Doctor Strange opened to a far better-than-expected $85 million from 3,882 theaters at the North American box office, adding another franchise to the expanding Marvel Studios and Disney superhero universe and putting the movie’s early global total at a magical $325.4 million. Overseas, the pic earned another $118.7 million this weekend. Doctor Strange, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange, gives Disney five of the 10 top openings of 2016 so far. It also beat the first installments in the Thor, Captain America and Ant-Man franchises.
The top 12 films of the week, as of Sunday, November 6, are as follows:
# | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Total | ||
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3-Day Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | ||||
1 | Doctor Strange | Disney | $84,989,000 | 3,882 | $21,893 | $84,989,000 |
2 | Trolls | 20th Century Fox | $45,600,000 | 4,060 | $11,232 | $45,600,000 |
3 | Hacksaw Ridge | Lionsgate | $14,750,000 | 2,886 | $5,111 | $14,750,000 |
4 | Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween | Lionsgate | $7,800,000 | 2,234 | $3,491 | $64,990,055 |
5 | Inferno | Sony | $6,250,000 | 3,576 | $1,748 | $26,057,930 |
6 | Accountant, The | Warner Bros. | $5,950,000 | 2,688 | $2,214 | $70,858,194 |
7 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | Paramount | $5,580,000 | 3,079 | $1,812 | $49,240,000 |
8 | Ouija: Origin Of Evil | Universal | $3,982,965 | 2,380 | $1,674 | $31,372,215 |
9 | Girl On The Train, The | Universal | $2,774,750 | 1,572 | $1,765 | $70,732,115 |
10 | Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children | 20th Century Fox | $2,100,000 | 1,710 | $1,228 | $83,334,389 |
11 | Moonlight | A24 | $1,332,414 | 83 | $16,053 | $3,087,112 |
12 | Keeping Up With The Joneses | 20th Century Fox | $1,140,000 | 1,064 | $1,071 | $13,355,236 |