Second place goes to Ridley Scott’s new historical epic Napoleon. The historical feature film , starring Joaquin Phoenix, opened to an estimated $32.5 million for the five days, including $20.4 million for the weekend. The film came in well ahead of expectations for an adult drama. Napoleon did quite well overseas, where it reached number one, with $46.3 million for a global launch of $78.8 million.
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Disney's Wish earned an estimated $19.7 million for the three days and $31.7 million for the five days to land on number three. Heading into the holiday, the movie had been tracking to open to $45 million to $50 million. Overseas, the animated film started off with $17.5 million.
TriStar and Spyglass Media’s slasher film "Thanksgiving" landed in 5th place in its second weekend with an estimated five-day cume of $11.2 million for a 10-day domestic tally north of $24 million.
Meanwhile another horror flick "Five Nights at Freddy’s" achieved a major milestone over the holiday in becoming the top-grossing Blumhouse film of all time at the global box office after passing up Split ($278.7 million). The film finished Sunday with an estimated worldwide haul of $283.1 million.
Source: THR