Saturday Update: November’s excellent box office march continues this weekend as Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet is over-performing in its Thanksgiving debut, adding $21.735 million on Black Friday for a three-day haul of $50.535 million. The hit sequel is currently pacing for a Friday-to-Sunday weekend around $57 million, which puts it in contention to best Toy Story 2‘s $57.4 million as the second highest three-day Thanksgiving debut in history (behind only Frozen‘s $67.4 million). For Ralph‘s overall five-day start, that would land around $85.8 million — potentially topping Moana ($82.1 million) as the second best ever behind Frozen ($93.6 million).
Creed II is also off to an excellent start slightly above forecasts with another $14.13 million on Friday, giving it $34.64 million after three days. That comes in 43.5 percent ahead of its predecessor’s first three days in November 2015, setting the stage for a weekend frame around $35 million — giving it an overall $55.5 million five-day estimated bow.
The Grinch nabbed another $11.6 million yesterday for an updated domestic cume of $161.85 million. Its three-day weekend should land close to $29.5 million, which — as expected — puts it in close positioning to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. That sequel added $11.82 million on Friday, giving it $99.3 million domestically as it paces for a weekend around $29 million.
Meanwhile, Robin Hood grabbed $3.46 million on Friday, giving it $8.555 million in its first three days. The Friday-Sunday segment should end up around $9 million, giving the pic a $14.1 million estimated five-day opening.
On the Oscar race front, Green Book earned $2.05 million on Friday for a new total of $4.4 million in the bank. Its three-day weekend could net around $5.4 million.
Last but not least, The Favourite opened on Friday with a strong $190,572 from four locations — marking an excellent $47,643 per-theater average. Fox is projecting around $415,000 for the weekend.
Early three-day estimates are below. Updated studio estimates will follow on Sunday, followed by final results on Monday.
Early Weekend Estimates (Domestic)
FRI, NOV. 23 – SUN, NOV. 25
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | $57,000,000 | — | 4,017 | — | $14,190 | $85,800,000 | 1 | Disney |
| 2 | Creed II | $35,000,000 | — | 3,441 | — | $10,171 | $55,513,000 | 1 | MGM / Warner Bros |
| 3 | Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch | $29,500,000 | -24% | 3,960 | -181 | $7,449 | $179,747,250 | 3 | Universal |
| 4 | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | $29,000,000 | -53% | 4,163 | 0 | $6,966 | $116,467,000 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Bohemian Rhapsody | $13,300,000 | -17% | 2,927 | -883 | $4,544 | $151,464,253 | 4 | 20th Century Fox |
| 6 | Instant Family | $12,000,000 | -17% | 3,286 | 0 | $3,652 | $35,251,508 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | Robin Hood | $9,000,000 | — | 2,827 | — | $3,184 | $14,095,000 | 1 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 8 | Widows | $7,900,000 | -36% | 2,803 | 0 | $2,818 | $25,530,819 | 2 | 20th Century Fox |
| 9 | Green Book | $5,400,000 | 1585% | 1,063 | 1038 | $5,080 | $7,758,401 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | A Star is Born | $3,000,000 | -30% | 1,202 | -808 | $2,496 | $191,000,000 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | $2,800,000 | -41% | 1,757 | -878 | $1,594 | $49,207,698 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 12 | Overlord | $1,100,000 | -71% | 1,223 | -1636 | $899 | $20,175,026 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boy Erased | $1,100,000 | -17% | 672 | 263 | $1,637 | $4,482,637 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 2 | Nobody’s Fool | $860,000 | -61% | 608 | -693 | $1,414 | $30,467,263 | 4 | Paramount |
| 3 | Venom | $700,000 | -65% | 585 | -722 | $1,197 | $211,627,620 | 8 | Sony / Columbia |
| 4 | The Front Runner | $600,000 | 696% | 807 | 785 | $743 | $1,039,563 | 3 | Sony / Columbia |
| 5 | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | $568,000 | -36% | 426 | -129 | $1,333 | $6,001,746 | 6 | Fox Searchlight |
| 6 | The Girl in the Spider’s Web | $338,000 | -86% | 983 | -1946 | $344 | $14,374,400 | 3 | Sony / Columbia |
| 7 | The Hate U Give | $302,000 | -61% | 260 | -333 | $1,162 | $28,894,674 | 8 | 20th Century Fox |
| 8 | A Private War | $110,000 | -84% | 226 | -639 | $487 | $1,377,868 | 4 | Aviron Pictures |
| 9 | Incredibles 2 | $59,000 | -27% | 106 | -24 | $557 | $608,509,467 | 24 | Disney |
| 10 | Hunter Killer | $40,000 | -53% | 101 | -93 | $396 | $15,743,544 | 5 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Favourite | $415,000 | — | 4 | — | $103,750 | $415,000 | 1 | Fox Searchlight |
| 2 | At Eternity’s Gate | $210,000 | 126% | 31 | 27 | $6,774 | $396,822 | 2 | CBS Films |
| 3 | The Old Man & The Gun | $94,000 | -43% | 91 | -80 | $1,033 | $10,782,328 | 9 | Fox Searchlight |
| 4 | Disney’s Christopher Robin | $16,000 | -52% | 55 | -37 | $291 | $99,207,420 | 17 | Disney |
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Friday Update: Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet is off to a strong start with $18.5 million on opening day Wednesday and $10.3 million on Thursday, giving it an excellent $28.8 million two-day domestic start ahead of the weekend. Creed II is likewise doing very well with $11.6 million and $8.9 million in its first two days for a cume of $20.5 million thus far.
Meanwhile, Robin Hood posted $3.15 million and $1.945 million in each of its first two days for a total thus far of $5.1 million. Green Book expanded semi-wide to $911K on Wednesday and $1.05 million on Thursday.
Weekend and additional daily estimates to follow on Saturday.
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Wednesday Report: Disney reports this morning that Ralph Breaks the Internet earned an excellent $3.8 million start from 6pm onward last night as it begins a five-day weekend release. That compares very favorably with Disney’s Coco and Moana, which also bowed on Thanksgiving Wednesday in 2017 and 2016 with $2.3 million and $2.6 million, respectively. While initial results are expected to be higher for Ralph given its nature as a sequel, this bodes well for a strong opening performance in the days ahead.
Although MGM and Annapurna have yet to report officially, multiple sources claim Creed II earned $3.7 million from last night’s first shows. If accurate, that marks a huge jump from Creed‘s $1.4 million start on the same pre-Thanksgiving Wednesday three years ago — although the comparison is loose given how popular early shows have become even in that relatively short time frame.
Meanwhile, Robin Hood took in $800K from 2,100 locations last night — plus an addition $400K from promotional screenings on Monday night. The former former figure is well ahead of Victor Frankenstein‘s $180K Tuesday night start three years ago, although additional comps are scarce with the holiday debut in mind.
Follow Boxoffice for continued updates throughout the extended holiday weekend.
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