‘Ralph’ and ‘Creed 2’ break box office
The movie sequels beat the openings for the original films
Michael B Jordan ‘Creed 2’. Movie sequels are having their own Thanksgiving feast at the box office and fuelling record industry-wide grosses for the long weekend.
Ralph Breaks the Internet and Creed 2 took the top two spots on the North American charts, beat the openings for the original films and helped the five-day Thanksgiving box office totals cross the $300 million (Dh1.1 billion) mark for the first time ever. Studios on Sunday said Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph sequel earned an estimated $55.7 million over the three-day weekend and $84.5 million since its Wednesday opening to take first place and become one of the biggest Thanksgiving openings of all time.
Its five-day Thanksgiving grosses are the third highest of all time, behind Frozen and Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
The Rocky spinoff Creed 2 starring Michael B Jordan and Sylvester Stallone, placed second with $35.3 million from the weekend and $55.8 million since Wednesday, far surpassing the first film’s Thanksgiving debut in 2015. The sequel directed by Steven Caple Jr has Jordan’s Adonis Creed fighting the son of Ivan Drago.—