Weekend Estimates: Frozen II ($35M) and Knives Out ($14M+) Lead Again as Dark Waters Expands with $4.5M

Saturday Report: Disney’s Frozen II added another $7.84 million on Friday, beginning its third weekend of domestic play with an estimated $310.8 million 15-day running cume. The blockbuster animated sequel will again win the weekend for a third time with what’s estimated at $35 million currently.

Knives Out is holding up very well to begin its second weekend, registering $4.138 million on Friday and giving it a 10-day domestic tally of $53.5 million thus far. The Rian Johnson film is targeting a sophomore frame of $14.2 million as strong word of mouth continues to propel it.

Queen & Slim posted $1.93 million in third place on Friday, bringing its own 10-day domestic haul to a healthy $22.3 million. The prestige title from director Melina Matsoukas continues to generate positive word of mouth as a counter-programming option for adult audiences. We’re projecting a second weekend around $6.4 million.

Ford v Ferrari wasn’t far behind in fourth place yesterday, tacking on another $1.871 million and bringing its domestic cume to $86.4 million through 22 days. Weekend estimates stand around $6.6 million currently.

As far as this weekend’s openers are concerned, Dark Waters expanded from 94 to 2,011 locations yesterday. The film took in $1.39 million on Friday and looks to be heading for a $4.5 million weekend.

Meanwhile, Playmobil: The Movie bowed to $167,000 from 2,337 locations. Opening weekend looks to register around $750K based on our current projections.

Early Weekend Estimates (Domestic)
FRI, DEC. 6 – SUN, DEC. 8

WIDE (1000+)

#	TITLE	WEEKEND		LOCATIONS		AVG.	TOTAL	WKS.	DIST.
1	Frozen II	$35,000,000	-59%	4,348	-92	$8,050	$337,924,901	3	Disney
2	Knives Out	$14,200,000	-47%	3,461	0	$4,103	$63,536,491	2	Lionsgate
3	Ford v. Ferrari	$6,600,000	-50%	3,746	300	$1,762	$91,173,353	4	20th Century Fox
4	Queen & Slim	$6,400,000	-46%	1,715	25	$3,732	$26,764,005	2	Universal Pictures
5	A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood	$6,000,000	-49%	3,491	256	$1,719	$43,920,415	3	Sony Pictures
6	Dark Waters	$4,500,000	625%	2,012	1918	$2,237	$5,684,749	3	Focus Features
7	21 Bridges	$2,700,000	-52%	2,465	-200	$1,095	$23,752,696	3	STX Entertainment
8	Midway	$2,000,000	-49%	2,100	-275	$952	$53,462,471	5	Lionsgate
9	Playing with Fire	$2,000,000	-53%	2,253	-426	$888	$41,982,325	5	Paramount Pictures
10	Last Christmas	$1,100,000	-45%	1,262	-590	$872	$33,537,175	5	Universal Pictures
11	Harriet	$900,000	-51%	1,000	-84	$900	$40,941,550	6	Focus Features
12	Playmobil: The Movie	$750,000	—	2,337	—	$321	$750,000	1	STX Entertainment

LIMITED (100 — 999)

#	TITLE	WEEKEND		LOCATIONS		AVG.	TOTAL	WKS.	DIST.
1	Joker	$1,000,000	-49%	956	-190	$1,046	$332,101,623	10	Warner Bros.
2	Jojo Rabbit	$560,000	-54%	579	-129	$967	$19,294,823	8	Fox Searchlight
3	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	$540,000	-59%	728	-263	$742	$112,378,846	8	Disney
4	The Good Liar	$540,000	-65%	787	-1216	$686	$16,196,751	4	Warner Bros.
5	Terminator: Dark Fate	$290,000	-67%	431	-351	$673	$61,760,666	6	Paramount
6	Charlie’s Angels	$220,000	-83%	703	-2453	$313	$17,509,006	4	Sony Pictures
7	En Brazos de un Asesino	$200,000	—	160	—	$1,250	$200,000	1	Lionsgate / Pantelion Films
8	Abominable	$120,000	-19%	174	-21	$690	$60,327,080	11	Universal Pictures
9	Downton Abbey	$52,000	-36%	117	-26	$444	$96,783,350	12	Focus Features

PLATFORM (1 — 99)

#	TITLE	WEEKEND		LOCATIONS		AVG.	TOTAL	WKS.	DIST.
1	Ad Astra	$11,000	-30%	33	15	$333	$50,189,350	12	20th Century Fox

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