Pixar’s Coco is the latest title from the Disney animated empire to win the annual box-office turkey trot, posting a hearty five-day debut of $71.2 million from 3,987 theaters to score the fourth-best Thanksgiving opening of all time behind Toy Story 2, Frozen and Moana. That includes $49 million for the three-day weekend.
Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment’s Justice League placed No. 2 in its sophomore outing, grossing $59.7 million for the five-day holiday frame (Wednesday-Sunday) and $40.7 million for the three-day weekend, a 57 percent decline. The superhero mashup, whose domestic total through Sunday is $171.5 million, continues to trail well behind Thor: Rangarok.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, November 26, are as follows:
# | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Total | ||
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Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | ||||
1 | Coco | Disney | $49,022,000 | 3,987 | $12,295 | $71,195,000 |
2 | Justice League | Warner Bros. | $40,730,000 | 4,051 | $10,054 | $171,546,643 |
2 | Wonder | Lionsgate | $22,300,000 | 3,172 | $7,030 | $69,440,202 |
4 | Thor: Ragnarok | Disney | $16,791,000 | 3,281 | $5,118 | $277,468,394 |
5 | Daddy’s Home 2 | Paramount | $13,250,000 | 3,518 | $3,766 | $72,662,166 |
6 | Murder On The Orient Express | 20th Century Fox | $13,000,000 | 3,152 | $4,124 | $74,246,517 |
7 | Star, The | Sony | $6,875,000 | 2,837 | $2,423 | $22,030,988 |
8 | Bad Moms Christmas, A | STX Entertainment | $5,010,000 | 2,306 | $2,173 | $59,754,557 |
9 | Roman J. Israel, Esq. | Sony | $4,515,000 | 1,669 | $2,705 | $6,274,277 |
10 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri | Fox Searchlight | $4,400,000 | 614 | $7,166 | $7,624,070 |
11 | Lady Bird | A24 | $4,041,733 | 791 | $5,110 | $10,702,821 |
12 | Man Who Invented Christmas, The | Bleecker Street | $1,343,284 | 626 | $2,146 | $1,796,958 |