Box-Office Weekend: Frozen II Stops Competition Cold

Three films debuted in the top ten this weekend but only one finished firmly atop the box-office weekend. Disney’s Frozen II, delivered an absolutely astounding opening, bringing in $127 million over the weekend, easily besting the next highest grossing film by $111 million. The film also set the mark for the largest non-summer opening for an animated film as well as the fifth largest November opening of all time.

Last week’s top finisher, Ford v. Ferrari, was content to take second place this weekend with a $16 million weekend take, giving the film a two-week tally of $58 million. Meanwhile, the second debut to place in the top ten over the weekend, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, starring Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers, made $13.5 million in its opening weekend, garnering third place on our countdown and accolades from press and audiences alike.

The third debut of the weekend, the action crime drama 21 Bridges, starring Chadwick Boseman, managed to squeeze out $9.3 million in its opening weekend, giving it a fourth-place finish. Meanwhile, last week’s second-place finisher, Midway, made $4.7 million over the weekend, giving the film a three-week total of $43.1 million.

Almost tied with Midway, was Playing with Fire, which dropped from fourth to sixth place earning $4.6 million over the weekend. The comedy has made $31.6 million in its first three weeks of release. Holding steady in the seventh spot was The Good Liar, which made $3.4 million over the weekend, to give it a two-week cumulative total of $11.8 million.

Meanwhile, plummeting from third place to the eighth spot over the weekend was the reboot of Charlie’s Angels. The action film took in just $3.2 million over the weekend, giving it a two-week total of $13.9 million, which seems a harbinger for no more calls being placed to the Charles Townsend Agency for the foreseeable future. Also, dropping precipitously, was the holiday-themed comedy Last Christmas, which fell from fifth to ninth-place, taking in $3.0 million over the weekend. This gives the film a three-week total of $27.8 million.

Finally, Joker dropped from eighth place to tenth, taking in $2.8 million over the weekend. Despite what seems like a looming departure from the top ten, the film has made $326.9 million over the course of its first eight weeks of release and is has performed remarkably in the foreign market, earning $708.8 million so far.

Dropping completely from this week’s top ten were Doctor Sleep, Maleficient: Mistress of Evil, and Harriet. Over its first three weeks of release, Doctor Sleep has brought in $28.8 million. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil fared a bit better, bringing in $108.9 million over its six weeks of release, but that still has to be considered disappointing on several levels. Finally, after four weeks, Harriet leaves the top ten with a cumulative total of $36.0 million.

Next weekend sees two films attempt to unseat the Frozen II juggernaut as Knives Out and Queen & Slim debut and appear dead set on shaking up the weekend box-office.

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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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