‘Thor: Ragnarok’ tops box office for second weekend
“Thor: Ragnarok” topped the box office again in its second weekend, adding $57.1 million from North American theaters. The superhero sequel, the third film in the franchise, has grossed $212.1 million domestically.
It bested newcomers such as the comedy sequel “Daddy’s Home 2,” which opened in second with a solid $29.7 million, and Kenneth Branagh’s lush adaptation of Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express,” which debuted in third with $28.7 million.
In fourth place was “A
Bad Moms Christmas” with $11.5 million and in fifth was the horror movie “Jigsaw,” in its third week in theaters, which took in $3.4 million.
Among smaller releases, the coming-of-age film “Lady Bird” cracked the top 10 in its expansion to only 37 theaters. The Greta Gerwigdirected film earned $1.2 million.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by comscore:
1. “Thor: Ragnarok,”
Disney, $57,078,306, 4,080 locations, $13,990 average, $212,068,013, two weeks.
2. “Daddy’s Home 2,” Paramount, $29,651,193, 3,575 locations, $8,294 average, $29,651,193, one week.
3.“Murderontheorient Express,” 20th Century Fox, $28,681,472, 3,341 locations, $8,585 average, $28,681,472, one week.
4. “A Bad Moms Christmas,” STX Entertainment, $11,468,964, 3,615 locations, $3,173 average, $39,832,590, two weeks.
5. “Jigsaw,” Lionsgate, $3,424,319, 2,651 locations, $1,292 average, $34,358,412, three weeks.
6. “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween,” Lionsgate, $2,001,108, 1,900 locations, $1,053 average, $45,851,571, four weeks.
7. “Geostorm,” Warner Bros., $1,641,680, 1,685 locations, $974 average, $31,720,572, four weeks.
8. “Blade Runner 2049,” Warner Bros., $1,460,463,
863 locations, $1,692 average, $88,051,760, six weeks.
9.“Happydeathday,” Universal, $1,266,440, 1,564 locations, $810 average, $54,908,045, five weeks.
10.“Ladybird,”a24, $1,199,748, 37 locations, $32,426 average, $1,731,828, two weeks.
11.“Lettherebelight,”
Atlas Distribution Company, $1,114,560, 774 locations, $1,440 average, $5,939,454, three weeks.
12.“Onlythebrave,”sony, $936,889, 1,207 locations,
$776 average, $17,060,805, four weeks.
13. “Thank You for Your Service,” Universal, $853,295, 1,348 locations, $633 average, $9,063,685, three weeks.
14. “The Lego Ninjago Movie,” Warner Bros., $801,680, 771
locations, $1,040 average, $58,524,340, eight weeks.
15. “The Foreigner,” STX Entertainment, $781,257, 737 locations, $1,060 average, $33,474,379, five weeks.
16. “Victoria and Abdul,” Focus Features, $677,906, 637 locations, $1,064 average, $21,140,610, eight weeks.
17. “The Florida Project,”
A24, $540,507, 229 locations, $2,360 average, $3,800,385, six weeks.
18. “Loving Vincent,” Good Deed Entertainment, $512,194, 212 locations, $2,416 average, $3,931,068, eight weeks.
19. “My Little Pony: The Movie,” Lionsgate, $508,815, 592 locations, $859 average, $21,520,056, six weeks.
20.“Lbj,”vertical Entertainment, $486,285,
608 locations, $800 average, $2,062,231, 2 Weeks.