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Christmas Day entries ‘Little Women’ and ‘Uncut Gems’ both sparkled when unwrapping in theaters nationwide.
In a needed year-end gift for Hollywood after a tumultuous year at the box office, moviegoers embraced a flurry of movies over Christmas – withCatsbeing a notable exception to the tale.
J.J. Abrams’Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
was the largest beneficiary, earning an estimated $ million for the five-day holiday for a – day North American total of $ 724. 8 million. After opening (percent behind) ************ Star Wars: The Last Jedilast weekend,Skywalkerhas almost caught up with its predecessor as it heads for the $ 1 billion mark in a fitting end to Disney’s unprecedented domination at the 1237617 box office.
Internationally,Skywalkerremained atop the chart with another $ 135 .3 million for a foreign tally of $ (million and $) *******************************************.) 8 million globally.
Year-end movies can expect to amass significant grosses throughout the coming week and weekend. So far, overall revenue for the Christmas corridor is up over 2018 – when there was noStar Warspic – helping to trim the year-over-year deficit , although 1235941 domestic revenue will still be down by as much as 4 percent over last year record $ .9 billion.
Sony had two notable Christmas wins:Jumanji: The Next Level, which came in No . 2 with five-day earnings of $ million for a domestic tally of $ (****************************************************. 5 million, well ahead ofJumanji: Welcome to the Jungleat the same point in that film’s run. Overseas,Jumanji 2grossed another $ 6 million for a worldwide haul of $ .5 million.
Sony and New Regency’sLittle Women************** adaptation – directed by Greta Gerwig and opening on Christmas Day – also delivered plenty of cheer, posting a five-day debut of $ million, well ahead of projections. As expected, the pic was fueled by females, who made up nearly 91 percent of ticket buyers. Little Womenalso skewed older, with more than half the audience over 35.
Internationally, the Sony release debuted to $ 6.3 million in Spain and the U.K.
Little WomenNo. 4 in North America behindRise of Skywalker,
Jumanji 2
and Walt Disney Animation’s box-office hit(Frozen 2) , which earned another $ 18 million-plus for the five days to pass up the firstFrozendomestically and finish Sunday with a North American total of $ 725 million. And the sequel, with a worldwide tally of $ 1. 274 billion, will soon pass up the first film’s global cume of $ 1. billion, not adjusted for inflation.
One yuletide offering that failed to win over audiences was Tom Hooper’s**************, which debuted to $ 6.6 million last weekend. Universal and Working Title were hopeful that the family friendly musical would pick up as the holiday unfolded – much asThe Greatest Showmandid two years ago – but that wasn’t to be.
The $ 135 million event pic, which couldn’t crack the top five, came in at No. 8 with $ 8.8 million for the five days for a toothless domestic total of $ 9 million. It also isn’t faring well overseas so far, where it earned another $ 6 million for a global cume of $ 61 .4 million.
Instead, kids and families went for Christmas Day openerSpies in Disguise, an animated kids pic voiced by Will Smith and Tom Holland. The Fox and Disney release, produced by Chernin Entertainment, posted a five-day debut of $ 31. 1 million for a fifth-place finish . Overseas, it launched with $ million for $ 59 .1 million worldwide.
The third new film debuting nationwide on Dec. was A (‘s)Uncut Gems), starring Adam Sandler. The male-fueled dramedy, placing No. 7, sparkled with a five-day gross of $ 22 .8 million for an early domestic total of $ million despite getting pelted with a C Cinemascore. More than (percent of ticket buyers were under the age of************************************
Lionsgate and Jay Roach’s Fox News drama(Bombshell), which expanded nationwide last weekend, was somewhat sluggish in its sophomore outing with $ 4.7 million for a domestic total of $ (***************************************************************************. 6 million.
Bombshell placed at No. 9, followed by Clint Eastwood’s troubled new film,Richard Jewell, which finished Sunday with a – day domestic total of $ 16. 1 million.
In select cities,Bombshelland
Richard Jewell faced competition for adult eyeballs from Sam Mendes’ World War I epic01575879
andJust Mercy, starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx. The latter two films launched Wednesday in and four theaters, respectively.
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