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$29.1 Million The top 3 movies at this weekends box office grossed an estimated $251 Million, the highest ever for a Thanksgiving weekend with Moana 2 heading up as it debuts at number 1.
The Disney sequel movie also has the biggest ever Thanksgiving weekend debut as it takes just shy of $140 Million over the 3 days weekend and $225 Million over the long 5 day weekend.
Wicked~2024 falls to number 2 after a weekend at the top but its not slowing down as the movie takes $81 Million over the 3 days weekend and $118 Million over the long Thanksgiving weekend.
Gladiator II completes the top 3 with a long weekend of $44 Million and a 3 day take of $31 Million.
The 3 top movies appeal to all audiences from families to teens to adults giving the American box office a massive boost.
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes remains at the top of the US box office for a second weekend.
The movie drop just 35% and has now taken a total of nearly $100 Million.
Top new movie is the weekend lands at 2 this week as the Ridley Scott directed Napoleon~2023 makes its debut.
The movie lands with a weekend gross of $20.6 Million which is higher than the directors last movie, House of Gucci which came in with nearly $15 Million, it was during the COVID19 pandemic though!
Disneys latest movie Wish fails to set cinemas alight and comes in at number 3 with nearly $20 Million.
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Makings its debut at the top of the North American box office this weekend is The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the prequel to The Hunger Games series of movies.
The third in The Trolls series of movies gets its North American release this weekend and lands on the chart at number 2, called Trolls Band Together the movie takes $31 Million this weekend.
Also new on this weekends top 5 is the Eli Roth directed Thanksgiving which is new at number 3.
Last weeks top movie, The Marvels, falls hard this weekend to number 4 with a massive 78% drop, the largest of any Marvel/Disney movie as its total gross goes to just $65 Million.
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Disney take the top two spots at the US box office this weekend although with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever staying at the top it means the new animated tale Strange World limps into second place.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery makes an impressive debut at 3 on limited release while Devotion is new at 4.
Remaining at the top for a third weekend is the Marvel movie sequel to Black Panther which takes $45.9 Million over the post Thanksgiving weekend, a small drop of 32% over last weekend.
The movie is tracking behind the original but this weekend pushes its total gross to $367 Million, quite a way behind the $500 Million of Black Panther three weeks into its run.
The movie will hence most likely finish below that of the original which took over $700 Million at the North American box office.
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The new Disney animated movie falls below expectation at the US box office during a time of big change at Disney with the old CEO Bob Chapeck being replaced by former CEO Bob Iger!
The movie lands on the North American box office at number 2 with a Thanksgiving post weekend gross of $18.6 Million.
In comparison the previous Disney animated movie (not Pixar) was Encanto from the same time last year and that grossed over $27 Million on its debut, and box office takings were still low due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Netflix release their much anticipated sequel movie in limited cinemas for a limited run and the movie lands very nicely at number 3 on the box office this weekend.
The movie takes $13.2 Million on its debut weekend, comparing to the original Knives Out is not a fair comparison as that movie got a full theatrical release but released in 2019 it took $26.7 Million on its debut, and with this getting good reviews you can imagine what it would have achieved with a full theatrical release!
A poor set of reviews given to this, dare I say poor mans Top Gun Maverick as it lands at number 4 on the box office this weekend.
The movie takes $9 Million on its debut with a swift drop down the box office bound to follow!
Falling to number 5 this weekend after its debut at 2 is the Ralph Finnes and Anya Taylor-Joy starring movie which takes $5.2 Million this weekend, a 42$ drop.
This gives the movie a total North American gross of $18.6 Million after 2 weeks of release.
Disney release their new movie Encanto at the US box office this weekend and hit the top of the box office again this year while the much anticipated House of Gucci comes in at number 3 on its debut.
Also making a debut on this weeks top 5 is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City at number 5 while further down the box office Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie Licorice Pizza makes its debut at 13 with $336,000 and For the Love of Money starring James Caan is new at 15 with $232,000.
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US box office top 5 breakdown weekend 26th - 28th November 2021
Disney release their latest animated feature in cinemas only this weekend and the movie makes its debut at the top of the US box office with a weekend gross of $27 Million.
It was the Thanksgiving week in the US so the movie was released on Wednesday before the big day and the movie has actually taken $40.5 Million since release.
The Ghostbusters sequel falls to number 2 after a week at the top with a gross of $24.5 Million, a 44% drop on its second weekend.
Despite the not so good reception from the review press audiences has enjoyed the movie and this week its total gross sits at $87.7 Million.
Director Ridley Scott brings his next movie to the big screen and had acting giants Lady Gaga and Adam Driver among other as he brings the true story of the creation of fashion empire Gucci to the big screen.
The movie takes $14.2 Million over its debut weekend of release but again it was released on the Wednesday of Thanksgiving week and has to date taken $22 Million.
Director Chloe Zhao Marvel movie falls to number 4 this weekend with a gross of $7.9 Million, a small 27% drop over last weekend, taking the movies total to $150.6 Million and it is now the 7th top movie if 2021.
Director Johannes Roberts takes over helming a Resident Evil movie from Paul W.S. Anderson, and after rebooting the franchise and sticking closer the original video game source he brings the movie to the box office at number 5.
The movie takes $5.2 Million on its debut weekend.