- After a weekend with a relatively disappointing showing from high-profile superhero combo Justice League (TWX -0.7%), it was Lions Gate that scored a moral victory in theaters.
- Justice League dominated ticket sales but at $96M didn't crack the $100M barrier, while the No. 2 film, critically strong Wonder (LGF.A -0.4%, LGF.B -0.2%), opened to a strong $27.1M against that competition and in many fewer theaters.
- Thor: Ragnarok (DIS -0.5%) fell to third with $21.8M but still held up strong considering the hero-based competition, and counterprogrammed comedy Daddy's Home 2 (VIA -0.3%, VIAB +1%) fell into the fourth spot with $14.8M.
- Justice League's opening was the worst of any of the films in the DC Extended Universe so far, despite sky-high expectations. International figures helped, with an added $185.5M in 65 markets, for a debut worldwide total of $281.5M; the film drew an estimated $51.7M in China, Box Office Mojo notes.
- Thor: Ragnarok, meanwhile, hit $247.4M in cumulative domestic grosses, and reached a total of $739.3M worldwide.
- Previously: Theater stocks in retreat after Justice League disappoints (Nov. 20 2017)
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