This is ResetEra's weekend box office thread. While the OP focuses on the popular weekend tallies, we typically discuss box office throughout the week as well when notable films are playing. New threads are posted each Sunday morning, between 8-10am PST.
Weekend Box Office Archive and Appendix
4th Update Sunday AM: Refresh for chart and more analysis – After an awesome $23.3M Saturday, Sony's Jumanji The Next Level has exploded to a $60.1M, far exceeding expectations. That's the biggest domestic opening for Sony in the month of December, an all-time record opening weekend for a comedy in the month of December, as well as the biggest live-action opening weekend for Kevin Hart and Jack Black and the biggest opening weekend of all-time for director Jake Kasdan. Wow. Yes, Virginia, people do go to the movies in December before Christmas (and not just Star Wars). It also shows the excitement that audiences have for this star-studded IP; the fact that they would make time for it amid holiday activities. Kids K-12 don't even begin to holiday vacations until this Friday (at 15% on break) despite close to 60% of all U.S. colleges being off tomorrow.
Weekend Box Office Archive and Appendix