LOS ANGELES, United States — “
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” again ruled the North American box office
this weekend, while two new high-budget releases had “weak” openings, analysts
said.
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Disney and Marvel’s “Wakanda” took in an estimated
$45.9 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period, or $64 million for the full
Thanksgiving weekend starting on Wednesday, industry watcher Exhibitor
Relations reported Sunday.
But the drop-off was sharp after that popular
superhero tale, despite the holiday weekend. Overall, the weekend’s top dozen
films had 12 percent less in ticket sales than the top 12 of a year earlier.
In second place was
Disney’s computer-animated
sci-fi movie “Strange World”, at $11.9 million for three days and $18.6 million
for five days. Variety.com called that a “catastrophic” result for a film with
a $180 million budget.
And in third was another new release, Sony’s
“Devotion”, which took in $6 million for three days ($9 million for five).
David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research called that “a weak opening
for a war action movie”. The story about the friendship of two US fighter
pilots during the Korean War had a $90 million budget.
Fourth place went to Searchlight’s horror-comedy
“The Menu”, at $5.2 million ($7.3 million). Ralph Fiennes plays a celebrity
chef with some dark surprises on the menu.
And in fifth was superhero film “Black Adam” from
Warner Bros., which took in $3.4 million ($4.7 million). Dwayne Johnson stars.
Netflix has not released numbers for another
much-anticipated film, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”, but Gross said the
sequel to 2019’s “Knives Out” took in an estimated $9 million in limited
release over just three days — “a terrific result”.
Rounding out the top 10 were:
“The Fabelmans” ($2.22
million for three days; $3 million for five)
“Bones and All” ($2.20
million; $3.6 million)
“Ticket to Paradise” ($1.9
million; $2.6 million)
“The Chosen Season 3:
Episodes 1&2” ($1.5 million; $2.1 million)
“She Said” ($1.1 million; $1.5 million)
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