In the post-Thanksgiving weekend, studios tend to hold back on big releases, preferring to drop what will hopefully be money-making tentpoles closer to Christmas to capitalize on the holiday. That paves the way for second- and third-weekend movies to rack up a bigger haul at the box office, and this year is no exception.<\/p>\n
For the second weekend in a row, Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet<\/em><\/a> reigned victorious at the top of the heap, pulling in an additional $25.8 million at the box office, a drop of only 53% from its opening weekend over the Thanksgiving holiday. This puts Wreck-It Ralph 2′<\/em>s domestic total at $119 million and its cumulative total at $207 million to date. The original Wreck-It Ralph<\/em> garnered $471 million globally so the sequel has quite a ways to go to match the first. But with it having a much smaller drop-off than anticipated and being yet to open in a number of countries, it’s likely to have a long tail and steadily continue to build on its total through the next few weeks.<\/p>\n The Grinch<\/em><\/a>, from Illumination and Universal, came in second at $17.7 million, bringing its domestic total to $203.5 million, while MGM’s Creed II<\/em> <\/a>came in third with a respectable $16.8 million. The eighth film in the Rocky<\/em> franchise (or second if you consider the Creed<\/em> movies to be a separate spinoff series) has now generated $81 million to date.\u00a0In fourth place was Warner Bros. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald<\/em><\/a>, which brought in an additional $11.2 million for a total domestic pull of $134 million. While it’s struggling stateside, it’s doing well enough overseas to have crossed the $500 million threshold worldwide. Fox’s Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em><\/a> finished out the top five for the weekend with another $8 million.<\/p>\n The only new wide release, The Possession of Hannah Grace<\/em>, opened to $6.5 million. The R-rated horror thriller was shot on a relatively shoestring budget so its modest box office total for opening weekend doesn’t necessarily mean that it isn’t a success. Horror fans, in particular, aren’t traditionally influenced by reviews so the box office haul for Hannah Grace<\/em> should continue to tick upward in subsequent weekends.<\/p>\n In the world of limited releases, Yorgos Lanthimos’ absurdist dramedy The Favourite<\/em><\/a> brought in $1.1 million on just 34 screens for Fox Searchlight, which plans to eventually expand the film to\u00a080s screens in total. Meanwhile, review darling Anna and the Apocalypse<\/em><\/a> averaged $10,000 on five screens. The zombie-comedy-holiday-musical (yes, you read that right) has been generating positive buzz despite its very limited reach.<\/p>\n This is the last quiet week before the holiday push, with a 25th anniversary re-release of Schindler’s List<\/em><\/a> being the only wide release of the week. But indie lovers are in for a great weekend with Vox Lux<\/em><\/a>, Mary Queen of Scots<\/em><\/a> and Ben is Back<\/em><\/a> all hitting theaters this week.<\/p>\n