Doctor Strange Levitates to the Top of the Box Office While Trolls Comes in Second
Doctor Strange ruled the weekend box office earning $84.99 million. That was more than enough to put the film in first place and the tenth largest opening for a Marvel movie. Thor: The Dark World also opened in November, the only other Marvel film to do so, and that filmed earned $85.7 million when it debuted in 2013. The film also earned $118.7 million at the international box office from 53 territories. Its international total stands at $240.4 million with a global total of $325.4 million after 13 days. The film should do well due to an “A” CinemaScore and solid reviews.
The film also drove Disney to cross $6 billion for the year for the first time ever.
Trolls came in second place earning an estimated $45.6 million. That opening beats The Peanuts Movie’s $44.2 million which opened the same weekend last year. The film has already grossed $104 million in its first three weeks of international release.
In third place was Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge which brought in an estimated $14.75 million. The film received an “A” CinemaScore and “A+” to audiences playing mostly to an older audience.
Also opening was Loving in four theaters and its $169,000 meant an average of $42,250 per theater.
All of that together plus strong showings of other films increased the box office 133.6% compared to last weekend and 20.4% compared to last year and brought in a combined $182 million.
Come back in an hour when we’ll have a better dive into this year’s comic films.
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