"Ralph breaks the Internet" at the top of the Thanksgiving box office – Variety

"Ralph Breaks the Internet" is about to revive its Thanksgiving box office contest, with Disney claiming a national launch of more than $ 80 million on 4,017 sites over a five-day period.

Other forecasts are between $ 90 and $ 100 million, which would break the record of Thanksgiving established by Disney "Frozen" to $ 93.6 million.

The sequel is a dwarf of "Wreck-It Ralph", which opened for the first time with $ 49 million in three days in 2012, reaching $ 189 million nationally and $ 471 million worldwide. .

MGM's "Creed II" is also performing well, reaching about $ 62 million spread over 3,359 sites over five days, according to Wednesday's estimates. The performance of these two suites is well above expectations. It is expected that "Ralph Breaks the Internet" will generate between $ 67 million and $ 77 million in the first five days of publication and that "Creed" would initially be $ 45 million.

Lionsgate's "Robin Hood" launch emerges with $ 17 million on 2,715 sites for the holiday season – a mediocre exit given its $ 100 million budget. The most recent estimates before publication had been slightly lower at $ 15 million.

The durations to remember "The Grinch" and "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" compete for third place with projections of about 40 million each for five days. Warner Bros. "Fantastic Beasts" is expected to end the holiday weekend with about $ 115 million in its first 10 days while "The Grinch" will reach $ 178 million in 17 days.

The fourth weekend of Fox's "Bohemian Rhapsody" continues to gain traction and should finish the five days in fifth place with about $ 18 million. The musical biopic, with Rami Malek representing the singer of Queen Freddie Mercury, is expected to break the $ 150 million mark by Sunday, its 24th day out.

The "Green Book", a long-standing Universal candidate, is expected to yield about $ 6.5 million on 1,063 sites after its launch last weekend on 25 sites. The film, starring Viggo Mortensen and Masershala Ali, is produced by Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures.