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In another huge win for animated films — and Disney — Moana scored one of the best five-day Thanksgiving showings of all time with $81.1 million from 3,875 theaters, enough to conquer holdover Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which placed No. 2 in its second outing with $65.8 million from …

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling can still cast a magic spell at the box office — although not as powerful sans the Boy Who Lived, at least in North America. Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter spinoff and prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, from a script by Rowling, topped the weekend domestic box office …

From Doctor Strange to Trolls to Denis Villeneuve’s new cerebral sci-fi thriller Arrival, movies playing at the North American box office enjoyed a rare collective boost over the weekend as consumers flocked to the cinema seemingly seeking escapism following the conclusion of the 2016 presidential election and Donald Trump’s surprise victory. Marvel and Disney’s Doctor Strange easily stayed …

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, …

Ron Howard’s Inferno suffered a startling defeat in its North American box-office debut, grossing an estimated $15 million from 3,575 theaters to come in behind holdover Boo! A Madea Halloween, which scared up $16.7 million from 2,299 theaters in its sophomore outing. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, October …

Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween easily scared off Tom Cruise’s sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back to win the weekend box office race with a stellar $27.6 million. Never Go Back followed at No. 2 with $23 million. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, October 23, are as follows: # Title …

The Accountant topped the North American box office over the weekend with a better-than-expected $24.7 million from 3,332 theaters after being snubbed by many critics. In the action-thriller, Affleck plays a whiz accountant (and assassin) who cooks the books for mobsters and cartels. When he’s targeted by the Treasury Department, he goes …

The Girl on the Trainopened to a solid $24.7 million from 3,133 theaters over the weekend, easily winning the North American box-office race, The female-fueled Girl on the Train, an adaptation of British author Paula Hawkins’ hit novel and starring Emily Blunt, was produced by Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks for under $50 million …

Tim Burton’s kid-friendly fantasy adventure Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children opened to $28.5 million from 3,522 theaters at the North American box office over the weekend, blowing past Pete Berg’s oil rig disaster pic Deepwater Horizon and easily landing at No. 1. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Deepwater Horizon placed No. 2 with $20.6 million from 3,259 cinemas. …

The Magnificent Seven galloped to a domestic debut of $35 million from 3,674 theaters, placing No. 1 in North America and corralling one of the top openings of all time for a Western, not accounting for inflation. The remake benefited from a star-studded cast led by Denzel Washington and solid reviews. The …