{"id":54015,"date":"2016-11-27T22:05:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T06:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=54015"},"modified":"2016-11-27T22:05:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T06:05:33","slug":"box-office-moana-sails-to-the-top-of-the-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/11\/box-office-moana-sails-to-the-top-of-the-charts.html","title":{"rendered":"Box office: Moana<\/i> sails to the top of the charts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Disney added another film to its growing list of box-office hits this week.<\/p>\n

Moana<\/b><\/i>, an animated film about a Polynesian princess who teams up with a demigod to save her island, earned an estimated $55.5 million between Friday and Sunday<\/a> and an estimated $81.1 million in total since opening on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the second-best opening of any film released over the American Thanksgiving<\/a>, behind the $93.6 million that Frozen<\/i> earned in its first five days in 2013.<\/p>\n

It is also the best opening of any non-sequel starring Dwayne Johnson<\/a>, beating the $54.6 million that San Andreas<\/i> opened to last year. (The Friday-to-Sunday portion of Moana<\/i>\u2019s debut ranks fifth among Johnson\u2019s first weekends overall, behind the last three Fast & Furious<\/i> sequels and 2001\u2019s The Mummy Returns<\/i>.)<\/p>\n

The news was less good for three other new wide releases this week.<\/p>\n

Allied<\/b><\/i>, starring Brad Pitt as a Canadian military intelligence officer who falls for a French resistance fighter during World War II, landed in fourth place with $13 million for the weekend and $18 million since Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the lowest opening for a Robert Zemeckis film<\/a> in wide release since 1992\u2019s Death Becomes Her<\/i> (though it is ahead of last year\u2019s The Walk<\/i>), and one of the lowest openings ever for a wide release with Brad Pitt<\/a> in the lead role. Allied<\/i> does, however, have the fifth-best North American opening of Marion Cotillard<\/a>\u2019s career.<\/p>\n

In a more quasi-seasonal vein, Bad Santa 2<\/b><\/i> landed in eighth place with $6.1 million for the weekend and $9 million since Tuesday night, which is about half of what the original Bad Santa<\/i> opened to in 2003. (The original film opened in fifth place<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

And Rules Don\u2019t Apply<\/b><\/i> \u2014 the first film to star Warren Beatty since 2001\u2019s Town & Country<\/i>, and the first to be directed by him since 1998\u2019s Bulworth<\/i> \u2014 landed in 12th place with $1.6 million for the weekend and $2.2 million since Tuesday night. That\u2019s the lowest wide opening for a Warren Beatty film<\/a> since at least the 1970s.<\/p>\n

A couple of holdovers passed significant milestones this week.<\/p>\n

Doctor Strange<\/b><\/i> \u2014 which landed in third place in North America with $13.4 million this weekend \u2014 is now the top-grossing single-character origin story in the Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a> worldwide. The film has earned $616 million globally, which puts it ahead of the $585.2 million the previous champ, Iron Man<\/i>, earned in 2008.<\/p>\n

The only other MCU non-sequel ahead of Doctor Strange<\/i> worldwide is the ensemble film Guardians of the Galaxy<\/a><\/i>, which grossed $773.3 million in 2014.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

And Arrival<\/b><\/i> \u2014 which landed in fifth place with $11.3 million, a drop of only 7.3% since last weekend, thereby raising its cume to $62.4 million \u2014 has passed Prisoners<\/i> (2013, $61 million) to become the top-grossing Denis Villeneuve<\/a> film in North America (though it is still behind Prisoners<\/i> overseas and worldwide).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in other box-office news\u2026<\/p>\n

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them<\/b><\/i> earned $45.1 million and ranked second in its second week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $156.2 million. The film has earned another $317.5 million overseas for a global total of $473.7 million.<\/p>\n

Trolls<\/b><\/i> earned $10.3 million and ranked sixth in its fourth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $135.1 million. The film has earned another $155.9 million overseas for a global total of $291 million.<\/p>\n

Almost Christmas<\/b><\/i> earned $7.6 million and ranked seventh in its third week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $36.7 million. The film has earned another $65,544 overseas for a global total of $36.8 million.<\/p>\n

Hacksaw Ridge<\/b><\/i> earned $5.5 million and ranked ninth in its fourth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $52.2 million. The film has earned another $10.9 million overseas for a global total of $63.1 million.<\/p>\n

And The Edge of Seventeen<\/b><\/i> earned $2.9 million and ranked tenth in its second week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $10.3 million. The film does not seem to have been released overseas yet.<\/p>\n

Now for a bit of extra data on the year\u2019s top-grossing animated films<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In North America, The Secret Life of Pets<\/i> still ranks eighth among animated films:<\/p>\n