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Monday 2 deceMber 2019
'Frozen 2' ices competition again with record Thanksgiving

By ANDREW DALTON earned an unprecedented
AP Entertainment Writer $132.7 million for the holi-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Fro- day frame of Wednesday
zen 2" kept a wintry wind at through Sunday, accord-
its back in its second week, ing to studio estimates.
setting a Thanksgiving re- The first "Frozen" opened on
cord with a whopping box Thanksgiving in 2013, but
office bounty, while new- the sequel opened a week
comer "Knives Out" found prior to the holiday, making
its own broad audience. it poised for a huge second
Disney's new set of adven- week, with out-of-school
tures for Anna, Elsa and kids happy to see it a sec-
Olaf brought in $85.3 mil- ond or a third time.
lion in the U.S. and Cana- "Having the opening week-
da over the weekend and end falling a few days

This image released by Lionsgate shows Katherine Langford, from left, Toni Collette, Jamie Lee
Curtis, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Riki Lindholm and Jaeden Lieberher in a scene from
"Knives Out."
Associated Press

ahead of Thanksgiving re- cast included Ana de Ar- programming expectation,
ally set it up perfectly," said mas, Christopher Plummer, this is a good adult dram-
Paul Dergarabedian, senior Jamie Lee Curtis, Don John- edy," Spitz said.
media analyst for the box son, Michael Shannon, Toni But, he said, it turned out
office tracker Comscore. Collette and Chris Evans. younger audiences had
That came on top of a Johnson, the director of even better reactions than
record-burying opening "Looper" and "The Last older ones. "It's playing to
weekend of $127 million Jedi," had been the target everybody," Spitz said.
debut domestically and of some Twitter fanboy out- While the weekend showed
$350.2 million worldwide rage for the direction he that there is nothing like a
that made it the highest- took the second episode in franchise to bring in block-
grossing global debut for the newest "Star Wars" tril- buster bucks, it also reflect-
any animated film globally, ogy, whose final chapter ed that tentpoles aren't the
and the largest opening opens next month. only means to attract audi-
for any for any Walt Disney The "Knives Out" opening ences.
Animation Studios release. showed his name value "When it comes to adult
The original film and its was unharmed and might fare, it seems that audienc-
world-making song "Let It even have been strength- es want more originality,"
Go" became a pop-cul- ened by the online noise, Dergarabedian said.
ture phenomenon, earning and its reception could "Knives Out" also opened
$1.27 billion worldwide and mean awards season con- strong internationally with
selling countless Elsa and sideration for Johnson and a weekend of $28.3 million.
Anna dresses. the cast. The weekend's other new-
The sequel has more than "First and foremost, this comer, "Queen & Slim,"
showed that the six years starts with Rian Johnson," finished down in fifth with
since has brought no thaw. said David Spitz, president $11.7 million, but with a lim-
It has already earned $739 of domestic distribution ited number of screens and
million globally and should for Lionsgate. "He wrote a a modest reported budget
certainly surpass the origi- screenplay we all loved of about $20 million, it was
nal's totals. and executed it to perfec- still a successful opening
"Disney is usually immune tion." In response to the for the Bonnie-and-Clyde-
to the waning interest that strong showing, Johnson on meets-Black-Lives-Matter
audience have with some Sunday morning tweeted story.
sequels," Dergarabedian "Wow - THANKS to every- "Ford v Ferrari" rolled along
said. one who came to #Knive- in its third weekend of re-
"Knives Out," the innovative sOut this weekend, and for lease, finishing in third
whodunit from writer and all the lovely tweets, you place with $13.2 million.
director Rian Johnson, rode guys are the best." Tom Hanks' Mister Rog-
great reviews and strong While put on the calendar ers story "A Beautiful Day
social media buzz to a $27 to draw in adults while kids in the Neighborhood"
million weekend and a five- were watching and re- also hummed along in its
day domestic total of $41.7 watching "Frozen 2," "Knives second weekend, earn-
million that easily earned Out" proved to be more ing $11.8 million to put it
back its budget. than a niche picture. fourth at the domestic box
The film's vast and eclectic "We set it with the counter- office.q