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US Box Office Weekend Report 3rd - 5th December 2021: Encanto remain at the top of the US box office with faith based movie Christmas With the Chosen: The Messengers the top new entry

US Box Office Weekend Report 3rd - 5th December 2021:  Encanto remain at the top of the US box office with faith based movie Christmas With the Chosen: The Messengers the top new entry
Encanto
The latest Disney movie Encanto remains at the top of the US box office for a second weekend and with that the top 3 movies remain the same as last weekend.

The top new movie of the week is faith based film Christmas With the Chosen: The Messengers which comes in at number 4.

US box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Encanto (2nd Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Christmas With the Chosen: The Messengers (@4)
  • Longest run - Venom: Let There Be Carnage (10 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Venom: Let There Be Carnage ($210.9 Million)

US box office top 5 breakdown weekend 3rd - 5th December 2021

Encanto

Encanto

Taking the top spot for a second weekend the latest Disney animated feature takes $12.7 Million over the weekend, a quite large 53% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross after 2 weeks of $57.9 Million.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

The Ghostbusters series sequel stays at number 2 this weekend with a third week gross of $10.3 Million, a big 57% drop over last weekend.

The movie has now taken $102.1 Million over its 3 weeks of release having now gone past the $100 Million milestone.

House of Gucci

Remaining at 3 this weekend is the Ridley Scott directed movie which made its debut last weekend, this week it takes $6.7 Million, a 53% drop over last week.

This gives the movie a 2 week total gross of $33.6 Million.

Christmas With the Chosen: The Messengers

Christmas With the Chosen: The Messengers

Highest new movie of the weekend is directors Dallas Jenkins and Jacob Schwarz faith based movie which lands on the box office at number 4 this weekend with $4.1 Million.

Eternals

Finally on the top 5 this week is the Marvel movie which falls to number 5 with $3.9 Million on its 5th weekend of release, 50% lower than last weekend.

This give the movie a total US gross of $156.5 Million which means its also the 7th top movie of 2021 in North America.

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