Thanksgiving at the nation’s box offices was “solid if not record-breaking,” as a Disney/Pixar animated feature grabbed the holiday weekend crown as most-popular film.
“Coco” debuted with an “impressive” $71.2 million over the five day holiday period that started Wednesday, said movie industry analyst Paul Dergarabedian at comScore.
“The film is an instant classic,” Dergarabedian said, with a full 20 percent of the surveyed audience saying they would pay to see it twice.
“Coco” opened two weeks ago in Mexico, and was estimated to have sold $153.4 million globally in pesos and dollars as of Sunday.
In second place, “Justice League” was poised to deal $63 million in sales this weekend, bringing its 10-day sales mark in the U.S. and Canada to $171.5 million. Globally, it has a $481.3 million total, according to Warner Bros.
“Wonder” held down third place, with an estimated $32.3 million in holiday sales.
Rounding out the top 10 movies in the United States and Canada, as reported by the studios and gathered by comScore, were “Thor: Ragnarok” ($24.3 million), “Daddy’s Home 2” ($18.63 million), “Murder On The Orient Express” ($18.62 million), “The Star” ($6.9 million), “A Bad Mom’s Christmas” ($6.8 million), “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” ($6.2 million) and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” ($5.9 million).
–City News Service
