Your American Box Office

Trolls opens well. Dr. Strange opens weller.

DOMESTIC WEEKEND GROSSES

1). Doctor Strange (SONY), 3,882 theaters / $32.6M Fri. (includes $9.4M previews) / 3-day cume: $81M to $83M+ /Wk 1

2). Trolls (DWA/20th Century Fox), 4.060 theaters / $12.3M Fri. (includes $900K previews) / 3-day cume: $42.8M to $43M+ /Wk 1

3). Hacksaw Ridge (Lionsgate), 2,886 theaters / $5.2M Fri. (includes $750K previews) / 3-day cume: $14.5M to $15M / Wk 1

4). Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween (LG), 2,234 theaters (-65) / $2.1M Fri. (-54%) / 3-day cume: $7.6M to $8M (-56%) / Total cume: $64.9M to $65.2M / Wk 3

5). Inferno (SONY), 3,576 theaters / $1.8M (-65%) / 3-day cume: $6.1M to $6.4M (-56% to 59%) / Total cume: $25.9M to $26.2M / Wk 2

6). The Accountant (WB), 2,688 theaters (-714) / $1.7M Fri. (-31%) / 3-day cume: $5.7M (-32%) / Total cume: $70.69M / Wk 4

7). Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (PAR), 3,079 theaters (-701) / $1.6M Fri. (-46%) / 3-day cume: $5.3M (-45%) / Total cume: $48.9M / Wk 3

8). Ouija: Origin of Evil (UNI), 2,380 theaters (-788) / $1.1M Fri. (-50%) / 3-day cume: $3.7M (-51%) / Total cume: $31M+ / Wk 3

9). The Girl on the Train (UNI/DW), 1,572theaters (-1,186) / $833K Fri. (-40%) / 3-day cume: $2.7M (-38%) / Total: $70.6M / Wk 5

10). Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (FOX), 1,710 theaters (-1,087) / $502K Fri. (-51%) / 3-day cume: $1.9M (-50%) / Total: $83.2M / Wk 6

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Trolls will likely end up with a multiple between 3 and 4 times its opening weekend. It received an A Cinemascore, but Moana enters the marketplace on November 23, so Trolls has two-and-a-half week window before competition rises sharply and week-to-week earnings shrink.

But DreamWorks Animation's latest is off to a solid start, so that's encouragining.