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Moviegoing in the United States slowed dramatically over the weekend amid the coronavirus pandemic, resulting in box office revenue falling to a 20-year low, according to initial Sunday estimates. ‘Onward’ stayed No. 1 in North America but suffered the worst decline in Pixar history, while faith-based pic ‘I Still Believe’ …

Family animated offering Onward opened to a muted $40 million from 4,310 theaters in North America, one of the lowest nationwide starts for a release from Disney/Pixar. Overall, revenue for the weekend was down more than 50 percent from the same frame in 2019, when Captain Marvel opened to $153 million. The top 12 …

In a tight race between Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog and Disney’s The Call of the Wild, it was the hedgehog that beat out Harrison Ford and a CGI dog at the North American box office this weekend.  Sonic, the CGI and live-action hybrid based on the popular Sega games, zoomed past the $100 …

Disney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker stayed atop the chart in its third weekend with $33.7 million for a domestic total of $450.8 million to date. The tentpole also held at No. 1 with another $50.5 million for a foreign tally of $468 million and $918.8 million worldwide. The movie continues to …

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was the biggest beneficiary of the long holiday weekend, earning an estimated $135 million for the five-day holiday for a 10-day North American total of $361.8 million. After opening 20 percent behind Star Wars: The Last Jedi last weekend, Skywalker has almost caught up with its predecessor as it …

Though coming in notably behind the last two films in the trilogy, J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker easily banished the competition to a galaxy far, far away with a huge weekend launch of $175.5 million at the North American box office and $373.5 million globally. Domestically, the movie scored …

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 …

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance makes its public debut Dec. 5, 2019, inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida, and at Disneyland Park in California on Jan. 17, 2020. After years of anticipation for this groundbreaking new attraction, guests will now become heroes of the Resistance in a climactic battle with …

Walt Disney Animation’s all-audience tentpole Frozen 2 led the box office with a record-shattering $123.7 million for the Wednesday-Sunday stretch, easily besting the $109.9 million grossed by The Hunger Games: Catching Fire during the same corridor in 2013. Frozen 2 marks the biggest Thanksgiving showing ever for a Disney animated film after taking the crown …

Princess Anna and Queen Elsa thawed hearts around the globe in their triumphant return to the big screen over the weekend. Walt Disney Animation Studios’ music-infused Frozen 2 opened to a record $127 million in the U.S. and a fiery $223.3 million overseas from 37 markets for a massive worldwide start of …