box office rankings for the fourth weekend in a row, earning $18.6 million, according to Box Office Mojo, which was followed by Violent Night.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever World Premiere

Kevin Feige is the President and Chief Creative Officer of the company. The picture was taken for Disney.

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It is the first film since Spider-Man: No Way Home to remain to gross more than $400 million at the US box office.

The movie, starring David Harbour as Santa Claus, brought in $13.3 million after it was released on Friday, beating projections of a $10 million opening weekend.

Disney's animated adventure film Strange World continued to flop at the box office, posting just $5 million in sales this weekend at no.3 in the box office rankings.

The Menu from Searchlight Pictures was in the fourth and fifth spots for U.S ticket sales.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is the highest grossing film of the year so far, followed by Top Gun: Maverick. The movie earned $181 million in the US in its debut weekend, making it the second largest opening weekend for a film this year. Black Panther was the biggest movie of the year with $700 million in US box office sales.

Weekend Box Office Domestic Grosses (est.)

  1. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Week 4) — $17.6 million
  2. Violent Night (Week 1) — $13.3 million
  3. Strange World (Week 2) — $4.9 million
  4. The Menu (Week 3) — $3.6 million
  5. Devotion (Week 2) — $2.8 million
  6. I Heard The Bells (Week 1) — $1.8 million
  7. Black Adam (Week 7) — $1.7 million
  8. The Fabelmans (Week 4) — $1.3 million
  9. Bones And All (Week 3) — $1.2 million
  10. Ticket To Paradise (Week 7) — $850,000

Ahead of a December 9 release on Apple TV+, Will Smith's film Emancipation began its one-week theatrical debut this weekend. The film, which is Smith's first movie since he received a 10-year suspension from the Academy Awards for hitting Chris Rock onstage, opened in less than 10 theaters and averaged about $3,000 in sales per theater.

Surprising Fact

If ticket sales continue at their current pace, Strange World could lose more than 100 million dollars. Since its opening, the film has sold more than 25 million copies.

What To Watch For

The film industry is expected to see a boost after the Thanksgiving holiday with the debut of James Cameron'sAvatar: The Way of Water.

According to the Sunday Box Office Update, 'Wakanda FOREVER' Overperformed during the December weekend.

"Strange World" is not a box office flop because of the right's claims.