Ralph Breaks the Internet stays on top
On a typically sleepy postThanks giving weekend in movie theatres, leftovers led the box office and Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet repeated as No. 1 with $25.8 million (U.S.) in ticket sales.
The Wreck-It Ralph sequel dropped steeply (54 per cent) after nearly setting a U.S. Thanksgiving record last weekend. But with only one new film in wide release, nothing came close to Ralph Breaks the Internet, which sends John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman’s video-game characters into cyberspace. In 11 days of release, the $175 million film has cleared $207 million worldwide.
Still going strong in its fourth week of release, Universal’s The Grinch came in second with $17.7 million in ticket sales. The Grinch surpassed $200 million domestically and edged in front of last week’s No. 2 film, the Rocky sequel Creed II.
The week’s lone new wide release, the Sony Screen Gems horror film The Possession of Hannah Grace, opened modestly with $6.5 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to comScore:
1. Ralph Breaks the Internet, $25.8 million 2. The Grinch, $17.7 million 3. Creed II, $16.8 million 4. Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald, $11.2 million 5. Bohemian Rhapsody, $8.1 million 6. Instant Family, $7.2 million 7. Possession of Hannah Grace, $6.5 million 8. Robin Hood, $4.7 million 9. Widows, $4.4 million. 10. Green Book, $3.9 million