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US Box Office Weekend Report 26th - 28th November 2021: Disney animated movie Encanto tops the US box office on its debut weekend with House of Gucci new at 3

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Encanto
Disney release their new movie Encanto at the US box office this weekend and hit the top of the box office again this year while the much anticipated House of Gucci comes in at number 3 on its debut.

Also making a debut on this weeks top 5 is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City at number 5 while further down the box office Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie Licorice Pizza makes its debut at 13 with $336,000 and For the Love of Money starring James Caan is new at 15 with $232,000.

US box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Encanto (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Encanto (@1)
  • Longest run - Venom: Let There Be Carnage (9 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Venom: Let There Be Carnage ($209.5 Million)

US box office top 5 breakdown weekend 26th - 28th November 2021

Encanto

Encanto

Disney release their latest animated feature in cinemas only this weekend and the movie makes its debut at the top of the US box office with a weekend gross of $27 Million.

It was the Thanksgiving week in the US so the movie was released on Wednesday before the big day and the movie has actually taken $40.5 Million since release.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

The Ghostbusters sequel falls to number 2 after a week at the top with a gross of $24.5 Million, a 44% drop on its second weekend.

Despite the not so good reception from the review press audiences has enjoyed the movie and this week its total gross sits at $87.7 Million.

House of Gucci

House of Gucci

Director Ridley Scott brings his next movie to the big screen and had acting giants Lady Gaga and Adam Driver among other as he brings the true story of the creation of fashion empire Gucci to the big screen.

The movie takes $14.2 Million over its debut weekend of release but again it was released on the Wednesday of Thanksgiving week and has to date taken $22 Million.

Eternals

Director Chloe Zhao Marvel movie falls to number 4 this weekend with a gross of $7.9 Million, a small 27% drop over last weekend, taking the movies total to $150.6 Million and it is now the 7th top movie if 2021.

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

Director Johannes Roberts takes over helming a Resident Evil movie from Paul W.S. Anderson, and after rebooting the franchise and sticking closer the original video game source he brings the movie to the box office at number 5.

The movie takes $5.2 Million on its debut weekend.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. Encanto - $27,206,494
  2. Ghostbusters: Afterlife - $24,200,387
  3. House of Gucci - $14,423,794
  4. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City - $8,850,619
  5. Eternals - $7,925,905
  6. Clifford the Big Red Dog - $5,007,631
  7. King Richard - $3,272,353
  8. Dune - $2,080,111
  9. No Time To Die - $1,707,256
  10. Venom: Let There Be Carnage - $1,581,315
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