Frozen 2' Sets Thanksgiving Holiday Box-Office Record
01 Décembre 2019 - 9:47PM
Dow Jones News
By R.T. Watson
Walt Disney Co.'s "Frozen 2" gobbled up the majority of
box-office receipts on its way to a record-breaking Thanksgiving
holiday weekend.
Bolstered by tremendous audience enthusiasm, the animated
musical tale of sisters Elsa and Anna grossed $123.7 million in the
U.S. and Canada during the five-day weekend, according to
preliminary studio estimates. That was easily enough to top the
previous Thanksgiving-weekend record of $110 million earned in 2013
by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.'s "The Hunger Games: Catching
Fire."
After two weekends in theaters "Frozen 2" has already made
$287.6 million in the domestic market, plus $451 million overseas,
bringing its world-wide total to $738.6 million. The movie is well
on its way to becoming Disney's sixth movie to gross more than $1
billion globally this year.
"Frozen 2" helped narrow the gap between cumulative domestic
box-office receipts in 2019 and 2018, a bumper year. After the
five-day weekend, this year's total box-office receipts in the U.S.
and Canada are behind last year by 5.6%. Before the holiday the
deficit stood at 7%, according to media measurement company
Comscore.
A cornucopia of movies fought over Disney's weekend leftovers.
Lions Gate's "Knives Out" took second place behind "Frozen 2."
Boasting both an all-star cast -- including Chris Evans, Daniel
Craig and Jamie Lee Curtis -- and excellent reviews, the whodunit
grossed $41.7 million during the holiday weekend.
For Lions Gate -- which had stood out in past Thanksgiving
holiday weekends with its "Hunger Games" franchise but then last
year bombed with a costly "Robin Hood" remake -- "Knives Out"
offered another chance to build on what has largely been a
turnaround year at the box office.
Powered by strong reviews, Disney's racing drama "Ford v
Ferrari" cruised to third place, followed closely by Sony Corp.'s
"A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," which stars Tom Hanks as the
beloved children's television host Fred Rogers. Both holdovers from
previous weeks, the two films have so far grossed $81 million and
$34.3 million, respectively.
"Queen & Slim," a gritty drama about a couple who goes on
the run after killing a policeman in self defense, also opened over
the holiday weekend. The film -- which cost about $18 million to
produce and is being distributed by Comcast Corp's Universal
Pictures -- grossed $15.8 million during the holiday weekend, a
decent total considering the movie was shown in about half as many
theaters as the top four grossing titles.
Write to R.T. Watson at rt.watson@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
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