Sonic is the Fastest Animated Animal Out the Gate; Hedgehog #3 Races to #1 | The Domestic Box Office Thread | Dec. 20-22
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TheNatureBoy
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Those Moana 2 numbers 
Wicked still putting up big numbers in week 2
Gladiator 2 solid as well (Got snow this weekend, will try to catch it next week when it warms up).
Theater owners this Thanksgiving weekend looking at the numbers
Wicked still putting up big numbers in week 2
Gladiator 2 solid as well (Got snow this weekend, will try to catch it next week when it warms up).
Theater owners this Thanksgiving weekend looking at the numbers
221 milly over 5 days 
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It's a MarshMoana World in the Winter: Weekend Box Office Results (Dec. 6-8)
Rank | LW | Movie | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
| 1 | 1 | Moana 2 | $52,000,000 | -62.8% | 4,200 | $300,039,013 | 2 | Disney |
| 2 | 2 | Wicked | $34,850,000 | -57.1% | 3,885 | $320,509,270 | 3 | Universal |
| 3 | 3 | Gladiator II | $12,450,000 | -59.9% | 3,440 | $132,742,895 | 3 | Paramount |
| 4 | - | Pushpa: The Rule - Part 2 | $9,300,000 | - | 1,245 | $9,300,000 | 1 | AA Films |
| 5 | 4 | Red One | $7,003,917 | -45% | 3,150 | $85,785,481 | 4 | Amazon MGM |
| 6 | - | Interstellar: 2024 Re-Release | $4,425,000 | - | 165 | $4,425,000 | 1 | Paramount |
| 7 | - | Solo Leveling: ReAwakening | $2,400,000 | - | 846 | $2,400,000 | 1 | Sony |
| 8 | - | Y2K | $2,113,923 | - | 2,108 | $2,113,923 | 1 | A24 |
| 9 | - | For King + Country: A Drummer Boy Christmas - Live | $2,055,486 | - | 1,540 | $2,617,135 | 1 | Fathom Events |
| 10 | 5 | The Best Christmas Pageant Ever | $1,525,000 | -52.6% | 1,633 | $34,490,377 | 5 | Lionsgate |
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Don't see the top 3 changing this weekend. Next weekend tho.... Gladiator is definitely leaving the top 3.
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Let it Mo! Let it Mo! Let it Mo(ana)!: Weekend Box Office Results (Dec. 13-15)
Moana 2 might be slowing down a lil bit it's still 3 for 3 with a $26.6M weekend. Its $337.5M running total makes it the 5th highest grossing movie of the year. It's not holding up during the weekdays but the weekends have really propelled it forward. It's also the #4 highest grossing film from Disney Animation Studios, over $100M more than Moana's $337.5M. Zootopia is third on the list with sales of $341.2M. That'll fall in the next few days.
With $717M banked globally, it's the 4th biggest movie worldwide this year and for Disney Animation Studios. Not bad for a movie originally conceived as a Disney+ series.
Wicked continues to kill it domestically, with another $22.5M. It's the 4th highest grossing movie this year with $359M, just behind Despicable Me 4's $361M. And, again, I still have no interest in seeing it.
We got a new entry in third place. That would be Kraven the Hunter opening with a scintillating $11M.
The lowest opening for a Sony Spider-Man-less Marvel movie, beating Madame Web's $15.3M. This indeed was Kraven's "Last Hunt." 
That's too bad cuz this is one that I actually would want to see. Aaron Taylor-Johnson can't catch a break. The Fall Guy had good legs but underperformed with its opening and overseas. Then this debacle.
It's no wonder they dropped that 28 Years Later trailer when this movie came out with him front and center. 
You know Sony is yearning for the days when Morbius was opening number one with $39M. As it is, that's all she wrote for Sony's Spider-Man universe. They will focus on Spider-Man 4 and Beyond the Spider-Verse.I would say "at least they tried
" but they really didn't. You don't put Spider-Man in any of these movies: what the hell you think is going to happen? 
Gladiator ll took 4th place with $7.8M. It's made $145.9M, which is good for 14th place this year, passing The Wild Robot's $142.9M. It still has a ways to go before it can even dream of catching the original Gladiator's $187.7M, which is actually $375.2M when you adjust for inflation.
Opening in 5th place was The Lord of the Rings: The War of Rohirrim with a paltry $4.6M.
Animation looked janky as fukk to me so I'ma do like a lotta people did and skip this one. Notables
Red One is now streaming on Prime Video, where I watched it last night. Despite that, it's still playing in 3,003 theaters and made $4.4M. You never know, it might make it into the top five when the official numbers come out. It's shown good legs and is up to $92.6M, just $300K behind The Fall Guy's $92.9M final. And you know what? I enjoyed it.
After making $4.6M last weekend in it's 10th Anniversary re-release, Interstellar did another $3.3M. That makes $11.7M in total, bringing the Nolan classic to $199.8M.
Top Ten
Rank | LW | Movie | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
| 1 | 1 | Moana 2 | $26,621,000 | -48.1% | 4,000 | $337,516,469 | 3 | Disney |
| 2 | 2 | Wicked | $22,500,000 | -38.3% | 3,689 | $359,038,440 | 4 | Universal |
| 3 | - | Kraven the Hunter | $11,000,000 | - | 3,211 | $11,000,000 | 1 | Sony |
| 4 | 3 | Gladiator II | $7,801,000 | -38% | 3,224 | $145,935,658 | 4 | Paramount |
| 5 | - | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | $4,600,000 | - | 2,602 | $4,600,000 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 5 | Red One | $4,400,000 | -37.2% | 3,003 | $92,604,878 | 5 | Amazon MGM |
| 7 | 4 | Pushpa: The Rule - Part 2 | $3,700,000 | -60.2% | 631 | $13,000,000 | 2 | AA Films |
| 8 | 6 | Interstellar: 2024 Re-Release | $3,315,000 | -28% | 321 | $11,781,083 | 2 | Paramount |
| 9 | - | Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem | $2,328,339 | - | 641 | $2,328,339 | 1 | Trafalgar Releasing |
| 10 | 10 | The Best Christmas Pageant Ever | $1,350,000 | -10.4% | 1,519 | $36,663,106 | 6 | Lionsgate |
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TheNatureBoy
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Kraven and LOTR putting up weak numbers, isn't too surprising. Good that Sony seems to be abandoning their non Spiderman films now. At least they were able to make Venom work for them.
Next week will be interesting to see how much Sonic 3 and Mufasa put up.
Next week will be interesting to see how much Sonic 3 and Mufasa put up.
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Sonic is the Fastest Animated Animal Out the Gate; Hedgehog #3 Races to #1: Weekend Box Office Results (Dec. 20-22)
After 3 straight weeks in the top spot with Moana 2, Disney was looking to make it 4 for 4 with the release of Mufasa: The Lion King. Any other weekend and it woulda opened in #1 if not for the upstart, hot shot courtesy of Sega and Paramount. I'm talking about none other than Sonic the Hedgehog 3 with a $62 million number one opening. That's the 10th best opening and 12th biggest weekend of the year. How fitting during the most wonderful time of the year?
That is a great start. However, it is not the best opening for the Sonic franchise. That otter actually goes to Sonic the Hedgehog 2, which debuted with the $72.1 million in April of 2022, which was just before I joined the coli and started this thread. It's actually closer to Sonic the Hedgehog's $58 million opening than it is to its sequel. And that's with having the biggest budget in the franchise at $122 million. But like the prior two entries, the threequel gets an A cinemascore. So maybe it'll have good legs? But neither Sonic movie had much staying power.
For now, beating Disney will have to be enough. Who knew Hedgehogs were big game hunters like that? Chopping down Lion Kings.
Top Ten
Rank | LW | Movie | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
| 1 | - | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | $62,000,000 | - | 3,761 | $62,000,000 | 1 | Paramount |
| 2 | - | Mufasa: The Lion King | $35,000,000 | - | 4,100 | $35,000,000 | 1 | Disney |
| 3 | 2 | Wicked | $13,500,000 | -40.4% | 3,296 | $383,915,875 | 5 | Universal |
| 4 | 1 | Moana 2 | $13,100,000 | -50.6% | 3,600 | $359,068,328 | 4 | Disney |
| 5 | - | Homestead | $6,066,710 | - | 1,886 | $6,066,710 | 1 | Angel Studios |
| 6 | 4 | Gladiator II | $4,450,000 | -41.9% | 2,397 | $153,937,987 | 5 | Paramount |
| 7 | 3 | Kraven: The Hunter | $3,100,000 | -71.8% | 3,211 | $17,434,701 | 2 | Sony |
| 8 | 5 | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | $1,270,000 | -72.1% | 2,602 | $7,370,171 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 10 | The Best Christmas Pageant Ever | $825,000 | -36.4% | 861 | $38,454,951 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 10 | 12 | Queer | $364,240 | -53.9% | 379 | $2,837,173 | 4 | A24 |
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TheNatureBoy
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The hedgehog outran the lion this weekend . Disney has to hope the Christmas season will carry Mufasa in the coming weeks for families and the international crowds come through. Even with Mufasa stumbling, this has been a good bounce back year for them.
Paramount has to be happy Sonic has turned into a reliable franchise for them.
. Disney has to hope the Christmas season will carry Mufasa in the coming weeks for families and the international crowds come through. Even with Mufasa stumbling, this has been a good bounce back year for them.Paramount has to be happy Sonic has turned into a reliable franchise for them.