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Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody is a box-office champion, soaring to a $50 million launch in North America, the second-biggest start of all time for a music biopic behind 2015’s Straight Outta Compton($60.2 million), even when adjusted for inflation. The better-than-expected performance of the film — which stars Rami Malek as legendary frontman Freddie Mercury — is a fitting swan song for 20th Century Fox as it releases the final titles on its slate before disappearing as a stand-alone major Hollywood studio and being absorbed by new owner Disney.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, November 4, are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bohemian Rhapsody | 20th Century Fox | $50,000,000 | 4,000 | $12,500 | $50,000,000 |
| 2 | Nutcracker And The Four Realms, The | Disney | $20,000,000 | 3,766 | $5,311 | $20,000,000 |
| 3 | Nobody’s Fool | Paramount | $14,000,000 | 2,468 | $5,673 | $14,000,000 |
| 4 | Star Is Born, A | Warner Bros. | $11,100,000 | 3,431 | $3,235 | $165,634,566 |
| 5 | Halloween | Universal | $11,015,000 | 3,775 | $2,918 | $150,408,705 |
| 6 | Venom | Sony | $7,850,000 | 3,067 | $2,560 | $198,663,348 |
| 7 | Smallfoot | Warner Bros. | $3,805,000 | 2,002 | $1,901 | $77,484,301 |
| 8 | Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween | Sony | $3,700,000 | 2,828 | $1,308 | $43,832,316 |
| 9 | Hunter Killer | Lionsgate | $3,525,000 | 2,720 | $1,296 | $12,965,116 |
| 10 | Hate U Give, The | 20th Century Fox | $3,400,000 | 1,507 | $2,256 | $23,460,924 |
| 11 | First Man | Universal | $2,265,000 | 1,712 | $1,323 | $42,054,870 |
| 12 | Night School | Universal | $2,015,000 | 1,271 | $1,585 | $74,410,215 |
