‘Coco’ Wins as Disney Aims to Dominate December Box Office
(Bloomberg) -- Walt Disney Co. could own the month of December again. It's already taken the first step, with the animated “Coco” on top for the second weekend in a row.
The Pixar feature, based on Mexico's Day of the Dead holiday, collected an estimated $27.5 million in theaters in the U.S. and Canada, ComScore Inc. said in an email Monday. That beat the $26.5 million estimate at BoxOfficePro.com.
The movie dominated a weekend without new wide releases. At this time of year, Hollywood is focused on unveiling smaller art-house movies that compete for awards like the Oscars. “Coco” will face little competition until Dec. 15, when Disney introduces what likely to be the biggest movie of the year: “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” The eighth installment in the Skywalker family saga is likely to rule the box office for the rest of 2017.
“Coco” now has generated an estimated $280 million worldwide, ComScore said.
Last year, Disney won each weekend in December thanks to the one-two punch of “Moana” and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”
Warner Bros.' latest superhero offering, “Justice League,” placed second over the weekend with an estimated $16.7 million, versus the $17.2 million forecast by Box Office Mojo. Another returning film, “Wonder,” was third with $12.1 million, compared with Box Office Mojo's $14 million estimate.
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To contact the editors responsible for this story: Crayton Harrison at tharrison5@bloomberg.net, Bruce Rule, Ros Krasny
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