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Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen 2 easily stayed atop the North American box office in its third weekend with $34.7 million, while fellow animated pic Playmobil: The Movie came apart with a debut of just $668,000.
The Disney sequel finished Sunday with a massive global total of $919.7 million, including $337.6 million domestically and $582.1 million overseas, to propel the studio past a record $10 billion in 2019 global ticket sales (and $11.94 billion when counting the Fox titles it has released). Frozen 2has shattered numerous records around the globe, while its top foreign market is China ($104.4 million). It is also the top animated title of all time in a slew of markets, including South Korea ($75.5 million).
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, December 8, are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frozen 2 | Disney | $34,670,000 | 4,348 | $7,974 | $337,594,901 |
| 2 | Knives Out | Lionsgate | $14,150,000 | 3,461 | $4,088 | $63,486,491 |
| 3 | Ford v. Ferrari | 20th Century Fox | $6,537,000 | 3,746 | $1,745 | $91,110,353 |
| 4 | Queen & Slim | Universal | $6,530,000 | 1,715 | $3,808 | $26,894,005 |
| 5 | Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, A | Sony | $5,200,000 | 3,491 | $1,490 | $43,120,415 |
| 6 | Dark Waters | Focus Features | $4,100,000 | 2,012 | $2,038 | $5,284,749 |
| 7 | 21 Bridges | STX Entertainment | $2,880,000 | 2,465 | $1,168 | $23,932,696 |
| 8 | Playing With Fire | Paramount | $2,000,000 | 2,253 | $888 | $41,982,325 |
| 9 | Midway | Lionsgate | $1,940,000 | 2,100 | $924 | $53,402,471 |
| 10 | Joker | Warner Bros. | $1,040,000 | 956 | $1,088 | $332,141,623 |
| 11 | Last Christmas | Universal | $1,010,000 | 1,260 | $802 | $33,447,175 |
| 12 | Harriet | Focus Features | $810,000 | 1,000 | $810 | $40,851,550 |
