Well, well, well, it looks like we’re in for another interesting weekend at the box office as Dreamworks Animation’sAbominablenabs the number one spot on Friday’s chart. This win for the charming animated movie about three kids helping a yeti find its way home means Focus Features’Downton Abbeyhas been pushed to the second spot.
Looking at the numbers,Abominablepulled in $5.7 million domestically and $800,000 in the first international markets (Australia, New Zealand, and Uruguay) it opened in for a $6.5 million worldwide gross on opening day. That domestic total in particular accounts for the 4,242 theaters the moviewas shown in with an average of $1,341 per theater. It’s a heartening start for the animated flick — the first one we’ve gotten sinceThe Angry Birds Movie 2in mid-August — which is currently projected to hit $20 million in its opening weekend.
Downton Abbeyis still holding it down in the number two spot, raking in the dollars and cents for Focus Features. Domestically, the period drama focused on the daily dramas of the wealthy Crawley family and their servants earned $4.4 million. This brings its total up to $48.4 million domestically. It’s doing just as well overseas with $41 million earned cumulatively across all international markets.Downton Abbeyis now poised to pass the $90 million mark this weekend for its worldwide gross since it’s currently sitting at $89.5 million.
Coming in at number three in the charts isHustlers, proving to be a solid earner in its third weekend in theaters. TheJennifer LopezandConstance Wu-led crime drama brought in $3.7 million domestically for an at-home total of $73 million.Ad Astrais sitting pretty in the fourth spot in the charts with $3 million earned domestically. Finally, at number five isIT: Chapter Two, which brought in another $2.9 million domestically.
Curious to know ? Read our illuminatinginterview withChloe Bennett, one of the movie’s leads, as well asour 2019 TIFF reviewand see for yourself.
Abominable
$5,690,000
Downton Abbey
$4,380,000
$48,389,850
$3,660,000
$72,824,711
$2,985,000
$28,367,600
IT: Chapter Two
$2,850,000
$186,371,049
