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US Box Office Weekend Report 27th - 29th November 2020: The Croods 2 makes a refreshing debut at the top of the box office

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The Croods: A New Age
For the first time on the US box office since Tenet made its debut back in August The Croods: A New Age makes a decent weekend debut.

The release schedule outside the new animated movie is next to nothing and the only other new releases this week are a couple of catalogue movies, the excellent National Lampoons Christmas Vacation at 9 and Disney's Frozen at 12.

Here is this weeks US Quickview.

  • Number 1 - The Croods: A New Age (1st week)
  • Highest debut - The Croods: A New Age (@1)
  • Longest run - Tenet (13 Weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Tenet ($57,400,000)*
  • *Not including catalogue re-releases

This weeks US box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 29th November 2020.

The Croods: A New Age

Dreamworks follow up their 2013 movie The Croods which took $187.1 Million at the US box office with this sequel which Universal has released while the pandemic is still causing cinemas to shut their doors.

The movie still manages to take a very good $9.7 Million on its debut weekend which is second only to Tenet in the months since the pandemic effected the box office.

Freaky

Freaky

Falling from the top after 2 weeks is the Vince Vaughn starring horror/comedy which takes $770,000, a 40% drop from last weekend.

The movie has now grossed $7.01 Million in the US over 3 weeks of release.

The War With Grandpa

Surprise hit on the last few months is the Robert De Niro starring movie which takes $643,937 over the weekend, only 14% down from last week.

The movie is showing incredible staying power and has grosses $17.25 Million over its 8 weeks of release.

Let Him Go

4 weeks on the the Dianne Lane starring movie falls to 4 with $453,000, 37% down, for a total of $8.73 Million after 4 weeks.

Come Play

Falling to 5 this week is Jacob Chase's horror movie which takes $387,000, 31% down from last weekend, for a $8.83 Million 5 week total.

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

  1. The Croods: A New Age - $14,274,455
  2. Freaky - $799,770
  3. The War With Grandpa - $585,118
  4. Let Him Go - $453,695
  5. Come Play - $373,770
  6. Honest Thief - $350,138
  7. Elf - $320,000
  8. Tenet - $300,000
  9. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation - $170,000
  10. The Santa Clause - $170,000
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