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December 13–15, 2019 Estimates: 1 (N) Jumanji: The Next Level $60,100,000 | 4,227 Theaters | $14,218 Avg. | $125–132M Budget | $60,100,000 2 (1) Frozen II $19,182,000 (-45%) | 4,078 Theaters (-270) | $4,704 Avg. | $150M Budget | $366,542,072 3 (2) Knives Out $9,250,000 (-35%) | 3,413 Theaters (-48) | $2,710 Avg. | $40M Budget | $78,927,248 4 (N) Richard Jewell $5,000,000 | 2,502 Theaters | $1,998 Avg. | $45M Budget | $5,000,000 5 (N) Black Christmas $4,420,000 | 2,625 Theaters | $1,684 Avg. | $5M Budget | $4,420,000 6 (3) Ford v Ferrari $4,143,000 (-38%) | 2,895 Theaters (-851) | $1,431 Avg. | $97.6M Budget | $98,247,794 7 (4) Queen & Slim $3,600,000 (-46%) | 1,560 Theaters (-155) | $2,308 Avg. | $17–20M Budget | $33,174,870 8 (5) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood $3,355,000 (-35%) | 2,855 Theaters (-636) | $1,175 Avg. | $25M Budget | $49,329,891 9 (6) Dark Waters $2,000,000 (-50%) | 2,110 Theaters (+98) | $948 Avg. | $8,889,174 10 (7) 21 Bridges $1,190,000 (-58%) | 1,533 Theaters (-932) | $776 Avg. | $33M Budget | $26,361,366 Parasite $632,000 (-10%) | 306 Theaters (-27) | $2,065 Avg. | $11M Budget | $20,356,718 Uncut Gems $537,242 | 5 Theaters | $107,448 Avg. | $537,242 Joker $465,000 (-54%) | 553 Theaters (-403) | $841 Avg. | $55–70M Budget | $333,035,374 Harriet $450,000 (-46%) | 648 Theaters (-352) | $694 Avg. | $17M Budget | $41,773,165 Jojo Rabbit $375,000 (-33%) | 400 Theaters (-179) | $938 Avg. | $14M Budget | $19,981,764 Bombshell $312,100 | 4 Theaters | $78,025 Avg. | $32M Budget | $312,100 Playmobil: The Movie $170,000 (-74%) | 1,458 Theaters (-879) | $117 Avg. | $40M Budget | $992,723 A Hidden Life $52,000 | 5 Theaters | $10,400 Avg. | $7–9M Budget | $52,000 * International Box Office: JOKER: $726.7M Overseas Total | $1.059B Global Total FROZEN 2: $666.0M Overseas Total | $1.032B Global Total FORD V FERRARI: $86.4M Overseas Total | $184.6M Global Total JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL: $85.7M Overseas Total | $152.5M Global Total KNIVES OUT: $63.5M Overseas Total | $142.4M Global Total PARASITE: $105.0M Overseas Total | $125.4M Global Total LAST CHRISTMAS: $34.3M Overseas Total | $100.8M Global Total

In the case of the 50 Shades franchise, EL James had an incredible amount of input with the adaptation, was on set frequently and even during the promotional tour, the director openly spoke of their clashes about pretty much everything related to the film. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fifty-shades-cray-inside-story-772282 If STJ left/was pushed out of the later 50 Shades movies, it was another woman's doing (EL James). The screenwriter for the first movie was also a woman, who got replaced for the sequels by EL James' husband. I guess the real way for a woman to have true power in Hollywood is to come there with a fortune in the bank already and a commodity the studios desperately want? * I don't think it is a coincidence that Kathryn Bigelow won an Oscar for directing The Hurt Locker and not something typically "feminine". If a movie is about men at war then it must be "important". I don't resent war movies or movies about men, but the idea that films need to be about certain sorts of things/people to be "worthy" of awards, holds back movies about/by women in big categories like Best Picture or Best Director. I feel like this tendency with Oscar is getting worse, and there were more female-centric movies winning big in the 1980-90s? * Joker shows the limits of gauging movie's reception based solely on a Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritic score. Some 69 percents are all the critics saying, "It was good, I guess?" and other 69 percent RT scores mean "It was a timely masterpiece!" that wins the Venice Film Festival yet is simultaneously irresponsible, inflammatory garbage that could incite bedlam, according to others. I do think a fair share of its American reviews will be consigned to the scrap heap along with other moral panics throughout movie history, in the not so distant future. But in the current awards landscape, I have a hard time picturing a movie about/by women contending in major categories, with a similarly polarizing critical reception as Joker, especially if it were from a genre Oscar has been reluctant to take seriously. Mad Max: Fury Road got strong reviews from critics, but I remember WB taking a long time to shift gears from thinking its big Oscar push that year would be Black Mass, a more typical sort of awards play (male-centric, biopic, period mob movie).

Playmobil is being released stateside by STX. They already had Uglydolls this year, which flopped with just $20 million total domestic, but that's Endgame money compared to this. The studio probably figured there was no hope for the Lego Movie ripoff regardless and redirected whatever advertising $$$ they would have spent for it to JLo's Oscar push for Hustlers. * More about Disney's $10 billion year. Their theatrical slate for 2020 isn't as strong (at least on paper): * Worldwide, I think Last Christmas counts as a modest success. Before the trailers, I was hoping it could hit Love Actually (unadjusted) numbers ($59 million). In America, at least, Christmas movies with a romantic angle start saturating whole channels before Halloween, so IMO it's harder for theatrical releases covering somewhat similar terrain to stand out.

If a studio decides to drop a new release on 2,000+ screens the weekend after Thanksgiving, they don't have high hopes for it, but Playmobil: The Movie failed to meet even the lowest expectations. It did get off to a marginally better start than Delgo ($511K) and The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure ($443K), but in slightly more theaters. December 6–8, 2019 Estimates: 1 (1) Frozen II $34,670,000 (-60%) | 4,348 Theaters (-92) | $7,974 Avg. | $150M+ Budget | $337,594,901 2 (2) Knives Out $14,150,000 (-47%) | 3,461 Theaters | $4,088 Avg. | $40M Budget | $63,486,491 3 (3) Ford v Ferrari $6,537,000 (-50%) | 3,746 Theaters (+161) | $1,745 Avg. | $97.6M Budget | $91,110,353 4 (4) Queen & Slim $6,530,000 (-45%) | 1,715 Theaters (+25) | $3,808 Avg. | $17–20M Budget | $26,894,005 5 (5) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood $5,200,000 (-56%) | 3,491 Theaters (+256) | $1,490 Avg. | $43,120,415 6 (19) Dark Waters $4,100,000 (+560%) | 2,012 Theaters (+1,918) | $2,038 Avg. | $5,284,749 7 (6) 21 Bridges $2,880,000 (-48%) | 2,465 Theaters (-200) | $1,168 Avg. | $33M Budget | $23,932,696 8 (7) Playing with Fire $2,000,000 (-53%) | 2,253 Theaters (-426) | $888 Avg. | $29.9M Budget | $41,982,325 9 (8) Midway $1,940,000 (-51%) | 2,100 Theaters (-277) | $924 Avg. | $100M Budget | $53,402,471 10 (10) Joker $1,040,000 (-47%) | 956 Theaters (-190) | $1,088 Avg. | $62.5M Budget | $332,141,623 Last Christmas $1,010,000 (-50%) | 1,260 Theaters (-592) | $802 Avg. | $25–30M Budget | $33,447,175 Harriet $810,000 (-56%) | 1,000 Theaters (-84) | $810 Avg. | $17M Budget | $40,851,550 Parasite $700,000 | 333 Theaters (-49) | $2,102 Avg. | $11M Budget | $19,353,735 Playmobil: The Movie $670,000 | 2,337 Theaters | $287 Avg. | $40M Budget | $670,000 Honey Boy $452,439 (+23%) | 460 Theaters (+274) | $984 Avg. | $3.5M Budget | $2,139,465 Waves $421,000 (+200%) | 570 Theaters (+523) | $739 Avg. | $1,045,450 En Brazos de un Asesino $230,000 | 160 Theaters | $1,438 Avg. | $230,000 Charlie’s Angels $215,000 (-83%) | 703 Theaters (-2,453) | $306 Avg. | $48–55M Budget | $17,504,006 Portrait of a Lady on Fire $67,105 | 2 Theaters | $33,553 Avg. | $67,105 * International Box Office: JOKER: $722.8M Overseas Total | $1.055B Global Total FROZEN 2: $582.1M Overseas Total | $919.7M Global Total MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL: $363M Overseas Total | $475.3M Global Total TERMINATOR: DARK FATE: $188.6M Overseas Total | $250.4M Global Total FORD V FERRARI: $76.5M Overseas Total | $167.6M Global Total HUSTLERS: $45.5M Overseas Total | $150.5M Global Total PARASITE: $105.0M Overseas Total | $124.4M Global Total KNIVES OUT: $60.6M Overseas Total | $124.1M Global Total MIDWAY: $67.2M Overseas Total | $120.6M Global Total LAST CHRISTMAS: $51.3M Overseas Total | $84.7M Global Total CHARLIE'S ANGELS: $38.4M Overseas Total | $55.9M Global Total JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL: $52.5M Overseas & Global Total PLAYING WITH FIRE: $5.5M Overseas Total | $47.5M Global Total 21 BRIDGES: $6.0M Overseas Total | $30.0M Global Total THE GOOD LIAR: $9.6M Overseas Total | $25.7M Global Total PLAYMOBIL: THE MOVIE: $12.4M Overseas Total | $13.0M Global Total

2019 Holiday Ad Crossover! Yes, that's the star of the already infamous Peloton commercial!

Meanwhile, the "Peloton Wife" already has a new commercial gig: That is some A+ trolling! If only Peloton themselves had responded so quickly (I have no issue with thin people exercising; I just think it's a poorly executed ad). Ryan Reynolds has a stake in Aviation Gin; I wonder whose idea it was to do this ad and cast that actress.

When I saw Dreamgirls a woman sitting in front of me gave a [brief] standing ovation after "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going". Her husband protested that Jennifer Hudson wasn't there and her response was more or less, "I don't care. If you hear singing that good, you have to clap!" I'd read reviews mentioning audiences bursting into applause at that part, so knew to expect it. During the latest Mission: Impossible there were claps and cheering as one of the stunt sequences got more and more audacious. Now, I look at in-theater applauding as people expressing how a movie is making them feel, the same as any other reaction. As long as it's not a constant thing for the entire runtime, I don't mind. There are some movies where I think a lively crowd would enhance the experience, but other times it's the last thing you want, so you pick the theater accordingly. I was worried about A Quiet Place being ruined by people talking, but it was the best moviegoing experience I had last year. On the other hand, even in what passes for an arthouse theater in these parts, the ending of The Favourite got some heckling. I [internally] laughed. On the occasions that I see the same movie in theaters more than once, it's interesting to compare the reactions between screenings. The crowd might have more kids/teens vs seniors, so the same references might not land. A more sedate matinee audience won't react to something that makes a nighttime crowd go crazy. I saw Hidden Figures with two audiences that had very different racial makeups, but the moments seemed to go over the same way each time.

Olivia Wilde Defends Her Richard Jewell Role: 'People Have a Hard Time Accepting Sexuality': https://people.com/movies/olivia-wilde-defends-her-richard-jewell-role-people-have-a-hard-time-accepting-sexuality/

I don't know if it was the first movie to ever have a trailer for the trailer, but Fifty Shades of Grey got a lot of attention with that 15 second clip that featured Beyonce doing a new version of "Crazy In Love". That would have been in 2014, so five years, at least. I've heard those teasers at the beginning of a trailer on Youtube helps with the view counts. * There are short Bond titles about a person/place/thing (Goldfinger, Skyfall, etc.), and then there are Bond titles that are phrases, meant to evoke a certain mood or feeling. I think No Time to Die falls into the latter camp and was probably picked because it could be interpreted multiple ways. Being that this is a Bond movie like, it might also be a reference to Dr. No.

November 29 – December 1, 2019 Estimates: 1 (1) Frozen II $85,250,000 (-35%) | 4,098 Theaters (-342) | $20,803 Avg. | $287,573,344 2 (N) Knives Out $27,022,000 | 3,461 Theaters | $7,808 Avg. | $40M Budget | $41,700,000 3 (2) Ford v Ferrari $13,221,000 (-16%) | 3,446 Theaters (-82) | $3,837 Avg. | $97.6M Budget | $81,003,779 4 (3) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood $11,795,000 (-11%) | 3,235 Theaters | $3,646 Avg. | $25–45M Budget | $34,308,989 5 (N) Queen & Slim $11,680,000 | 1,690 Theaters | $6,911 Avg. | $17–20M Budget | $15,790,000 6 (4) 21 Bridges $5,820,000 (-37%) | 2,665 Theaters | $2,184 Avg. | $33M Budget | $19,448,268 7 (6) Playing with Fire $4,200,000 (-7%) | 2,679 Theaters (-81) | $1,568 Avg. | $29.9M Budget | $39,203,808 8 (5) Midway $3,957,000 (-15%) | 2,377 Theaters (-250) | $1,665 Avg. | $100M Budget | $50,278,625 9 (10) Joker $2,030,000 (-26%) | 1,146 Theaters (-264) | $1,771 Avg. | $55–70M Budget | $330,601,522 10 (9) Last Christmas $1,980,000 (-36%) | 1,852 Theaters (-559) | $1,069 Avg. | $25–30M Budget | $31,658,680 11 (11) Harriet $1,900,000 (-18%) | 1,084 Theaters (-262) | $1,753 Avg. | $17M Budget | $39,512,300 12 (7) The Good Liar $1,605,000 (-53%) | 2,003 Theaters (-451) | $801 Avg. | $10M Budget | $14,925,064 13 (12) Maleficent: Mistress of Evil $1,360,000 (-34%) | 991 Theaters (-614) | $1,372 Avg. | $185M Budget | $111,579,957 14 (8) Charlie’s Angels $1,260,000 (-61%) | 3,156 Theaters (-296) | $399 Avg. | $48–55M Budget | $16,840,171 15 (14) Jojo Rabbit $1,223,000 (-23%) | 708 Theaters (-79) | $1,727 Avg. | $14M Budget | $18,360,635 Parasite $1,020,000 (-19%) | 382 Theaters (-51) | $2,670 Avg. | $11M Budget | $18,280,000 Dark Waters $630,000 (+514%) | 94 Theaters (+90) | $6,702 Avg. | $972,484 Honey Boy $390,850 (+55%) | 186 Theaters (+142) | $2,101 Avg. | $3.5M Budget | $1,516,598 Waves $140,000 (-16%) | 21 Theaters | $6,667 Avg. | $556,752 63 Up $15,250 | 1 Theater | $15,250 Avg. | $20,015 * International Box Office: JOKER: $717.7M Overseas Total | $1.048B Global Total FROZEN 2: $451.0M Overseas Total | $738.6M Global Total MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL: $363.0M Overseas Total | $474.6M Global Total FORD V FERRARI: $62.0M Overseas Total | $143.0M Global Total MIDWAY: $55.8M Overseas Total | $106.0M Global Total KNIVES OUT: $28.3M Overseas Total | $70.0M Global Total LAST CHRISTMAS: $36.2M Overseas Total | $67.8M Global Total CHARLIE'S ANGELS: $36.4M Overseas Total | $51.4M Global Total

Crazy Egg Bowl ending: https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/ole-miss-dog-urination-celebration-penalty-leads-to-missed-extra-point-making-mississippi-state-bowl-eligible/ Who knew it was on in Russia?

Frozen II starts with the third biggest (wide) opening weekend for animation after Incredibles 2 and Finding Dory (summer releases). Elsa and Mr. Rogers will benefit from the coming Thanksgiving weekend. Knives Out officially opens this Wednesday but made $2 million in sneak previews on Friday and Saturday night. 1 (N) Frozen II $127,000,000 | 4,440 Theaters | $28,604 Avg. | $127,000,000 2 (1) Ford v Ferrari $16,000,000 (-49%) | 3,528 Theaters | $4,535 Avg. | $97.6M Budget | $57,989,570 3 (N) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood $13,500,000 | 3,235 Theaters | $4,173 Avg. | $25M Budget | $13,500,000 4 (N) 21 Bridges $9,300,000 | 2,665 Theaters | $3,490 Avg. | $33M Budget | $9,300,000 5 (2) Midway $4,700,000 (-45%) | 2,627 Theaters (-615) | $1,789 Avg. | $100M Budget | $43,107,561 6 (4) Playing with Fire $4,615,000 (-45%) | 2,760 Theaters (-365) | $1,672 Avg. | $29.9M Budget | $31,621,647 7 (7) The Good Liar $3,375,000 (-40%) | 2,454 Theaters (+15) | $1,375 Avg. | $10M Budget | $11,765,794 8 (3) Charlie’s Angels $3,175,000 (-62%) | 3,452 Theaters | $920 Avg. | $48–55M Budget | $25–30M Budget | $13,940,592 9 (5) Last Christmas $3,040,000 (-53%) | 2,411 Theaters (-1,043) | $1,261 Avg. | $27,792,390 10 (8) Joker $2,820,000 (-47%) | 1,410 Theaters (-927) | $2,000 Avg. |$55–70M Budget | $326,931,813 11 (10) Harriet $2,310,000 (-50%) | 1,346 Theaters (-665) | $1,716 Avg. | $17M Budget | $36,004,055 12 (9) Maleficent: Mistress of Evil $2,000,000 (-59%) | 1,605 Theaters (-944) | $1,246 Avg. | $185M Budget | $108,923,058 13 (6) Doctor Sleep $1,860,000 (-69%) | 1,476 Theaters (-2,379) | $1,260 Avg. | $45–55M Budget | $28,776,742 14 (12) Jojo Rabbit $1,500,000 (-46%) | 787 Theaters (-208) | $1,906 Avg. | $14M Budget | $16,052,713 15 (14) Parasite $1,218,500 (-35%) | 433 Theaters (-187) | $2,814 Avg. | $11M Budget | $16,461,937 Terminator: Dark Fate $1,200,000 (-72%) | 1,022 Theaters (-1,455) | $1,174 Avg. | $185–196M Budget | $59,531,297 Honey Boy $269,280 (+32%) | 44 Theaters (+27) | $6,120 Avg. | $3.5M Budget | $939,677 The Lighthouse $182,260 (-53%) | 113 Theaters (-177) | $1,613 Avg. | $4M Budget | $10,172,945 Waves $168,760 (+26%) | 21 Theaters (+17) | $8,036 Avg. | $335,991 Dark Waters $110,000 | 4 Theaters | $27,500 Avg. | $110,000 Jay and Silent Bob Reboot $64,688 (-62%) | 5 Theaters (-5) | $12,938 Avg. | $10M Budget | $2,762,773 Ad Astra $28,000 (-35%) | 50 Theaters (-28) | $560 Avg. | $80–100M Budget | $50,139,119 * International Box Office: JOKER: $708.8M Overseas Total | $1.035B Global Total MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL: $363.4M Overseas Total | $472.3M Global Total FROZEN 2: $223.2M Overseas Total | $350.2M Global Total TERMINATOR: DARK FATE: $189.8M Overseas Total | $249.3M Global Total PARASITE: $105M Overseas Total | $121.5M Global Total ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP: $43.3M Overseas Total | $114.8M Global Total FORD v FERRARI: $45.8M Overseas Total | $103.8M Global Total MIDWAY: $42.3M Overseas Total | $85.4M Global Total DOCTOR SLEEP: $33.6M Overseas Total | $62.3M Global Total LAST CHRISTMAS: $24M Overseas Total | $51.7M Global Total CHARLIE'S ANGELS: $29.6M Overseas Total | $43.5M Global Total

Hope this is not too political for the site, but surely, Kris is in her lair trying to figure out how she can monetize, "You can tell the Kardashians you tried." What a time to be alive!

I don't think Lindsay Lohan was 18 yet when she first hosted; I remember the Harry Potter sketch raising a few eyebrows because it was an extended boob joke centered around a 17-year-old actress (and about an even younger character). The Olsen twins hosted a few weekends later and they are the same age as Lindsay, so that would be two (three?) teen hosts in one season. It was still 2004, so not very recently. I wouldn't be surprised to see Jacob Tremblay end up hosting before he's 18. His parents let him make Good Boys already, so SNL couldn't possibly be too edgy in comparison.

Kevin mentioned his fiancée having morning sickness all day and was appreciative of the ginger tea suggestion. Every pregnancy can be different, even with the same woman, and sometimes nothing really helps a person's morning sickness. Still, if the fiancée has gone through a pregnancy already, you would think she'd have a better handle on the situation or what helped her feel better before, and this would have come up by now in conversations with Kevin. It can't be concluded that his fiancée hasn't been pregnant previously from that one little scene, but if this is her first pregnancy, that would rule out Cassidy. Kevin being engaged and with a child on the way in nine months seems fast, but sometimes the eagerness to be a parent now can lead people to extremely hasty (and ultimately ill-advised) relationship decisions out of a sense of desperation. There are probably also many women thrown into Kevin's orbit who would almost instantly agree to have his babies, in a way that wouldn't happen for someone who's not a handsome, charismatic and rich celebrity. Randall's comment that Kevin should date first may prove telling in the long run. Who knows if Kevin will still be with the mother of his child(ren) when Rebecca is on her deathbed?

According to the campaign page, both Damon and Bale are being pushed in Best Actor: https://www.foxscreenings.com/ford-v-ferrari/categories/ Refreshing, but it's early and things can change as the season goes on. Last year, there as a time when the FYC page for A Star Is Born listed three songs under Best Original Song, but the other two titles eventually disappeared and they only ended up pushing "Shallow". I remember when Christoph Waltz was first campaigned in Best Actor for Django Unchained (along with Jamie Foxx) and DiCaprio was the movie's big Supporting Actor push. Then Waltz started getting critics' notices in the Supporting category and showed up there at some precursors. Leo ended up being snubbed on Oscar nomination morning that year, while Waltz ended up winning. It's all very fluid and strategic. * Best Actor looks really competitive this year. Timing is really everything; switch the release dates of Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, and Taron has a much easier path to a nomination. The year after Jamie Foxx lip-synced and steamrolled to the Oscar for Ray, Joaquin Phoenix did his own singing for Walk the Line and was never more than an also-ran in Best Actor. He did win the Golden Globe for Musical/Comedy (back when they automatically considered movies about musicians as musicals). Both Joaquin and Adam Driver's Best Actor pushes are for playing fictional characters, so either winning would be downright refreshing in the category. It's getting to the point where AMPAS can just split it into Best Actor in a Biopic and Best Actor Not in a Biopic and be done with it.

More Hollywood ridiculousness:

So, this happened 25 years ago, but really?!

Yeah, Anne and Andrew Parker Bowles were a thing in real life: So messy! * The writers were clearly going for some Duke of Windsor/Charles parallels with their love lives but it didn't work for me, with what's known about "dear" Uncle David.

Cut for time: * The real-life Sara Lee social media account manager(s) must be having a day!

Yup, just search the web for "Lyndon Johnson vulgar", he was really like that and also gave a nude press conference on Air Force One (at least) once: https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/29/politics/most-historic-air-force-one-sam-26000/index.html Margaret's story lines feel repetitive but I'm not sure how much the real Margaret ever really grew up, so the writers might be a little stuck?

In many other markets, Ford v Ferrari is called Le Mans '66, which would not have worked as well with US audiences. The Numbers has a looser definition of "auto racing movie" than what I had imagined; animation is really propping up the stats: https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/keywords/Auto-Racing

Ford v Ferrari opens solidly while Charlie's Angels doesn't, as the Charlie's Angels (2000) opened to $40 million. Joker has now made ONE BILLION DOLLARS!!!! Reportedly, Joaquin's salary was $4.5 million but that doesn't include any backend deals. I'm also interested in how much Todd Phillips and Bradley Cooper (he's one of its producers) are going to make, though a lot of the figures thrown out in those annual Forbes lists are guesstimates at best. November 15–17, 2019 Estimates: 1 (N) Ford v Ferrari $31,037,000 | 3,528 Theaters | $8,797 Avg. | $97.6M Budget | $31,037,000 2 (1) Midway $8,750,000 (-51%) | 3,242 Theaters | $2,699 Avg. | $100M Budget | $35,140,773 3 (N) Charlie’s Angels $8,600,000 | 3,452 Theaters | $2,491 Avg. | $48–55M Budget | $8,600,000 4 (3) Playing with Fire $8,550,000 (-33%) | 3,125 Theaters | $2,736 Avg. | $30M Budget | $25,497,824 5 (4) Last Christmas $6,700,000 (-41%) | 3,454 Theaters (+6) | $1,940 Avg. | $26M Budget | $22,575,765 6 (2) Doctor Sleep $6,181,000 (-56%) | 3,855 Theaters | $1,603 Avg. | $45–55M Budget | $25,039,159 7 (N) The Good Liar $5,656,000 | 2,439 Theaters | $2,319 Avg. | $10M Budget | $5,656,000 8 (6) Joker $5,635,000 (-39%) | 2,337 Theaters (-469) | $2,411 Avg. | $55–70M Budget | $322,599,593 9 (7) Maleficent: Mistress of Evil $5,247,000 (-38%) | 2,549 Theaters (-652) | $2,058 Avg. | $185M Budget | $106,040,384 10 (8) Harriet $4,780,000 (-35%) | 2,011 Theaters (-175) | $2,377 Avg. | $17M Budget | $31,882,990 11 (5) Terminator: Dark Fate $4,375,000 (-60%) | 2,477 Theaters (-1,609) | $1,766 Avg. | $185–196M Budget | $56,885,077 12 (11) Jojo Rabbit $2,818,000 (-29%) | 995 Theaters (+193) | $2,832 Avg. | $14M Budget | $13,597,498 13 (9) Zombieland: Double Tap $2,010,000 (-53%) | 1,407 Theaters (-1,020) | $1,429 Avg. | $42–48M Budget | $70,393,247 14 (13) Parasite $1,935,000 (-25%) | 620 Theaters (+17) | $3,121 Avg. | $11M Budget | $14,493,363 15 (10) The Addams Family $1,600,000 (-62%) | 1,835 Theaters (-839) | $872 Avg. | $40M Budget | $94,550,241 Countdown $1,230,000 (-57%) | 946 Theaters (-883) | $1,300 Avg. | $6.5M Budget | $24,380,249 Honey Boy $210,617 (-30%) | 17 Theaters (+13) | $12,389 Avg. | $3.5M Budget | $584,714 Waves $144,562 | 4 Theaters | $36,141 Avg. | $144,562 Everybody’s Everything $61,281 | 29 Theaters | $2,113 Avg. | $455,807 * International Box Office: JOKER: $694.0M Overseas Total | $1.017B Global Total MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL: $352.9M Overseas Total | $458.9M Global Total TERMINATOR: DARK FATE: $176.8M Overseas Total | $233.7M Global Total ABOMINABLE: $111.8M Overseas Total | $171.5M Global Total THE ADDAMS FAMILY: $74.1M Overseas Total | $168.6M Global Total PARASITE: $103.5M Overseas Total | $117.9M Global Total ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP: $40.7M Overseas Total | $111.0M Global Total MIDWAY: $28.9M Overseas Total | $64.0M Global Total DOCTOR SLEEP: $28.8M Overseas Total | $53.8M Global Total FORD v FERRARI: $21.4M Overseas Total | $52.4M Global Total LAST CHRISTMAS: $13.0M Overseas Total | $35.5M Global Total CHARLIE'S ANGELS: $19.3M Overseas Total | $27.6M Global Total

I really liked this movie a lot, but it really is a portrait of an introvert struggling to cope with unbearable grief by throwing himself into a life-threatening job, which brings even more loss and tragedy with it. I get why the general public did not view this as a good time at the movies. Too bad that Ryan Gosling's work here was seen as more of the same from him. I was impressed with Claire Foy and took forever to recognize Patrick Fugit and Lukas Haas. The woman who played Ed White's wife, Pat, made a strong impression on me in a small role, so I looked her up. It's Olivia Hamilton and she's married to Damien Chazelle. She was also in La La Land as the woman at the coffee shop asking if the muffins were gluten-free.