{"id":1089309,"date":"2021-12-06T09:43:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T14:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1089309"},"modified":"2021-12-06T09:43:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T14:43:47","slug":"box-office-disneys-encanto-1-with-12-7m-in-sluggish-sophomore-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/box-office-disneys-encanto-1-with-12-7m-in-sluggish-sophomore-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office: Disney&#039;s &#039;Encanto&#039; #1 with $12.7M in Sluggish Sophomore Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbox-office-disneys-encanto-1-with-12-7m-in-sluggish-sophomore-weekend%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1089309&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Leftovers were on the menu for moviegoers in North America this weekend. \u201cEncanto,\u201d \u201cGhostbusters: Afterlife\u201d and \u201cHouse of Gucci\u201d repeated in the top three spots, according to studio estimates on Sunday. All three films are playing exclusively in theaters.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend after <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-lifestyle-business-holidays-thanksgiving-465a99df78c74357d417e8855983c68f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Thanksgiving<\/a> is usually pretty quiet at the box office and this year was no exception considering new offerings like \u201cFlee\u201d and \u201cBenedetta\u201d were playing only in limited release. Disney\u2019s \u201cEncanto,\u201d an animated tale with original music from Lin-Manuel Miranda, earned $12.7 million to take the top spot, down 53% from its opening last weekend. Globally, it\u2019s earned $116.1 million to date.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGhostbusters: Afterlife\u201d took second place in its third weekend with $10.4 million, pushing it just past the $100 million threshold. And Ridley Scott\u2019s ripped from the headlines \u201cHouse of Gucci,\u201d starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver, came in third place in its second weekend with $6.8 million from 3,477 locations, bringing its domestic total to $33.6 million.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19020530\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" readability=\"33\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2181-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19020530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2181-2.jpg\" alt width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>McKenna Grace and Finn Wolfhard in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. (Kimberly French\/Allstar\/Columbia Pictures)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The big surprise came from Fathom, which snagged the fourth place spot with \u201cChristmas with The Chosen: The Messengers.\u201d It isn\u2019t exactly a movie but an episode of a faith-based streaming series, this focused on the birth of Jesus with several performances by Christian groups, that was shot specifically for a 10-day big screen run. Over the weekend, it grossed $4.1 million from 1,700 screens. Since Wednesday, it\u2019s earned $9 million and has become the highest grossing event in Fathom history.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt just shows how powerful event cinema is and how movie theaters can benefit from non-traditional releases,\u201d said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore.<\/p>\n<p>In other notable showings, Warner Bros.\u2019 brought \u201cDune\u201d back to IMAX screens this weekend. The premium screens accounted for over half of its $1.8 million domestic earnings.<\/p>\n<p>In specialty releases, Paul Verhoeven\u2019s \u201cBenedetta,\u201d released by IFC Films, grossed $145,000 from 202 theaters and Focus Features\u2019 \u201cWolf\u201d opened on 308 screens to $80,000. Neon\u2019s animated documentary \u201cFlee\u201d also opened on four screens, earning $25,033. The film is about a man who fled Afghanistan as a child in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>Things should pick up next week as Steven Spielberg\u2019s take on \u201cWest Side Story\u201d dances into theaters nationwide.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19020562\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/042020-westsidestory-03-1584480255.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19020562 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/042020-westsidestory-03-1584480255.jpg\" alt width=\"1600\" height=\"1094\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>20th Century Studios<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think the industry has the potential to generate $300 million over the next few weeks,\u201d Dergarabedian added. \u201c\u2018Spider-Man\u2019 could be the lynchpin to catapult us past the $4 billion mark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leftovers were on the menu for moviegoers in North America this weekend. \u201cEncanto,\u201d \u201cGhostbusters: Afterlife\u201d and \u201cHouse of Gucci\u201d repeated in the top three spots, according to studio estimates on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1089309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1089309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1089309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1089309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1089309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}