Weekend Box Office: ‘Frozen II’ Stays On Top As Disney Breaks Worldwide Box Office Record For The Year
By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 9, 2019 3:30 pm EST
Frozen II remains number one at the box office, and could end up staying there until next weekend…at which point Disney’s Rise of Skywalker will take over. Congrats, Disney! You’ve finally made it! In other weekend box office news, Rian Johnson’s Knives Out settled in at number 2, Ford v Ferrari held at number 3, and Queen & Slim took fourth place. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is in fifth place, and – perhaps most surprising – Dark Waters is in sixth place. I didn’t expect that to crack the top 10, but it has. Well done, box office king Todd Haynes!
The biggest box office loser of the weekend was Playmobil: The Movie, which had one of the worst opening weekends of all time. The toy-based flick earned only $668,000 at 2,337 theaters. I can’t say I’m surprised – I write about movies for a living, and I had no idea Playmobil was opening last weekend. Neither did anyone else, apparently.
This upcoming weekend sees the release of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which might actually knock Frozen II out of the top spot. Maybe. The horror remake Black Christmas is also opening, and while it’s bound to turn a profit due to those low Blumhouse budgets, it’s not expected to be a smash-hit. There’s also Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell, which will bring in the boomers.
The top 10 movies at the box office right now can be seen below.
Frozen II
Knives Out
Ford v Ferrari
Queen and Slim
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Dark Waters
21 Bridges
Playing with Fire
Midway
Joker
