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In an era when many tentpole franchise installments stall, director Taika Waitii’s Thor: Ragnarok is wielding nothing short of a golden hammer at the box office for Disney and Marvel Studios. Over the weekend, the threequel opened to $121 million from 4,080 theaters in North America, 41 percent ahead of sequel Thor: The Dark World ($85.7 million). Overseas, Thor brought in a global haul of $427 million. Thor‘s $55.6 million China debut is a record for the month of November.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, November 5, are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | ||||
| 1 | Thor: Ragnarok | Disney | $121,005,000 | 4,080 | $29,658 | $121,005,000 |
| 2 | Bad Moms Christmas, A | STX Entertainment | $17,030,000 | 3,615 | $4,711 | $21,556,106 |
| 2 | Jigsaw | Lionsgate | $6,700,000 | 2,941 | $2,278 | $28,836,471 |
| 4 | Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween | Lionsgate | $4,650,000 | 2,202 | $2,112 | $42,958,423 |
| 5 | Geostorm | Warner Bros. | $3,035,000 | 2,666 | $1,138 | $28,770,341 |
| 6 | Happy Death Day | Universal | $2,815,000 | 2,184 | $1,289 | $52,968,505 |
| 7 | Thank You For Your Service | Universal | $2,260,000 | 2,083 | $1,085 | $7,354,730 |
| 8 | Blade Runner 2049 | Warner Bros. | $2,235,000 | 1,464 | $1,527 | $85,456,130 |
| 9 | Only The Brave | Sony | $1,910,000 | 2,073 | $921 | $15,290,467 |
| 10 | Let There Be Light | Atlas Distribution Company | $1,631,384 | 642 | $2,541 | $4,023,740 |
| 11 | Foreigner, The | STX Entertainment | $1,550,000 | 1,456 | $1,065 | $31,947,983 |
| 12 | Victoria And Abdul | Focus Features | $1,210,000 | 796 | $1,520 | $19,864,719 |
