Weekend Box Office (November 30 - December 2, 2018)

by Sujit Chawla

THIS WEEKEND Ralph Breaks the Internet once again ruled the box office charts taking in an additional $25.7M this weekend, according to estimates, a fall of 54%, bringing its cume up to $119.3M. In comparison, the original Wreck-it Ralph slipped only 33% in its second weekend, albeit not coming off a holiday weekend. On the other hand it's almost dollar for dollar matching 2016's Moana which sat at $119.8M after its second weekend. That film went on to end its run at just under $250M. Ralph likely won't reach those heights but could end in the $215-225M range. Overseas the film stands at $88M for a worldwide total of $207M.

While he hates the holidays, audiences are digging The Grinch as he took in an estimated $17.7M this weekend, bringing the Universal release up to $203.5M after four weekends. Sliding 53% in its second weekend was the latest chapter in the Rocky saga, Creed II which hit up an estimated $16.8M this weekend, bringing its total up to $81.2M. In comparison the original fell just under 50% and had a total of $64.6M after its second weekend. If the sequel follows the path of the original it could end its run around $130M.

The biggest drop in the top 10 went to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald which fell 62% in its third weekend to an estimated $11.2M bringing its cume up to $134M. The first film in the series was sitting at $183M at the same point in its run. It's doing better internationally as it now stands at $385M overseas for a worldwide total of $519M.

Bohemian Rhapsody stayed in the top five taking in an estimated $8.1M bringing its total up to a strong $164M. Paramount's Instant Family landed in sixth place with an estimated $7.1M bringing its cume up to $46M.

The only new release this weekend was Sony's horror entry The Possession of Hannah Grace which was poorly received and took in only $6.5M, according to estimates, from 2,065 theaters for a per screen average of $3,148. Reviews were awful while paying audiences gave the film a horrifying C- CinemaScore grade. Another horribly reviewed film, Robin Hood feel to eighth place in its second weekend. The difference in budget between the two films? Around $90M. Robin took in an estimated $4.7M bringing its total up to only $21.7M. Look for a final total under $35M which can only be considered a disaster for Lionsgate.

Widows took in an estimated $4.4M this weekend bringing its total up to $33M after three weekends. And rounding out the top 10 was Green Book which took in $3.9M, according to estimates, bringing its cume up to $14M, also after three weekends.

The top ten films grossed an estimated $106.3M which was up 10% from last year when Coco remained at number one with $27.5M; and up 27% from 2016 when Moana also remained in the top spot with $28.3M.


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# Title Nov 30 - Dec 2 Nov 23 - 25 % Chg. Theaters Weeks AVG Cumulative Distributor
1 Ralph Breaks the Internet $ 25,566,945 $ 56,237,634 -54.5 4,017 2 $ 6,365 $ 119,105,178 Disney
2 The Grinch 17,926,785 30,392,220 -41.0 3,934 4 4,557 203,705,980 Universal
3 Creed II 16,639,048 35,574,710 -53.2 3,576 2 4,653 80,975,332 MGM
4 Fantastic Beasts: Grindelwald 11,361,556 29,375,498 -61.3 3,851 3 2,950 134,502,962 Warner Bros.
5 Bohemian Rhapsody 8,008,587 14,001,156 -42.8 3,007 5 2,663 164,331,737 Fox
6 Instant Family 7,170,076 12,310,708 -41.8 3,376 3 2,124 45,947,845 Paramount
7 The Possession of Hannah Grace 6,401,744 2,065 1 3,100 6,401,744 Sony
8 Robin Hood 4,781,624 9,195,670 -48.0 2,827 2 1,691 21,809,306 Lionsgate
9 Widows 4,403,153 8,231,373 -46.5 2,393 3 1,840 33,063,398 Fox
10 Green Book 3,931,220 5,501,520 -28.5 1,065 3 3,691 14,045,711 Universal
11 2.0 2,770,000 316 1 8,766 3,750,000 Lyca
12 A Star is Born 1,829,567 3,016,129 -39.3 1,081 9 1,692 193,747,003 Warner Bros.
13 The Nutcracker 1,343,556 2,785,368 -51.8 1,392 5 965 51,103,465 Disney
14 The Favourite 1,072,282 422,410 153.8 34 2 31,538 1,646,592 Fox Searchlight
15 Boy Erased 604,060 1,159,590 -47.9 660 5 915 5,596,497 Focus
16 Overlord 405,268 1,112,065 -63.6 533 4 760 21,014,283 Paramount
17 Nobody's Fool 382,417 900,411 -57.5 385 5 993 31,130,476 Paramount
18 Venom 377,396 766,700 -50.8 425 9 888 212,268,048 Sony
19 Can You Ever Forgive Me? 338,735 598,142 -43.4 272 7 1,245 6,580,505 Fox Searchlight
20 Free Solo 288,035 448,057 -35.7 158 10 1,823 10,116,918 NatGeo
Top 5 $ 79,502,921 $ 165,581,218 -52.0
Top 10 106,190,738 203,836,618 -47.9
Top 20 115,602,054 213,029,080 -45.7
Top 20 vs. 2017 115,602,054 102,727,823 12.5

Last Updated: November 25, 2018 at 3:00PM ET

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