New Year's Box Office

The Space Opera appears to be going like hyper-drive gang-busters.

1). Star Wars: The Force Awakens (DIS), 4,134 theaters (0) / $34.46M Fri. (-30%) / 3-day cume: $90M-$94M (-39%) / Total cume: $741M-$745M Wk 3

2). Daddy’s Home (PAR), 3,342 theaters (+71) / $11.476M Fri. (-26.9%)/ 3-day cume: $28M-$29M (-25% to -28%)/ Total cume: $92.7M-93.7M / Wk 2

3.) The Hateful Eight (TWC), 2,474 theaters (+2,374) / $6M-$6.3M Fri. (+215% to 232%) / 3-day cume: $16.2M-$17.4M (+251% to +278%)/ Total cume: $30.8M / Wk 2

4/5). Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Road Chip (FOX), 3,474 theaters (-231) / $4.5M-$4.6M Fri. (-7%)/ 3-day cume: $12.28M-12.35M (-6%) / Total cume: $68M / Wk 3

Sisters (UNI), 2,978 theaters (+16) / $4.6M-$4.8M Fri. (-1% to +4%) / 3-day cume: $12.1M-$12.5M (-12% to -15%) / Total cume: $61.5M / Wk 3

6). Joy (FOX), 2,924 theaters (+28) / $4M-$4.1M Fri.(-40% to -42%) / 3-day cume: $10.4M-$11.1M ( -35% to -39%) / Total cume: $39M / Wk 2

7). The Big Short (PAR), 1,588 theaters (+3) / $3.36M Fri.(-11%) / 3-day cume: $8.8M-$9.3M (-11% to -16%) / Total cume: $32.7M-$33.3M / Wk 4

8). Concussion (SONY), 2,841 theaters / $3M-$3.2M Fri. (-25% to -29%) / 3-day cume: $7.9M-$8.4M (-20% to -25%) / Total cume: $25.8M / Wk 2

9). Point Break (WB), 2,910 theaters / $2.68M-$2.75M Fri. (-35%) / 3-day cume: $6.75M-$7.4M (-25% to -31%) / Total cume: $22.3M-$23M / Wk 2

10) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (LGF), 1,485 theaters (-328) / $1.79M Fri. (+19%) /3-day cume: $4.7M (-11%)/ Total cume: $274.3M / Wk 7

11). Good Dinosaur (Disney), 1,735 theaters (-252) / $1.57M Fri. (+62%) / 3-day cume: $4.3M (+15%)/ Total cume: $115.1M / Wk 6

The Good Dinosaur appears to be the weak entry in the Pixar canon, having shed another 252 theaters. It's now fallen out of the Top Ten after six weeks, and probably won't be picking up any Big Mo after the holidays.

Happily for the Mouse, they have another picture with a similar $200 million production cost that is picking up the slack.