four months ago<\/a>, Smith had the best opening of his career by far when he took part in the ensemble cast of the supervillain movie Suicide Squad<\/i>.<\/p>\nOne other film cracked the top ten for the first time this week.<\/p>\n
La La Land<\/b><\/i>, a musical about an actress and a musician trying to make a living in Los Angeles, landed in seventh place with $4 million after expanding to 200 theatres. (Every other film in the top ten this week was playing in at least 1,200 theatres.) La La Land<\/i> has earned $5.3 million in total since opening in five theatres last week.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in other box-office news\u2026<\/p>\n
Moana<\/b><\/i> earned $11.7 million and ranked second in its fourth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $161.9 million. The film has earned another $118.4 million overseas, for a global total of $280.3 million.<\/p>\n
Office Christmas Party<\/b><\/i> earned $8.5 million and ranked third in its second week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $31.5 million. The film has earned another $19.8 million overseas, for a global total of $51.3 million.<\/p>\n
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them<\/b><\/i> earned $5 million and ranked fifth in its fifth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $207.7 million. The film has earned another $509.8 million overseas for a global total of $717.5 million.<\/p>\n
Manchester by the Sea<\/b><\/i>, earned $4.2 million and ranked sixth in its fifth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $14 million. The film has earned another $505,000 overseas for a global total of $14.5 million.<\/p>\n
Arrival<\/b><\/i> earned $2.8 million and ranked eighth in its sixth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $86.5 million. The film has earned another $49.1 million overseas for a global total of $135.5 million.<\/p>\n
Doctor Strange<\/b><\/i> earned $2 million and ranked ninth in its seventh week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $226.1 million. The film has earned another $426.8 million overseas for a global total of $652.9 million.<\/p>\n
And Nocturnal Animals<\/b><\/i> earned $1.4 million and ranked tenth in its fifth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $8.8 million. The film has earned another $11.4 million overseas for a global total of $20.2 million.<\/p>\n
Next week brings us Sing<\/i>, Passengers<\/i>, Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/i>, Why Him?<\/i> and Fences<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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