Friday Estimates: Ralph has a mostly Graceful Decline
December 1, 2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet remained in top spot on the box office chart on Friday earning $5.74 million. This is 74% lower than its opening Friday; granted, that was a holiday, so a sharp decline was practically guranteed, but this is still sharper than anticipated. Look for $25 million over the weekend, which is weaker than our prediction and puts $200 million in jeopardy. It will need help over the Christmas break to get there.
Creed II fell 65% from last Friday to $4.95 million, putting it on pace for just over $16 million over the weekend. This is within a rounding error of our prediction, so I’m happy with that result.
Dr Seuss’ The Grinch fell to third place on Friday with $3.9 million, but as a family film, it will bounce back more on Saturday helping it claim second place over the full weekend with $16.75 million. Again, this is a little lower than anticipated, but close enough to be a victory in my book.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald fell 73% from last Friday to just $3.1 million for the day, putting it on pace for $11 million over the weekend. It is already losing theaters and a drop like this won’t help.
The Possession of Hannah Grace opened in fifth place with $2.57 million. It is a new release, one that is earning terrible reviews and just a C minus from CinemaScore, so it will fall out of the top five by the end of the weekend. That said, it is on pace for $6.4 million during its opening weekend, which is more than it cost to make.
Bohemian Rhapsody was close behind with $2.26 million. This is only a little lower than we expected, meaning it will earn closer to $8 million than $9 million.
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