Source: Marvel
Thor: The Dark World again led the way at the weekend box office, bringing in an estimated $38.5 million in ticket sales domestically. Coming in second was The Best Man Holiday, with $30.6 million in ticket sales on its opening weekend. The top five movies are shown below. The Nov. 15-17 number is domestic box office only:
|
Movie |
Studio |
November 15-17 |
Total Domestic |
Total Worldwide |
Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Thor: The Dark World |
Disney (DIS -1.01%) |
$38.5 |
$147.0 |
$479.8 |
2 |
|
The Best Man Holiday |
Universal (GE 1.30%) |
$30.6 |
$30.6 |
$30.6 |
1 |
|
Last Vegas |
CBS Films (PARA -3.94%) |
$8.9 |
$47.0 |
$50.7 |
3 |
|
Free Birds |
Relativity Media |
$8.3 |
$42.2 |
$50.2 |
3 |
|
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa |
Paramount (VIAB) |
$7.7 |
$90.2 |
$119.2 |
4 |
Source: Rentrak
Thor saw ticket sales drop 55% from the $86 million it posted in its opening weekend, which was a steeper drop than the first Thor film in 2011, which saw receipts fall by 47% from the first weekend to the second. However, the sequel did post nearly $20 million more in original box office receipts in its opening weekend compared to the original, which had $119.5 million in domestic box office receipts through its second weekend.
The Best Man Holiday is the sequel to 1999's The Best Man. The sequel served as a reunion for the characters featured in the original movie, and many analysts were surprised at the success of the follow-up considering the original brought in only $9 million on its opening weekend. In fact The Best Man only had $34.1 million total in box office ticket sales.
Rounding out the top five were Last Vegas, Free Birds, and Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, which respectively saw receipts from last week fall by 20%, 25%, and 32%. However, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa continues its impressive run, and is now the 31st highest-grossing movie of the year, according to Box Office Mojo. Considering it had an estimated budget of $15 million,, Paramount should be pleased with its success. Thor: The Dark World has moved in front of The Great Gatsby to take 13th place for domestic ticket sales this year. Box Office Mojo estimates Thor: The Dark World's production budget at $170 million.
