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The second best domestic start of Thanksgiving.
By Brian Gallagher
Despite the good fight of Creed II (pun intended), Disney continued to dominate the Thanksgiving weekend, with Ralph Breaks on the Internet (or Wreck-It Ralph 2) earning $ 55.7 million in three days and 84 days. , $ 5 million in five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend. This five-day total is the second best in Thanksgiving history, just behind the $ 93.6 million earned by Frozen in 2013 and just above the $ 82.1 million earned by Moana in 2016. We're deepening the numbers to compare the total of the three days to the rest of the Walt Disney Animation studios, with most of the latter's latest hits.
While Disney animation dates back to the 1920s, we are focused on rebranding the studio (under the name of Walt Disney Animation Studios) and the rebirth that followed Disney's acquisition of Pixar in 2006. After announcing that the studio was going to close WDAS after the acquisition of Pixar, they instead tried to restore its former glory. They have undoubtedly succeeded, with a film of eleven films since 2007 that includes The most profitable animation film of all time in the world, Frozen ($ 400.7 million national, $ 1.276 billion in the world) and Zootopia ($ 341.3 million in the United States, $ 1.023 billion). Ralph Breaks Internet continues its tradition of success with its debut in the top echelons of WDAS box office debut.
In the eleven films produced by WDAS since 2007, Ralph Breaks is the fourth best American director, behind Big Hero 6 (56.2 million USD), Moana (56.6 million USD) and Zootopia (75.1 million USD). It is possible that if the weekend's estimates are sufficiently adjusted, Ralph Breaks Internet could be ahead of Big Hero 6 and Moana to take second place, and that Wreck-It Ralph, of 2012, shows a strong rise. The first Ralph opened with $ 49 million en route to reach $ 189.4 million national and $ 471.2 million on a $ 165 million budget. The suite also opened with a slightly higher average per screen ($ 13,859 out of 4,017 rooms) than the original one ($ 13,070 out of 3,752 rooms).
Weekend opening of Walt Disney Animation Studios: National Box Office:
- 1. Zootopia 75.1 million dollars
- 2. Moana $ 56.6 million
- 3. Big Hero 6 $ 56.2 million
- 4. Ralph breaks Internet $ 55.7 million
- 5. Wreck-It Ralph $ 49 million
- 6. Entangled $ 48.8 million
- 7. Bolt $ 26.2 million
- 8. Meet the Robinsons $ 25.1 Million
- 9. Winnie the Pooh $ 7.9 million
- 10. The princess and the frog $ 786,190 (limited)
- 11. Freeze $ 243,390 (limited)
What's interesting is that, despite the fact that he ends up winning the biggest five-day Thanksgiving weekend of all time and has become the most profitable animated film of all the times, Frozen has the lowest opening weekend in WDAS history since its first edition. Frozen earned $ 243,390 from a single theater, making it the seventh-highest average per screen so far. Unsurprisingly, the six films above are all Disney animation films from before and after the studio's name change, with Hercules ($ 249,567), A Bug's Life (291) $ 121), Toy Story 2 ($ 300,163), The Princess and the Frog ($ 393,095). , Pocahontas ($ 448,285) and The Lion King ($ 793,337). The following weekend, Frozen opened its doors during the Thanksgiving holiday and marked the high point for the long weekend that remains to be overcome.
Eight of the ten best Thanksgiving weekends belong to Disney. The only two exceptional cases are Creed II, which opened in second place this weekend with a total of $ 55.8 million over five days, and Warner Bros. & # 39; Four Christmas – $ 46.1 million. WDAS has the top 3 with Frozen, Ralph Internet Breaks and Moana, followed by Toy Story 2 by Disney Pixar ($ 80.1 million), Pixar's Coco ($ 72.9 million), WDAS & # 39; Tangled ($ 68.7 million), from fourth to sixth place, with Creed II in seventh, The Good Dinosaur ($ 55.5 million) in eighth, the animated movie Disney's Enchanted (49, $ 1 million) in the ninth and Four Christmas in tenth.
What is also important to consider, is how the Thanksgiving opening weekend is extremely competitive, and yet, Disney continues to dominate. Creed II started well, while The Grinch (third place with $ 30.2 million, down 21.7%) and Bohemian Rhapsody (fifth place with $ 13.9 million and down 13.6%) recorded minimal declines. While WDAS animation films do not offer massive movies at the front such as Marvel Studios or Star Wars, longevity is often the key to their success, their films often staying longer – Frozen spent 34 weeks indoors – or a tiny movie amounts from one weekend to the next – Zootopia has recorded no decrease of more than 50% until the 13th weekend .
Even though Ralph Breaks is poised to outperform the Internet compared to its predecessor, with a national balance of between $ 225 million and $ 250 million (which would rank it third or fourth at WDAS all the time), will be interesting. To see how the release of Sony's animated superhero movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, could affect Ralph Breaks on the Internet.
Still, there is only one broad-based movie scheduled to open next weekend, Sony's Possession of Hannah Grace (coming out in about 1,900 screens), and no movie in theaters that can be screened on 7 December, so Ralph and his animated friends could win three. Spider-Man Weekends in a Row: Into the Spider-Verse will open on December 14th. It's also the first year of delay that there is no Star Wars movie to open during the holiday season, which could make the next few weeks even more unpredictable. when it comes to the holiday box office.
With an impressive 86% of the nation's critics at Rotten Tomatoes, and a lot of positive word-of-mouth (including praise on the iconic Disney Princess scene), and no upcoming box office competition, this could mean Ralph Breaks the Internet could be an even bigger success than expected.
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