Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet recharged for its second consecutive weekend atop the North American box office, generating a healthy 25.8 million U.S. dollars.
Overseas, Ralph earned 33.7 million U.S. dollars this weekend, taking its international total to 87 million U.S.dollars.
Creed II, the second movie in the Rocky Balboa spinoff series, brought in 16.8 million U.S. dollars during its second weekend of release. The boxing drama has now amassed 81 million US dollars.
A Chinese version of the poster of the film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, featuring a Chinese beast named Zouwu. /VCG Photo
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald added 11.2 million U.S. dollars for an American total of 134 million U.S. dollars. While it has struggled to gain the same traction as the first Fantastic Beasts, the sequel in the Harry Potter prequel series has seen promising returns overseas. Crimes of Grindelwald has made 385.3 million U.S. dollars from foreign markets, taking its worldwide tally past 500 million U.S. dollars.
At the specialty box office, Fox Searchlight's The Favourite saw another strong weekend when it expanded to 34 theaters. Yorgos Lanthimos's absurdist period drama made 1.1 million US dollars this weekend for an impressive screen average of 32,500 U.S. dollars. The Oscar hopeful that centers on the drama between two cousins jockeying to be the court favorites during the reign of Queen Anne launched last weekend with the best per-theater average (105,600 US dollars) in two years. The cast includes Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, and Olivia Colman. Fox Searchlight plans to bring the film to around 80 theaters as it continues its gradual platform release.
(L-R)Rachel Weisz, Olivia Coleman, Emma Stone, and Yorgos Lanthimos attend The Favourite UK premiere during the 62nd BFI London Film Festival in London, October 18, 2018. /VCG Photo
In notable milestones, National Geographic's Free Solo became the fourth documentary this year to cross 10 million U.S. dollars at the American box office. The non-fiction film about the first free solo rock climb of Yosemite's El Capitan is now the fourth-highest grossing documentary this year.
Typically the post-Thanksgiving weekend is a snooze-fest in theaters, said Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst with Comscore. While this year was comparatively quiet, it still had the advantage of a strong slate of very popular holdovers, plus the continually expanding roster of awards season films.
(Top Photo: A general view ahead of the UK premiere of Disney's Ralph Breaks The Internet at the Curzon Mayfair in London, United Kingdom, November 25, 2018. /VCG Photo)
(REUTERS)