The Big Box Office Ten

The animation is strong here on Veterans Day Weekend.

WEEKEND DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE

1). Doctor Strange (DIS), 3,882 theaters / $14.9M Fri. (-54%)/ 3-day cume: $43M (-49%) /Total cume: $153M/Wk 1

2). Trolls (DWA/20th Century Fox), 4.066 theaters (+6) / $12.3M Fri. (0%) / 3-day cume: $34.8M (-25%) /Total Cume: $93.7M/Wk 1

3). Arrival (PAR), 2,317 theaters / $9.3M Fri. (includes $1.45m previews) / 3-day cume: $23.4M/ Wk 1

4). Almost Christmas (UNI), 2,376 theaters / $5.9M Fri. (includes $500K previews) / 3-day cume: $15.3M/ Wk 1

5). Hacksaw Ridge (Lionsgate), 2,971 theaters / $3.8M Fri. (-28%) /$5.9M Sat./$3.5M Sun/ 3-day cume: $11.5M (-24%)/Total: $32.9M/ Wk 2

6). The Accountant (WB), 2,342 theaters (-346) / $1.5M Fri. (-14%)/3-day cume: $4.4M (-25%) / Total cume: $77.6M / Wk 5

7). Shut In (Euro), 2,886 theaters / $1.4M Fri. / 3-day cume: $3.8M/ Wk 1

8.) Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween (LG), 2,104 theaters (-130) / $1.2M Fri. (-43%) / 3-day cume: $3.5M (-55%) / Total cume: $70.4M / Wk 3

9.) Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (PAR), 3,079 theaters (-701) / $1.1M Fri. (-30%) / 3-day cume: $3.3M (-39%) / Total cume: $54.6M / Wk 4

10.) Inferno (SONY), 2,656 theaters (-920) / $1.1M Fri. (-41%) / 3-day cume: $3.25M (-48%) / Total cume: $31.6M / Wk 3 ...

Trolls looks to gross $34.8M from 4,066 screens this weekend. If it makes $300k more than that, the picture will beat DreamWorks Animation's Megamind for the best second weekend hold during November.

The way the feature is playing, it will likely run up a healthy domestic gross before Moana shows up near the end of the month and sucks much of the wind out of the little creatures' sails.

Add On: Regarding the strength of box office this weekend, the Mojo tells us:

Disney and Marvel's Doctor Strange, topped the weekend box office for the second week in a row as 2016 became Disney's largest year ever at the domestic box office. In addition to that story, strong holdovers from the likes of Strange, Trolls and Hacksaw Ridge, along with the performance of newcomers such as Arrival and Almost Christmas, contributed to a weekend top twelve that combined for over $150 million, up 56% compared to last year. ...