{"id":140581,"date":"2022-11-27T04:53:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T04:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wakanda-forever-stays-on-top-quiet-thanksgiving-box-office\/"},"modified":"2022-11-27T04:53:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T04:53:03","slug":"wakanda-forever-stays-on-top-quiet-thanksgiving-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wakanda-forever-stays-on-top-quiet-thanksgiving-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Wakanda Forever’ Stays on Top Quiet Thanksgiving Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tMarvel’s \u201cBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever\u201d is having no trouble staying above the competition at the Thanksgiving box office, even handily trouncing fellow Disney release \u201cStrange World.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tAfter bringing in $8.1 million on Thanksgiving, the superhero sequel exploded on Friday, adding $18.2 million more in ticket sales to its haul. \u201cWakanda Forever\u201d is the only resounding box office success story this season, on target to push beyond a $350 million domestic gross through Sunday.<\/p>\n

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\tOverall, it’s been a fairly dire weekend for theaters. The five-day frame is projected to net $125.4 million in ticket sales across all releases, down 12% from last year’s Thanksgiving weekend \u2014 which had the additional handicap of arriving during a period of heightened COVID-19 precautions. This year’s crop of films aren’t connecting as strongly as offerings last year like \u201cEncanto\u201d and \u201cHouse of Gucci.\u201d’<\/p>\n

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\tCase in point: Disney’s new release \u201cStrange World\u201d netted $5.2 million on Friday, pushing its domestic total to $11.8 million. That’s a terrible kickoff for the animated film, opening in a prime holiday window with kids out of school and weighted by an $180 million production budget to recoup. <\/p>\n

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\t\u201cStrange World\u201d received solid enough nodes from critics, with variety<\/em> chief film critic Peter Debruge writing, \u201cThe world may be super-weird, but those who populate it are some of the most realistic and well rounded that Walt Disney Animation Studios has ever presented.\u201d Audiences are only modestly enthused, with the movie receiving a \u201cB\u201d CinemaScore. That’s not encouraging for the film’s prospects moving into December.<\/p>\n

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\tTheaters may be receiving a stealth boost from \u201cGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,\u201d which Netflix has released in approximately 600 theaters for a limited one-week run. Even with the streamer limiting supply and taking its first stab at marketing a major theatrical engagement, the movie seems to be performing impressively, with some competition predicting a silent third-place finish for the weekend. Netflix does not report theatrical grosses.<\/p>\n

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\tThe on-the-books bronze winner for the weekend will be Sony’s aviation drama \u201cDevotion,\u201d starring Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell. The period film is projecting a $9.2 million total for the five-day frame.<\/p>\n

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\tSearchlight Pictures’ \u201cThe Menu\u201d is still chugging, earning $2 million on Friday. The culinary horror-comedy is expected to land in fourth place.<\/p>\n

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\tWarner Bros.’ DC feature \u201cBlack Adam\u201d looks to round out the top five, adding $4.5 million in its sixth weekend of release. That’d still be enough to land above two new awards hopefuls: United Artists Releasing and MGM’s \u201cBones and All\u201d and Universal’s \u201cThe Fabelmans.\u201d Neither film is making much noise in their expansions, with \u201cBones and All\u201d projecting $3.461 million from 2,727 locations over the five-day frame. \u201cThe Fabelmans\u201d has a stronger per-theater average, projecting $3.1 million from 638 locations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n