A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

6th Update Sunday AM: And so Thanksgiving 2019 ends with Disney’s Frozen 2 collecting a 5-day estimate of $126.3M, the most ever for any film that has played the holiday, opener or holdover, besting Lionsgate’s 2013 Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($109.9M), plus it was a fantastic win for auteur-driven original IP from Lionsgate/Media Rights Capital’s Rian Johnson
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In its fifth day of release, Disney’s Frozen 2 scored the best Tuesday ever in November with an estimated $21.1M. This is after landing November’s best Monday with $12.77M reported by Disney yesterday. On both days, Anna and Elsa beat Lionsgate’s Hunger Games: Catching Fire which held previous November highs for Monday ($12.3M) and Tuesday ($15.96M). Among all animated
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It’s going to be a really rich week for Disney’s Frozen 2, so, exhibitors expect a lot of popcorn sales. Let’s start with the build of it all: Pic’s official weekend came in at $130.2M, which has we’ve been sayin’ is the best animated pic launch ever in November. Today, with 41% K-12 schools out
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Refresh for updates: Disney’s Frozen 2 fired up previews last night at 6PM raking in $8.5M. That’s an amazing start for an animated pic in November, up there with such previews for summer family pics like Aladdin ($7M),  Finding Dory ($9M) and Toy Story 4  ($12M). Last night’s cash is also ahead or around the previews 
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Man, do we need a hit. Right now, November domestic ticket sales are at a four-year low with around $447M per ComScore, down 27% from the same period a year ago before the 10-day Thanksgiving stretch rings in. Last November grossed $1.065 billion, which turned out to be the third best result for the month
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Disney’s Frozen 2 hit tracking this morning at a very loud level with females and it’s poised to do $100M, maybe even more when it hits theaters on Nov. 22. That’s the pre-Thanksgiving weekend with Turkey day falling on Nov. 28 this year. While no animated film outside of summer has ever opened to $100M
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