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US Box Office Analysis 29 November - 1 December 2019: Frozen II breaks the Thanksgiving record with massive $124 Million second weekend gross

US Box Office Analysis 29 November - 1 December 2019:  Frozen II breaks the Thanksgiving record with massive $124 Million second weekend gross
Frozen II
Frozen II remained at the top of the US box office this weekend and broke the 5 day Thanksgiving weekend record while Knives Out made its debut at number 2.

Frozen II

The Disney sequel reamins at the top for a second weekend over the American Thanksgiving holiday taking $124 Million over the 5 day Thursday to Sunday and $85.2 Million over Friday to Sunday.

The previous record holder was The Hunger Games: Catching Fire which took $110 Million in 2013.

The film has now taken an incredible $287.5 Million after 2 weeks of release.

Knives Out

Rian Johnson brings his first film after Star Wars: The Last Jedi to the bg screen to rave reviews and lands on the box office at number 2 with $27 Million.

The film was released on Thanksgiving Thursday and has after 5 days takes a US total of $41.7 Million.

Ford V Ferrari

The racing drama from director James Mangold falls to number 3 this week with $13.2 Million taking its total to $81 Million after 3 weeks.

A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

Tom Hanks Oscar worthy film falls to number 4 this weekend with $11.8 Million taking its total to $34.3 Million after 2 weeks of release.

Queen And Slim

Finally on the top 5 is this new release from director Melina Matsoukas about a couples first date which goes wrong when pulled over by a cop takes $11.7 Million for a total of $15.8 Million since its Thursday release.

Joker

The DC villain movie notches up its 9th week of release and has taken a mammoth $30.6 Million.

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