Joining an illustrious list of movies that have topped the US box-office for three straight weekends in 2017 (Split, The Fate of the Furious, and The Hitman’s Bodyguard), Disney-Pixar’s Coco managed one final week at the summit, before a certain little independent movie about disgruntled family members waving around glowsticks attempts to break records.
That movie is of course Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which opens on 4,100 theatres from December 14th, and is aiming at a figure north of $220 million for the weekend.
Until those monumental figures arrive, we’re left to cast our eyes over a moderate weekend at the US box office, where Coco took its tally to $135.5 million with a weekend haul of $18.3 million.
That kept the day-of-the-dead success ahead of Justice League, which floundered with $9.6 million, for a total of $212 million in 24 days. To put that in perspective, the $300 million budgeted movie is currently running at over $100 million less than Wonder Woman had at this same stage. It’s no surprise that Warner Bros. announced a huge DC shake-up this week.
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Sleeper hit of the season, Wonder, was in third place with $8.5 million, and in doing so became a surprise member of the $100 million club. It’s even more impressive because at $20 million, it’s the least expensive of that club.
A24 expanded James Franco’s delightful The Disaster Artist, and were rewarded with $6.4 million from 840 theatres, but they’ll be even more pleased with the performance of Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird, which grossed $3.5 million, and nudged towards being their most successful film-to-date.
Finally, Margot Robbie’s buzzed about performance in I, Tonya, the film about hell-raising figure skater Tonya Harding, opened in 4 theatres, posting a strong average of $61,400.
Until next week, when we’re counting those galactic Star Wars figures, you can find the full rundown over at BoxOfficeMojo.
