Weekend Wrap-Up: Ralph Wins, Most Holdovers Hold Strong
December 4, 2018
The post-holiday weekend matched expectations, more or less. Ralph Breaks the Internet led the way with $25.57 million over the weekend. The Possession of Hannah Grace opened better than expected and earned more than it cost to make, so if it can find an audience on the home market, it could break even. Overall, the box office fell almost exactly $100 million from last weekend, but it is a post holiday weekend, so this 47% drop-off is not unexpected. More importantly, this is 9.5% above the same weekend last year, which continues 2018’s winning streak. 2018’s lead over 2017 is basically within a rounding error of where it was last week at $10.8 million / $1.05 billion at $10.70 billion to $9.65 billion.
Ralph Breaks the Internet fell faster than expected down 55% to $25.57 million for a two-week total of $119.11 million. The school break is rapidly approaching, so that will help its legs going forward, but I’m worried it will be losing theaters before that happens. That said, it’s going to break even and Disney’s had such an amazing year that this film could have been pulled from theaters on opening day and the studio still would have ended the year with a record-breaking domestic run.
Dr Seuss’ The Grinch climbed into second place with $17.93 million over the weekend for a four-week total of $203.71 million. Its going to start losing theaters at this point, but it should last in theaters until the new year.
Creed II slipped a spot to third with $16.64 million for a two-week total of $80.98 million. It will have no trouble getting to $100 million domestically and I would be surprised if this was the end of the franchise.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald fell even faster than expected, down 61% to just $11.36 million for a three-week total of $134.50 million. It’s going to start losing theaters at an accelerated rate. It is doing better internationally, so it will break even.
Bohemian Rhapsody rounded out the top five with $8.01 million for a total of $164.33 million after a month of release. I don’t think anyone expected this film to top Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald at the domestic box office.
The Possession of Hannah Grace opened in seventh place with $6.40 million in just over 2,000 theaters. Its reviews and its C minus from CinemaScore will reduce its legs dramatically. That said, it only cost $6 million to make and $12 million to advertise, so it should still break even sometime on the home market.
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