Box Office: Thanksgiving Eve Sparks Worry as Disney Animation’s ‘Strange World’ and Other New Movies Fight for Scraps

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The Thanksgiving box office is off to a decidedly worrisome start, with overall revenue paling in comparison to other years.
For Disney, it appears to a case of feast or famine. While Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will stay atop the box office chart for the third weekend in a row with a hearty gross of 60 million to 65 million for the five-days (Wednesday through Sunday), Disney Animation’s Strange World is in serious trouble.
Wakanda Forever led Wednesday with 10 million from 4,174 theaters for a domestic total of 313.7 million.
There was no feasting, however for Strange World, which posted an opening day gross of 4.2 million from 4,174 sites after earning a lukewarm B CinemaScore. At this pace, the family film is looking at a five-day opening of 24 million-26 million, the worst opening for a Disney Animation Thanksgiving title in history (Disney Animation titles, such as Frozen,...
The Thanksgiving box office is off to a decidedly worrisome start, with overall revenue paling in comparison to other years.
For Disney, it appears to a case of feast or famine. While Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will stay atop the box office chart for the third weekend in a row with a hearty gross of 60 million to 65 million for the five-days (Wednesday through Sunday), Disney Animation’s Strange World is in serious trouble.
Wakanda Forever led Wednesday with 10 million from 4,174 theaters for a domestic total of 313.7 million.
There was no feasting, however for Strange World, which posted an opening day gross of 4.2 million from 4,174 sites after earning a lukewarm B CinemaScore. At this pace, the family film is looking at a five-day opening of 24 million-26 million, the worst opening for a Disney Animation Thanksgiving title in history (Disney Animation titles, such as Frozen,...
- 11/24/2022
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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