'Coco' Wins as 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi" comes 2nd
11/12/2017 13:11
With anticipation
building for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," Disney-Pixar's animated
comedy "Coco" handily won its third straight crown at a moderate
North American box office with $18.3 million at 3,748 sites.
"Coco" joined "The Hitman's Bodyguard," "Fate of the
Furious" and "Split" as 2017 titles to top the domestic box
office for three weekends in a row. The major studios have held
off on any new openings since the Thanksgiving holiday but that
changes on the evening of Dec. 14 when previews start for
Disney-Lucasfilm's "The Last Jedi" amid expectations of an
opening weekend in the $200 million range.
"Coco," a colorful celebration of Mexico's Day of the Dead,
showed impressive holding power with a 33% decline from its
second weekend to lift its 19-day domestic total to $135.5
million. It's performed similarly to Disney's animated "Moana,"
which opened at the same time last year and had totaled $144.7
million after three weekends.
There was a single wide opening this weekend with Broad
Green Pictures' final movie, "Just Getting Started," showing
little traction with moviegoers with $3.2 million at 2,146
locations. "Just Getting Started," a poorly reviewed action
comedy starring Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones, wound up in
10th place behind A24's sixth weekend of awards contender "Lady
Bird" with $3.5 million at 1,557 venues.
The fourth weekend of Warner Bros.-DC Entertainment's
superhero team-up "Justice League" finished with just over half
of "Coco" with $9.6 million at 3,508 locations with a 42%
decline. "Justice League" has taken in $212.1 million in 24 days
and is the 10th biggest movie of 2017 -- but it's also the
lowest performer among the five DC Extended Universe movies.
"Wonder Woman" had hit $318 million domestically at the 24-day
point in June.
"Justice League" has gone past $600 million worldwide with
an international total of $401 million. Its performance pushed
Warner Bros. past the $5 billion mark worldwide for 2017. The
studio announced Sunday that it's become the first studio to
cross the $2 billion mark for the year, led by "Wonder Woman"
with $412 million and "It" with $327 million.
Lionsgate's third weekend of inspirational drama "Wonder"
finished in third place with $8.5 million at 3,519 North
American sites with a 35% decline. "Wonder" became the 27th
movie of the year to cross the $100 million mark -- and one of
the least costly among that group, given its $20 million budget.
Production companies on the Jacob Tremblay vehicle are
Mandeville Films, Participant Media, Walden Media and TIK Films.
A24's expansion of James Franco's comedy-drama "The Disaster
Artist" came in fourth with a solid $6.4 million at 840 venues,
up from 19 last weekend. That edged the sixth weekend of
Disney-Marvel's "Thor: Ragnarok" with $6.3 million at 3,047
sites, which put its domestic total above $300 million. The
third Thor movie was a key factor in November's box office
staying ahead of the same month last year.
Paramount's fifth weekend of "Daddy's Home 2" finished sixth
with $6 million at 3,263 locations, down only 21%, to lift its
31-day total to $91.2 million. The original "Daddy's Home" wound
up its domestic run two years ago with $150.4 million.
Fox's fifth frame of "Murder on the Orient Express" followed
with $5.1 million at 3,201 sites for a total of $92. 7 million.
The Kenneth Branagh vehicle, which has a $55 million budget, has
been a solid performer internationally with $182 million in
grosses outside the U.S.
Sony's fourth weekend of faith-based animated drama "The
Star" came in eighth with $3.7 million at 2,976 venues, off only
10%. The film, co-financed by Walden Media and released through
the Affirm label, has totaled $32.3 million in 24 days.
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