By the end of today, Disney and Pixar’sCocowill have won the weekend for the third weekend in a row, beating out competition fromJustice League,The Disaster Artist, andWonder. This places the animated delight in a somewhat elite club of 2017 titles that have held court for three weeks straight at the box office, alongside good movies (Split) and bad (The Fate of the Furious&The Hitman’s Bodyguard). At the end of its run in theaters,Cocowill likely be in the top 20 box office hits of 2017, in the same area asSplitand Pixar’s other, far less entertaining production,Cars 3.
Indeed,Cocobrought in an estimaged $18.3 million this weekend to win its third straight weekend at the box office, easily trouncing new releases likeJust Getting Startedand the wide release ofThe Disaster Artistin 800 more theaters. Despite strong showings from James Franco’s movie on Friday, however,Justice Leaguecontinues to hold onto the number two spot this weekend with $9.5 million, whileThe Disaster Artistwill come in at fourth with $6.4 million. That makes for less than a $200,000 difference betweenThe Disaster ArtistandThor: Ragnarok, enjoying its last weekend in the top five at the fifth spot with $6.2 million. Both fell to the shockingly resilientWonder, which came in at number three with $8.4 million.
The arrival ofStar Wars: The Last Jedinext weekend will send all of this into total tumult. UnlessThe Disaster Artistsees a steep decline next weekend, Ragnarok will likely get tossed down to sixth or seventh place, depending on how much of an audience the animatedFerdinand, the only wide release opening alongsideThe Last Jedi, can wrangle. If parents flock there rather than risk the darker moments ofThe Last Jedi, eitherThe Disaster ArtistorWondercould leave the top five as well. Current tracking hasThe Last Jediat well over $200 million in its opening weekend, though there’s no telling if it will be able to reach the fiscal heights ofThe Force Awakens, which brought in nearly $248 million in its opening weekend. Indeed, the only real competitionStar Warsmovies have at this point is other movies within its own canon.
Here’s your top five at the box office for the weekend:
Weekend Domestic BO
Total Domestic BO
$18,303,000
$135,508,690
2. ‘Justice League’
$9,595,000
$212,060,371
3. ‘Wonder’
$8,450,000
$100,303,106
4. ‘The Disaster Artist’
$6,435,514
$8,032,288
5. ‘Thor: Ragnarok’
$6,291,000
$301,156,064
