Friday Box Office: ‘Frozen 2’ Tops $ 800 Million As ‘Knives Out’ Legs Out – Forbes, Forbes.com

Knives OutLionsgate****************** (Lionsgate’s buzzy) ******************** (Knives Out) *********************** kept up its momentum, earning $ 4. (million) – ()) on Friday for a likely $ 14. 1 million (-
%) weekend and robust $ (**********************************************************************************. 4 million ten-day total. That’s a slightly better hold thanCreed(- (% after a $) million Wed-Sun Thanksgiving launch (back in 2019, which is exactly where this Rian Johnson murder mystery wants to be. It’s a little too soon to argue that this pure commercial play, starring the likes of Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans and Toni Collette, is beloved and successful enough to become a potential Oscar contender, but it’s certainly more plausible than it was two weeks ago. A Best Original Screenplay nod wouldn’t shock me even as Lionsgate is thus far putting their Oscar eggs mostly inBombshell ‘s basket. Either way, this is a big win for all invested parties.

Fox’sFord v Ferraricontinued to hold its own thanks to rave reviews and a successful pitch as cinematic escapism for adult men (and interested adult women). The Matt Damon / Christian Bale period piece race car drama is essentiallyMamma Mia: Here We Go Again!for dudes, and that’s not remotely a criticism. Anyway, the $ (million James Mangold flick earned $ 1.) ******************************************************************************* (million) – 76%) on Friday for a likely $ 6. (million) – 55%) fourth-weekend gross and $ 100 .9 million 24 -day total. It’ll get past $ million domestic by the end, and as long as it keeps up the momentum overseas it should be a solid Fox hit for the Disney empire. And that Disney will be pushing this, along with Fox Searchlight’s

Jojo Rabbit () ($. 3 million by tomorrow) will certainly help. Alas,Ad Astra

(just now crossed $) **************************************************************************** million domestic.

Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith in ‘Queen & Slim’ ((Universal) ****************Universal’s

Queen & amp; Slimearned $ 1. (million) – (%) for a probable $ 6. (million) – 50%) second weekend and $

******************************** million ten-day cume. That’s a strong hold for this specific weekend and the $ million Melina Matsoukas-directed and Lena Waithe-penned melodrama and portends to a $ 43 million-plus finish. I will argue that this original and timely drama, something of an of-the-moment riff onThelma and Louise,

is a fine example of “rip-off, don’t remake.” Sony’s terrificA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

earned $ 1. (million) – (%) on Friday for a likely $ 5.2 million (-

**********************************************************************% (third weekend and a $************************************************************************

************************************************************************************** million************************************************************************************** – day total. That positions Marielle Heller’s $ 25 million drama, co-starring Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers, for an over / under $ 63 million domestic cume. Chadwick Boseman’s

******************************************************************************** (Bridges) will earn $ 2. (million) – (%) for a $ . million

************************************************************************************** – day total.

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In holdover news , Walt Disney’s

Frozen IIcontinued to top the box office on Friday. The animated sequel earned another $ 7. 960 million to bring its domestic total to $ (million. That’s a sharper Friday-to-Friday drop) – 76%) than any of the

(Twilight) movies, the

Hunger Gamessequels and two of the four “released in November”****************** flicks. That said, we may get a bigger Saturday jump due to it being a kid-friendly animated movie, and

Frozen II

has already outgrossed all of those examples, save for

Catching Fire,as of tonight. Moreover, the Anna / Elsa flick has topped $ million worldwide as it prepares for a likely $ (million) – (************************************************************************************% (third-weekend gross and $************************************************** (million) – day domestic total. If the overseas numbers hold, we could see a global cume of around $ million by tomorrow night.

Creed(- (% after a $) million Wed-Sun Thanksgiving launch (back in 2019, which is exactly where this Rian Johnson murder mystery wants to be. It’s a little too soon to argue that this pure commercial play, starring the likes of Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans and Toni Collette, is beloved and successful enough to become a potential Oscar contender, but it’s certainly more plausible than it was two weeks ago. A Best Original Screenplay nod wouldn’t shock me even as Lionsgate is thus far putting their Oscar eggs mostly in

Bombshell ‘s basket. Either way, this is a big win for all invested parties.

Fox’sFord v Ferrari continued to hold its own thanks to rave reviews and a successful pitch as cinematic escapism for adult men (and interested adult women). The Matt Damon / Christian Bale period piece race car drama is essentiallyMamma Mia: Here We Go Again!for dudes, and that’s not remotely a criticism. Anyway, the $ (million James Mangold flick earned $ 1.) ******************************************************************************* (million) – 76%) on Friday for a likely $ 6. (million) – 55%) fourth-weekend gross and $ 100 .9 million 24 -day total. It’ll get past $ million domestic by the end, and as long as it keeps up the momentum overseas it should be a solid Fox hit for the Disney empire. And that Disney will be pushing this, along with Fox Searchlight’s

Jojo Rabbit () ($. 3 million by tomorrow) will certainly help. Alas,Ad Astra

(just now crossed $) **************************************************************************** million domestic.

Universal’s

Queen & Slimearned $ 1. (million) – (%) for a probable $ 6. (million) – (*********************************************************************************************% (second weekend and $) ***************************************************************************************************. ****************************************************** million ten-day cume. That’s a strong hold for this specific weekend and the $ million Melina Matsoukas-directed and Lena Waithe-penned melodrama and portends to a $ 43 million-plus finish. I will argue that this original and timely drama, something of an of-the-moment riff on

Thelma and Louise,

is a fine example of “rip-off, don’t remake.” Sony’s terrificA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

earned $ 1. (million) – (%) on Friday for a likely $ 5.2 million (-

**********************************************************************% (third weekend and a $************************************************************************

************************************************************************************** million************************************************************************************** – day total. That positions Marielle Heller’s $ 25 million drama, co-starring Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers, for an over / under $ 63 million domestic cume. Chadwick Boseman’s

******************************************************************************** (Bridges) will earn $ 2. (million) – (%) for a $ . million

************************************************************************************** – day total.

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