Thor Continues to Rule at the Box Office

Thor: Ragnarok ruled the box office universe for a second weekend, adding $57 million to its muscular total, for a ten day domestic cume of $212 million. Ragnarok had already passed the full domestic gross of its two predecessors, Thor and Thor: The Dark World, and has moved into 12th on the MCU all-time hit list. Ragnarok also hammered up $76 million overseas this weekend, for an international total of $438.5 million, and a global cume of just over $650 million.

In distant second, Paramount's Daddy's Home 2 survived brutal reviews and laughed up $30 million in its first weekend. The total is about $9 million less than the original, but still a solid start with a long holiday run on the horizon. In third, Fox's Murder on the Orient Express also provided some counter-programming punch, with about $29 million in its first weekend. Internationally, Murder on the Orient Express expanded into 57 markets and delivered an estimated $45.7 million, bringing its overseas cume to $57.2 million. Among this weekend's new openers, China led the way with an estimated $19 million. In fourth place, STX's A Bad Moms Christmas continued to hold well, dropping just 31% in its second weekend, for a domestic cume that sits at just under $40 million.

PageBreaks Take: Next weekend should see an expansion of total box office business as WB's much anticipated Justice League lands on over 4,000 screens. Early predictions have JL at anywhere from $120-$150 million over its first four days in theaters.

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