The Croods: A New Age Repeats in First Place at the Weekend Box Office
The Croods: A New Age was the top of the box office again for the third weekend in a row. The film earned an estimated $3.1 million, down 32.2% from the previous weekend. The film has earned $24.3 million after three weeks at the box office, a “success” in a difficult year. At the international box office, the film added about $12 million over the week to bring that total to $52.1 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $76.3 million in its three weeks.
Half Brothers held on to second place with an estimated $490,000. The film has earned just $1.4 million after two weeks. No international numbers have been released.
In third place was Elf, a re-release of the classic film. It added $400,000 to its domestic total to bring that to $1.5 million after five weeks. It also has earned $110,815 at the international box office. Worldwide, the film has earned $1.6 million.
In fourth place was Freaky, which slipped one spot. The film earned an estimated $315,000 in its fifth week. It also added about $300,000 over the week at the international box office to bring that number to just under $6 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $14.2 million.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a re-release of the film earning an estimated $268,170 in one of the higher per-screen average.
In comic film news…
Wonder Woman has gotten a re-release leading up to the sequel’s release. The film came in at #10 earning $189,000. Internationally, the film earned $136,589 for a worldwide total of $325,589.
The New Mutants is still hanging in there earning $11,000 in its sixteenth week. The film has earned $23.8 million domestically. It also earned a little internationally to bring that total to just under $22.5 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $46.3 million.
The Empty Man added $5,000 to its domestic total to bring that to $2,987,855 after 8 weeks. The film also earned about $67,000 over the week at the international box office to bring that to $778,884.
At the current reporting, the weekend box office brought it $6,687,559 from 36 films. That’s down from last weekend $8.5 million from 39 films. There were 14,704 theaters, down from the previous weekend’s 16,864. That’s a per-theater average of $454.81 also down from the previous weekend’s $502.33. (Updated with final numbers).



