Coco Tops Justice League Over Thanksgiving Weekend

This Thanksgiving saw the wide release of Pixar’s Coco, and both this film and Justice League (which premiered last weekend) went head-to-head for the top spot.

Coming out on top was Coco with $49 million over the three-day weekend, and $71.2 million over the entire five-day holiday. The film likely has a budget from around $175 million to $200 million. While this doesn’t sound fantastic when just looking at the numbers, Pixar films have a history of having relatively miniscule drops in second and third weekends, meaning it is likely to make more money down the line (not to mention merchandising and everything else). Plus, the buzz for this one is through the roof (with its 96 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes), and given its all around excellent reception, it’s doing quite well for itself.

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In second place is Justice League, with $40.7 million over the three-day weekend, and $60 million over the five-day. This has resulted in a respectable 56.6 percent drop from its first weekend. While this isn’t great for a film that’s already underwhelming at the box office, it is a step up from Batman v Superman’s 69 percent drop. Perhaps both Justice League and Coco will continue going head to head until Star Wars: The Last Jedi hits theaters. This can result in decent numbers for both going forward, should audiences continue to come out to the theaters, despite the lack of big films hitting. So far, Justice League has made $481 million worldwide, and when all said and done, it’ll likely need to hit $700 million to break even, based on previous reports.

In third place is the drama Wonder, which dropped only 19 percent from its first weekend, proving that word of mouth is king in the industry.

The top 10 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, November 26, are below.

  1. Coco – Disney – $49.0M
  2. Justice League – Warner Bros. – $40.7M
  3. Wonder – Lionsgate – $22.3M
  4. Thor: Ragnarok – Disney – $16.8M
  5. Daddy’s Home 2 – Paramount – $13.3M
  6. Murder on the Orient Express – 20th Century Fox – $13.0M
  7. Star, The – Sony – $6.9M
  8. Bad Moms Christmas, A – STX Entertainment – $5.0M
  9. Roman J. Isreal, Esq. – Sony – $4.5M
  10. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri – Fox Searchlight – $4.4M

The top 10 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, November 26, are below.

  1. Justice League – Warner Bros. – $112.9M
  2. Coco – Disney – $79.7M
  3. Murder On The Orient Express – 20th Century Fox – $30.2M
  4. Thor: Ragnarok – Disney – $27.8M
  5. Daddy’s Home 2 – Paramount – $27.1M
  6. Wonder – Lionsgate – $23.6M
  7. Manhunt – Multiple – $11.6M
  8. Swindlers, The – Showbox – $10.5M
  9. Paddington 2 – Multiple – $9.1M
  10. Bad Moms Christmas, A – STX Entertainment – $9.0M

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SOURCE: Variety, Box Office Mojo, comScore

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