‘Frozen 2’ Shatters Record for Thanksgiving Box Office

Some things never change for the Frozen franchise: The sequel is looking like it’s just as big of a blockbuster as the original.

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, the new film, Frozen II, continued to dominate the box office. Its estimated gross of $85 million from Friday to Saturday shatters the previous record (via Box Office Mojo) of $74.1 million set in 2013 by The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. It’s also on track to make about $128 million over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday, which would also be a record. (The current best for that period is also The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, with $109 million. The Hunger Games franchise was an absolute juggernaut.)

Here’s the estimated weekend top ten for Thanksgiving 2019 from Box Office Guru:

1. Frozen II - $85.2 million
2. Knives Out - $27.0 million
3. Ford v Ferrari - $13.2 million
4. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - $11.8 million
5. Queen & Slim - $11.7 million
6. 21 Bridges - $5.8 million
7. Playing With Fire - $4.2 million
8. Midway - $3.9 million
9. Joker - $2.0 million
10. Last Christmas - $1.9 million

Frozen II still has a ways to go to match the original film’s massive $1.2 billion worldwide box office total. But if it keeps breaking box-office records through the rest of the holiday season, it might get there.

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