You ever had the feeling of déjà vu?
You ever had the feeling of—no, wait. Let’s talk about this weekend’s box office tourney, which, truth be told, look spookily like last week’s. Indeed, every movie that made this week’s Top Five was in last week’s countdown, too (though the positions did shuffle a wee bit).
Moana, Disney’s newest princess movie, sailed to No. 1 for the second straight week, piling up another estimated $28.4 million to bring its gross domestic total to a hefty $119.9 million. That’s enough to keep Maui in hair conditioner for a while. No, not the demigod, the whole island.
No. 2 also looks pretty familiar. For the second straight week, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them landed a silver medal, pocketing $18.6 million. While it’s not exactly making Harry Potter levels of sterling yet (the lowest-grossing film in that eight-part series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, made $249.5 million), Fantastic Beasts has now earned $183.5 million in North America, officially pushing the flick into 2016’s overall Top 10.
Arrival hopped from fifth to third, earning $7.3 million along the way. Allied banked $7.1 million to hold onto fourth place, and Doctor Strange dipped to fifth place with $6.5 million.
Incarnate, a PG-13 exorcism flick and the only true new wide release this weekend, possessed very little audience interest and was summarily cast out of Top Five contention. It earned just $2.7 million to land in the box office’s ninth circle—er, position.
Meanwhile, the Christian flick Believe, playing at 639 theaters, collected about $600,000 to finish 17th.
Final figures update: 1. Moana, $28.3 million; 2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, $18.1 million; 3. Arrival, $7.3 million; 4. Allied, $7 million; 5. Doctor Strange, $6.7 million.
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