Saturday Update: Disney’s Moana is poised to lead its second weekend, as expected, but with an even stronger post-Thanksgiving hold than previous Disney release Frozen as the former title eyes a $29 million sophomore frame. That would represent a 49% drop from last weekend, compared to Frozen‘s 53%. Moana‘s ten-day cume stands at an excellent $97.96 million.
Meanwhile, Fantastic Beasts continues to hold relatively well as it added $5.04 million yesterday and reached a domestic tally of $170 million through 15 days of play. That film will take second place comfortably over the weekend.
New releases Incarnate and Believe drew comparatively modest crowds with respective opening days of $915,000 and $168,900. The former of the two had been experimenting with a unique marketing and distribution strategy under Blumhouse and High Top Releasing as it targeted theaters that favor genre-friendly audiences. Respectively, the two films will debut to around $2.1 million and $480,000.
Last but not least, Manchester By the Sea posted $666,000 as it expanded into 156 locations yesterday. A weekend around $2 million looks likely as the awards season contender begins its staggered roll out into nationwide play.
Our key FSS projections are below. Official weekend estimates from the studios will be published on Sunday, followed by final results on Monday.
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | Moana | $29,000,000 | -49% | 3,875 | 0 | $7,484 | $120,515,330 | 2 | Disney |
2 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | $16,000,000 | -65% | 3,988 | -156 | $4,012 | $180,962,403 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
3 | Arrival | $7,200,000 | -37% | 2,915 | 473 | $2,470 | $72,978,514 | 4 | Paramount |
4 | Allied | $7,000,000 | -45% | 3,160 | 0 | $2,215 | $28,877,432 | 2 | Paramount |
5 | Doctor Strange | $6,500,000 | -53% | 2,935 | -73 | $2,215 | $215,323,177 | 5 | Disney |
6 | Trolls | $4,500,000 | -58% | 3,156 | -166 | $1,426 | $141,271,445 | 5 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
7 | Hacksaw Ridge | $3,400,000 | -38% | 2,494 | 162 | $1,363 | $57,264,956 | 5 | Lionsgate |
8 | Bad Santa 2 | $3,000,000 | -51% | 2,945 | 25 | $1,019 | $14,001,043 | 2 | Broad Green Pictures |
9 | Almost Christmas | $2,400,000 | -58% | 1,556 | -213 | $1,542 | $38,047,150 | 4 | Universal |
10 | Incarnate | $2,100,000 | — | 1,737 | — | $1,209 | $2,100,000 | 1 | High Top / BH Tilt |
11 | The Edge of Seventeen | $1,700,000 | -43% | 1,608 | -337 | $1,057 | $12,808,490 | 3 | STX Entertainment |
12 | Rules Don’t Apply | $670,000 | -58% | 2,386 | 4 | $281 | $3,437,655 | 2 | 20th Century Fox |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | Manchester By the Sea | $2,000,000 | 63% | 156 | 108 | $12,821 | $4,059,943 | 3 | Roadside / Amazon |
2 | The Accountant | $760,000 | -27% | 608 | 52 | $1,250 | $84,255,470 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
3 | Believe (2016) | $480,000 | — | 639 | — | $751 | $480,000 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
4 | Bleed for This | $280,000 | -70% | 649 | -900 | $431 | $4,832,190 | 3 | Open Road |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | Jackie | $260,000 | — | 5 | — | $52,000 | $260,000 | 1 | Fox Searchlight |
2 | Lion | $86,000 | -30% | 7 | 3 | $12,286 | $245,148 | 2 | Weinstein Company |
3 | Miss Sloane | $35,000 | -41% | 4 | 1 | $8,750 | $114,036 | 2 | EuropaCorp |
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