The competition never bothered Elsa anyway. Frozen 2 killed it at the box office over Thanksgiving weekend (Wednesday-Sunday). In fact, it even surpassed the Thanksgiving record previously held by The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
How much exactly did it bring in? A whopping $123.7 million over the 5-day holiday weekend! For comparison’s sake, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire brought in $109 million, but its reign has come to an end. The first Frozen movie made around $93 million two weeks into its own holiday release back in 2013. It’s hard to believe that movie came out six years ago.
At this point, Frozen 2Â is set to cross the $1 billion mark at the box office before the end of the year. Pull this off is becoming alarmingly easy for Disney. How long before studios start aiming for the $10 billion mark? Anyway, with returns this good, you have to think that Frozen 3Â will be coming along sooner or later, featuring the further adventures of Elsa, Anna and Olaf in Arendale and beyond.
Frozen 2 wasn’t the only thing people were watching post-Thanksgiving turkey. Rian Johnson’s Knives Out pulled in around $41.7 million over the weekend, according to Deadline. We love ourselves a classic whodunnit!
After that, there’s a dropoff. Ford v Ferrari ($18.99), Mr. Rogers biopic A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood ($11.8 million) and Queen and Slim ($15.8 million) all had decent showings, but this weekend belonged to Frozen II.
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