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Monday 28 noveMber 2022
Feast and famine for Disney at Thanksgiving box office

By LINDSEY BAHR where it earned $3.1 million
Associated Press over five days and $2.2 mil-
(AP) - Thanksgiving often lion over the weekend.
serves up a feast of new United Artists Releasing
family movies at the box rolled “Bones and All” out
office, but the Walt Disney to 2,727 theaters, where it
Co.’s animated offering “ made an estimated $3.6
Strange World ” fizzled with million over the five-day
audiences out of the gates. opening, with $2.2 million
The production, which car- of that coming from the
ried a reported $180 million weekend. According to
budget, grossed just $18.6 exit polls, some 74% of the
million in ticket sales in its audience was between
first five days and $11.9 mil- the ages of 18 and 34.
lion over the weekend in This image released by Disney shows a scene from the animated film "Strange World." (Disney via AP) The R-rated film from Luca
North American theaters, Guadagnino stars Chal-
according to studio esti- Disney has historically has been out for three its first five days and $6 mil- amet and Taylor Russell as
mates Sunday. “owned” the Thanksgiving weeks. lion over the weekend from young cannibals on a road
The top spot for the holiday weekend. Walt Disney Stu- The animated adventure 3,405 locations. The film trip through the American
corridor, which runs from dios and Pixar animated film’s debut is one of the was made by Black Label Midwest.
Wednesday through Sun- titles account for the top six bigger bombs in the mod- Media and distributed by In more limited releases,
day, instead went to anoth- Thanksgiving openings of ern history of the Disney Columbia Pictures in 3,405 Elegance Bratton’s “The
er Disney movie, Marvel’s all time, including films such Animation studio, similar to locations. The war epic is Inspection ” expanded
“Black Panther: Wakanda as “Frozen,” which made the $16 million 2002 Thanks- based on the true story of to 32 screens and earned
Forever,” which raked in an $93.6 million in 2013, “Ralph giving opening of “Treasure Jesse Brown, the first Black $103,033 over five days.
additional $64 million over Breaks the Internet,” which Planet.” “Strange World” aviator in the history of the Overall ticket sales are ex-
the last five days, $45.9 mil- pulled in $84.8 million in was directed by Don Hall U.S. Navy, who along with pected to net out around
lion of which was from the 2018 and “Moana,” which and Qui Nguyen and fol- his friend Tom Hudner were $125 million. That would be
weekend. The superhero earned $82.1 million when it lows a family of explorers pivotal in turning the tide in down about 12% from last
sequel has reigned over opened in 2016. But it’s also and features the voices one of the most brutal bat- year, which boasted re-
the charts for three week- been a difficult two years of Jake Gyllenhaal, Den- tles of the Korean War. leases such as “Encanto,”
ends now and has grossed at the company, which nis Quaid, Gabrielle Union “ The Menu,” the satirical which opened to $40.6 mil-
$675.6 million worldwide. last week stunned the in- and Lucy Liu. Reviews have fine-dining thriller starring lion even with a spiking CO-
It was a muted weekend dustry when it announced been mostly positive, with Ralph Feinnes and Anya VID-19 variant. For movie
despite a buffet of well-re- that Bob Iger was returning a 73% Rotten Tomatoes Taylor-Joy, landed in fourth theater owners, it places
viewed options, including to the company as CEO, score. in its second weekend, even more pressure on
the Korean War aviation replacing his handpicked A lack of new family ori- with $7.4 million over the “Avatar: The Way of Wa-
drama “ Devotion,” the na- successor Bob Chapek ented films over the past past five days and $5.2 ter,” to deliver a big wind-
tionwide expansion of the “Strange World” opened in several weeks may have million over the weekend. fall to close out the year. It
Timothée Chalamet canni- 4,714 locations on Wednes- resulted in “muted” aware- Fifth place went to “Black launches on Dec. 16.
bal romance “ Bones and day, but it was clear from ness for “Strange World,” Adam.” “Usually Thanksgiving
All ” and Steven Spielberg’s early preview showings according to Dergarabe- In sixth place for the week- weekend is all about kids
“The Fabelmans.” that it was going to be slow dian. end was Spielberg’s “The and families going to the
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out going. On Friday, it earned Third place went to “Devo- Fabelmans,” which is theater. This year, it’s a
Mystery” also opened in only $5.2 million. “Wakan- tion,” directed by JD Dil- based on the filmmaker’s heavy mix of films aimed at
600 theaters nationwide for da Forever,” by contrast, lard and starring Jonathan own family and teenage adults and that’s not a rec-
a weeklong limited run. It made $18.2 million on Fri- Majors and Glenn Powel, years. The Universal release ipe for a box office feast in
marks the first time a Netflix day in 4,258 theaters and which made $9 million in expanded to 638 theaters, theaters,” Dergarabedian
film has played in the na- said. “But it’ll come back
tion’s major theater chains, in a big way when Avatar
including AMC, Regal and opens.”q
Cinemark, but neither Net-
flix nor the exhibitors pro-
vided sales estimates for
the film, which won’t hit the ARUBA
streaming service until Dec.
23. The first “Knives Out,”
which was released by Li- CLEAN
onsgate, opened to $41.4
million over Thanksgiving
weekend in 2019.
“This was not pre-des-
tined to be a blockbuster
Thanksgiving weekend,”
said Paul Dergarabedian,
Comscore’s senior media
analyst. He noted that the
marketplace is still being
impacted by the pandem- This image released by Disney shows Ethan Clade, voiced by Jaboukie Young-White, left, Meridian
ic’s effects on Hollywood Clade, voiced by Gabrielle Union, center, and Searcher Clade, voiced by Jake Gyllenhaal, in a IS MORE
production and release scene from the animated film "Strange World." DUSHI
schedules. (Disney via AP)