Leftovers ‘Moana,’ ‘Fantastic Beasts’ rule box office again

“We are disappointed that we fell short of our goal and repeating the success of our previous releases,” BH Tilt executive John Hegeman said. “The low-cost nature of the BH Tilt films and release model enables us to experiment and take risks, and we look forward to seeing what we can learn from this weekend for our future BH Tilt slate releases in 2017.”

In limited release, the Jacqueline Kennedy biopic “Jackie,” starring Natalie Portman in one of the year’s buzziest performances, earned $275,000 from five theatres. Another awards contender, “Manchester by the Sea” expanded to 156 theatres and brought in $2.4 million.

Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst for box office tracker comScore, said that this post-Thanksgiving weekend is usually pretty slow.

“The Thanksgiving holiday is a long, extended binge of eating food and watching lots of movies, and then this weekend is the diet. It is somewhat typical,” Dergarabedian said. “It’s like we’re taking a quick breather before the homestretch.”

The weekend overall is expected to be down about 3 per cent from last year, which saw the Christmas-themed horror film “Krampus” rake in $16.3 million. But the box office for the year remains up around 4 per cent.

The question now is whether or not the 2016 box office will surpass last year’s record $11.135 billion. While there are still some big films on the horizon, including “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and the animated “Sing,” it remains to be seen whether or not they will compete with the late-game 2015 juggernaut of “The Force Awakens,” which earned $652 million in the last 14 days of the year.

“It’s going to be a tight race,” Dergarabedian said.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to comScore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1.”Moana,” $28.4 million ($32 million international).

2.”Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” $18.5 million ($60.4 million international).

3.”Arrival,” $7.3 million ($4.8 million international0

4.”Allied,” $7.1 million ($12.1 million international).

5.”Doctor Strange,” $6.5 million ($3.7 million international).

6.”Trolls,” $4.6 million ($7.1 million international).

7.”Hacksaw Ridge,” $3.4 million ($1.8 million international).

8.”Bad Santa 2,” $3.3 million ($1 million international).

9.”Incarnate,” $2.6 million ($370,000 international).

10.”Almost Christmas,” $2.5 million.

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Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at international theatres (excluding the U.S. and Canada), according to comScore:

1. “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” $60.4 million.

2. “Your Name,” $40.9 million.

3. “Moana,” $32 million.

4. “Underworld: Blood Wars,” $16.3 million.

5. “Allied,” $12.1 million.

6. “Sully,” $11.2 million.

7. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” $10.5 million.

8. “Sword Master,” $7.3 million.

9. “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,” $5.9 million.

10. “Arrival,” $4.8 million.

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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

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Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press

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Leftovers ‘Moana,’ ‘Fantastic Beasts’ rule box office again

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