Moana, the newest Disney animated musical offering, led the Thanksgiving box office with $56.63 million, or $82.08 million if including since its release on Wednesday. Warner Bros.’ fantasy spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them declined 39.4 percent to $45.08 million, or $65.54 million for the five-day extended weekend.
The three other new wide releases ranged from average to bad in their debuts. Paramount’s World War II spy thriller Allied began with $12.70 million, or $17.72 million for the five-day. Broad Green Pictures’ holiday comedy Bad Santa 2 started with $6.17 million, or $9.10 million for the five-day. And Fox’s period drama Rules Don’t Apply tanked by coming outside the top 10 in 12th place with $1.58 million, or $2.17 million for the five-day.
Weekend Actuals for Friday, November 25 – Sunday, November 27:
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moana | $56,631,401 | — | 3,875 | — | $14,615 | $82,080,274 | 1 | Disney |
| 2 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | $45,084,763 | -39% | 4,144 | 0 | $10,880 | $156,012,316 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Doctor Strange | $13,737,945 | -23% | 3,008 | -686 | $4,567 | $205,778,872 | 4 | Disney |
| 4 | Allied | $12,701,743 | — | 3,160 | — | $4,020 | $17,726,047 | 1 | Paramount |
| 5 | Arrival | $11,454,422 | -6% | 2,442 | 107 | $4,691 | $62,561,985 | 3 | Paramount |
| 6 | Trolls | $10,642,141 | -39% | 3,322 | -623 | $3,204 | $135,400,583 | 4 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
| 7 | Bad Santa 2 | $6,176,680 | — | 2,920 | — | $2,115 | $9,101,213 | 1 | Broad Green Pictures |
| 8 | Almost Christmas | $5,694,620 | -22% | 1,769 | -610 | $3,219 | $34,693,880 | 3 | Universal |
| 9 | Hacksaw Ridge | $5,519,615 | -17% | 2,332 | -551 | $2,367 | $52,234,465 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 10 | The Edge of Seventeen | $2,965,421 | -38% | 1,945 | 0 | $1,525 | $10,272,453 | 2 | STX Entertainment |
| 11 | Rules Don’t Apply | $1,589,625 | — | 2,382 | — | $667 | $2,176,694 | 1 | 20th Century Fox |
| 12 | Bleed for This | $920,559 | -61% | 1,549 | 0 | $594 | $4,224,263 | 2 | Open Road |
| 13 | Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk | $204,551 | -77% | 1,176 | 0 | $174 | $1,587,116 | 3 | Sony / TriStar |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loving | $1,695,328 | 95% | 421 | 283 | $4,027 | $4,072,055 | 4 | Focus |
| 2 | Moonlight (2016) | $1,219,214 | -18% | 618 | -32 | $1,973 | $8,544,110 | 6 | A24 |
| 3 | The Accountant | $1,042,519 | -52% | 556 | -867 | $1,875 | $83,208,893 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Dear Zindagi | $977,928 | — | 154 | — | $6,350 | $1,397,133 | 1 | Reliance Entertainment |
| 5 | Nocturnal Animals | $836,238 | 70% | 127 | 90 | $6,585 | $1,689,808 | 2 | Focus |
| 6 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | $361,555 | -63% | 345 | -765 | $1,048 | $57,418,255 | 6 | Paramount |
| 7 | Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween | $325,676 | -71% | 339 | -832 | $961 | $72,820,708 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | $234,445 | -38% | 215 | -249 | $1,090 | $86,155,842 | 9 | Fox |
| 9 | The Secret Life of Pets | $224,260 | -4% | 209 | -5 | $1,073 | $367,872,510 | 21 | Universal |
| 10 | Shut In | $222,655 | -86% | 277 | -1729 | $804 | $6,694,817 | 3 | EuropaCorp Films |
| 11 | The Girl on the Train (2016) | $219,850 | -63% | 187 | -305 | $1,176 | $74,881,424 | 8 | Universal |
| 12 | Sully | $212,210 | 33% | 253 | 50 | $839 | $124,425,027 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | Deepwater Horizon | $185,750 | 33% | 187 | -14 | $993 | $61,114,699 | 9 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 14 | Inferno | $158,594 | -76% | 165 | -605 | $961 | $33,789,947 | 5 | Sony / Columbia |
| 15 | Storks | $137,533 | -28% | 174 | -48 | $790 | $71,239,902 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | The Magnificent Seven (2016) | $137,159 | -29% | 169 | -66 | $812 | $92,844,963 | 10 | Sony / Columbia |
| 17 | Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life | $106,167 | -31% | 132 | -75 | $804 | $19,985,196 | 8 | CBS Films / Lionsgate |
| 18 | Pete’s Dragon (2016) | $101,497 | -18% | 127 | -35 | $799 | $76,153,649 | 16 | Disney |
| 19 | Keeping Up with the Joneses | $60,150 | -66% | 110 | -106 | $547 | $14,745,078 | 6 | Fox |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester By the Sea | $1,225,990 | 378% | 48 | 44 | $25,541 | $1,627,629 | 2 | Roadside / Amazon |
| 2 | The Eagle Huntress | $262,963 | 44% | 64 | 25 | $4,109 | $908,314 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 3 | Lion | $123,360 | — | 4 | — | $30,840 | $123,360 | 1 | Weinstein Company |
| 4 | A Man Called Ove | $123,023 | -49% | 88 | -77 | $1,398 | $3,030,049 | 9 | Music Box Films |
| 5 | Elle (2016) | $117,732 | -7% | 36 | 12 | $3,270 | $399,232 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 6 | The Handmaiden | $79,338 | -42% | 61 | -42 | $1,301 | $1,616,334 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 7 | I Am Not Madame Bovary | $69,495 | -62% | 27 | -11 | $2,574 | $356,620 | 2 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
| 8 | Miss Sloane | $59,797 | — | 3 | — | $19,932 | $59,797 | 1 | EuropaCorp |
| 9 | Finding Dory | $43,261 | -42% | 78 | -43 | $555 | $486,276,316 | 24 | Disney |
| 10 | Seasons | $27,134 | — | 13 | — | $2,087 | $27,134 | 1 | Music Box Films |
| 11 | Queen of Katwe | $26,175 | -45% | 30 | -51 | $873 | $8,744,259 | 10 | Disney |
| 12 | Kubo and the Two Strings | $23,717 | -53% | 46 | -42 | $516 | $48,019,281 | 15 | Focus |
| 13 | Denial | $20,929 | -72% | 29 | -55 | $722 | $4,019,823 | 9 | Bleeker Street |
| 14 | The Love Witch | $19,484 | -48% | 15 | 13 | $1,299 | $103,918 | 3 | Oscilloscope Pictures |
| 15 | Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened | $17,358 | -26% | 3 | 1 | $5,786 | $52,654 | 2 | Abramorama |
| 16 | Gimme Danger | $15,344 | -35% | 18 | -14 | $852 | $399,640 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures / Amazon Studios |
| 17 | Harry & Snowman | $13,623 | -60% | 12 | -12 | $1,135 | $503,069 | 9 | FilmRise |
| 18 | The Birth of a Nation (2016) | $10,898 | -54% | 15 | -29 | $727 | $15,849,340 | 8 | Fox Searchlight |
| 19 | Don’t Breathe | $6,863 | -40% | 15 | -8 | $458 | $89,084,225 | 14 | Sony / TriStar |
| 20 | Tampopo | $4,383 | -50% | 3 | -1 | $1,461 | $112,125 | 6 | Janus Films |
| 21 | Mifune: The Last Samurai | $4,296 | — | 1 | — | $4,296 | $4,296 | 1 | Strand |
| 22 | Always Shine | $4,211 | — | 1 | — | $4,211 | $4,211 | 1 | Oscilloscope |
| 23 | Magnus | $3,719 | 209% | 6 | 5 | $620 | $5,818 | 2 | FilmRise |
| 24 | American Pastoral | $3,085 | -59% | 14 | -6 | $220 | $541,457 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 25 | Elevator To The Gallows (2016 re-release) | $2,032 | — | 2 | — | $1,016 | $106,849 | 17 | Rialto Pictures |
| 26 | La Notte | $2,009 | 126% | 2 | 0 | $1,005 | $38,006 | 11 | Rialto Pictures |
| 27 | Kiki, Love to Love | $1,953 | -39% | 2 | -1 | $977 | $10,509 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 28 | The Hollars | $1,566 | -14% | 7 | -1 | $224 | $1,016,273 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | American Honey | $1,557 | -61% | 3 | -8 | $519 | $660,741 | 9 | A24 |
| 30 | I’m Not Ashamed | $1,169 | -90% | 7 | -15 | $167 | $2,080,932 | 6 | Pure Flix |
| 31 | Cameraperson | $1,155 | 5% | 2 | 1 | $578 | $99,088 | 12 | Janus Films |
| 32 | We Are X | $1,009 | 20% | 2 | -3 | $505 | $43,731 | 6 | Drafthouse Films |
| 33 | No Pay, Nudity | $630 | -80% | 3 | -3 | $210 | $8,989 | 3 | Monterey Media |
| 34 | The Battle Of Algiers (50th Anniversary) | $555 | — | 2 | — | $278 | $53,389 | 8 | Rialto |
| 35 | Dark Horse (2016) | $455 | 16% | 1 | 0 | $455 | $940,430 | 30 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 36 | Peter And The Farm | $404 | -87% | 4 | -2 | $101 | $13,940 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 37 | National Bird | $391 | -87% | 1 | -7 | $391 | $8,800 | 3 | FilmRise |
| 38 | Little Men (2016) | $220 | -84% | 2 | -1 | $110 | $702,191 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 39 | Officer Downe | $120 | -74% | 2 | 0 | $60 | $734 | 2 | Magnolia |
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