas, finished in fifth place with $6.7 million over the weekend, giving the film a four-week total of $22.6 million as it tries to stick around long enough to possibly enjoy a resurgence come the holiday season.
Probably the biggest drop of the weekend was witnessed by the horror film Doctor Sleep, which plummeted from a second-place finish last weekend to a sixth-place one this week. The film did add $6.2 million to give it a two-week tally of $22.0 million.
The final newcomer to the top ten this weekend, The Good Liar, finished in the seventh spot with $5.7 million over the weekend. This was just good enough to best Joker, which dropped from sixth to seventh place despite adding $5.6 million, giving the villain origin story a six-week total of $322.6 million.
Another film experiencing a big drop in the standings this weekend was Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, which fell from seventh to ninth place earning just $5.2 million, giving the film a five-week cumulative of $106.0 million.
Finally, the biopic, of sorts, Harriet, crept back into the top ten in this weekend’s final spot with $4.8 million, giving the film a three-week total of $31.9 million. Three films that were pushed from the weekend box office were: Terminator: Dark Fate, which leaves having collected $56.9 million; Zombieland: Double Tap, which managed to take down $70.4 million; and, The Addams Family, which made $92.9 million before riding off into the sunset.
Next weekend should see Frozen II from Disney dominate the box-office weekend. Though it will be up against counter-programming choices such as Tom Hanks in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and the action film 21 Bridges.
Weekend Box-Office (November 15th – November 17th)
- Ford v Ferrari…$31.0 Million
- Midway…$8.8 Million
- Charlie’s Angels…$8.6 Million
- Playing with Fire…$8.6 Million
- Last Christmas…$6.7 Million
- Doctor Sleep…$6.2 Million
- The Good Liar…$5.7 Million
- Joker…$5.6 Million
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil…$5.2 Million
- Harriet…$4.8 Million
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