‘Coco’ No. 1 again before ‘Star Wars’ hits
The animated family film “Coco” has topped the box office for a third time on a quiet, pre- “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” weekend in theaters.
Disney estimated Sunday that “Coco” added $18.3 million, which would bring its domestic total to $135.5 million.
The weekend’s sole new wide release was the Morgan Freeman film “Just Getting Started,” which launched to a meager $3.2 million from 2,161 theaters and barely made the top 10.
Most studios have chosen to avoid competing against “The Last Jedi,” which is expected to dominate theaters and moviegoer attention when it opens Friday.
Thus, most of the charts have looked quite similar for the past few weeks. Warner Bros. and DC’s “Justice League” took second place with $9.6 million, and Lionsgate’s sleeper hit “Wonder,” which has now passed $100 million, placed third with $8.5 million. Warner Bros. also crossed the $2 billion benchmark domestically Saturday — the first studio to do so in 2017.
This quiet period before “Star Wars” has allowed some of the indie and prestige titles to thrive in limited releases and expansions, like James Franco’s “The Disaster Artist.”
Greta Gerwig’s comingof-age film “Lady Bird” also added 363 locations and placed 9th in its sixth weekend in theaters. With the $3.5 million from this weekend, “Lady Bird” has netted $22.3 million.
The Guillermo del Toro-directed romantic fantasy “The Shape of Water” expanded to 41 theaters in its second weekend and earned $1.1 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Final domestic figures will be released today.
1. “Coco”: $18.3 million 2. “Justice League”:
$9.6 million 3. “Wonder”: $8.5 million 4. “The Disaster Artist”: $6.4 million 5. “Thor: Ragnarok”: $6.3 million 6. “Daddy’s Home 2”: $6 million 7. “Murder on the Orient Express”: $5.1 million 8. “The Star”: $3.7 million 9. “Lady Bird”: $3.5 million 10. “Just Getting Started”: $3.2 million