Saturday Report: Disney’s Frozen II added another $7.84 million on Friday, beginning its third weekend of domestic play with an estimated $310.8 million 15-day running cume. The blockbuster animated sequel will again win the weekend for a third time with what’s estimated at $35 million currently.
Knives Out is holding up very well to begin its second weekend, registering $4.138 million on Friday and giving it a 10-day domestic tally of $53.5 million thus far. The Rian Johnson film is targeting a sophomore frame of $14.2 million as strong word of mouth continues to propel it.
Queen & Slim posted $1.93 million in third place on Friday, bringing its own 10-day domestic haul to a healthy $22.3 million. The prestige title from director Melina Matsoukas continues to generate positive word of mouth as a counter-programming option for adult audiences. We’re projecting a second weekend around $6.4 million.
Ford v Ferrari wasn’t far behind in fourth place yesterday, tacking on another $1.871 million and bringing its domestic cume to $86.4 million through 22 days. Weekend estimates stand around $6.6 million currently.
As far as this weekend’s openers are concerned, Dark Waters expanded from 94 to 2,011 locations yesterday. The film took in $1.39 million on Friday and looks to be heading for a $4.5 million weekend.
Meanwhile, Playmobil: The Movie bowed to $167,000 from 2,337 locations. Opening weekend looks to register around $750K based on our current projections.
Early Weekend Estimates (Domestic)
FRI, DEC. 6 – SUN, DEC. 8
WIDE (1000+)
#
TITLE
WEEKEND
LOCATIONS
AVG.
TOTAL
WKS.
DIST.
1
Frozen II
$35,000,000
-59%
4,348
-92
$8,050
$337,924,901
3
Disney
2
Knives Out
$14,200,000
-47%
3,461
0
$4,103
$63,536,491
2
Lionsgate
3
Ford v. Ferrari
$6,600,000
-50%
3,746
300
$1,762
$91,173,353
4
20th Century Fox
4
Queen & Slim
$6,400,000
-46%
1,715
25
$3,732
$26,764,005
2
Universal Pictures
5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
$6,000,000
-49%
3,491
256
$1,719
$43,920,415
3
Sony Pictures
6
Dark Waters
$4,500,000
625%
2,012
1918
$2,237
$5,684,749
3
Focus Features
7
21 Bridges
$2,700,000
-52%
2,465
-200
$1,095
$23,752,696
3
STX Entertainment
8
Midway
$2,000,000
-49%
2,100
-275
$952
$53,462,471
5
Lionsgate
9
Playing with Fire
$2,000,000
-53%
2,253
-426
$888
$41,982,325
5
Paramount Pictures
10
Last Christmas
$1,100,000
-45%
1,262
-590
$872
$33,537,175
5
Universal Pictures
11
Harriet
$900,000
-51%
1,000
-84
$900
$40,941,550
6
Focus Features
12
Playmobil: The Movie
$750,000
—
2,337
—
$321
$750,000
1
STX Entertainment
LIMITED (100 — 999)
#
TITLE
WEEKEND
LOCATIONS
AVG.
TOTAL
WKS.
DIST.
1
Joker
$1,000,000
-49%
956
-190
$1,046
$332,101,623
10
Warner Bros.
2
Jojo Rabbit
$560,000
-54%
579
-129
$967
$19,294,823
8
Fox Searchlight
3
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
$540,000
-59%
728
-263
$742
$112,378,846
8
Disney
4
The Good Liar
$540,000
-65%
787
-1216
$686
$16,196,751
4
Warner Bros.
5
Terminator: Dark Fate
$290,000
-67%
431
-351
$673
$61,760,666
6
Paramount
6
Charlie’s Angels
$220,000
-83%
703
-2453
$313
$17,509,006
4
Sony Pictures
7
En Brazos de un Asesino
$200,000
—
160
—
$1,250
$200,000
1
Lionsgate / Pantelion Films
8
Abominable
$120,000
-19%
174
-21
$690
$60,327,080
11
Universal Pictures
9
Downton Abbey
$52,000
-36%
117
-26
$444
$96,783,350
12
Focus Features
PLATFORM (1 — 99)
#
TITLE
WEEKEND
LOCATIONS
AVG.
TOTAL
WKS.
DIST.
1
Ad Astra
$11,000
-30%
33
15
$333
$50,189,350
12
20th Century Fox
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