Five Nights at Freddy's 2, which came out two months after Black Phone 2, took the top spot on the domestic box office.
It made a big $63 million from 3,412 theaters, setting a new record for the week after Thanksgiving. It also achieved several other important milestones.
Overseas, the movie made a good $46.1 million from 76 countries, reaching a global total of $109 million with a production cost of $36 million before advertising.
Critics didn't really like the movie — it has a low 13 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, compared to 33 percent for the first film.
But the audience really likes it. The movie got a B CinemaScore, which is not bad for a horror movie, and strong opening numbers. Even though it didn't match the $80 million opening of the first Five Nights at Freddy's, it's hard to compare because the ways people watch movies are different now.
Domestically, this sequel is now the second-best horror opening of the year so far, behind The Conjuring Last Rites.
It's also the highest opening of the year for a PG-13 horror film, ahead of Predator: Badlands, and the highest December horror opening ever. Overseas, it's also the second-best opening of the year.
In 2023, the horror movie Five Nights at Freddy's made more than $300 million worldwide, based on the game series by Scott Cawthon.
The movie features oversized animatronic animals at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Josh Hutcherson and Emma Tammi, who directed the first, are back in the sequel.
The sequel made a huge $30.1 million on its first Friday, including previews.
Zootopia 2, the Thanksgiving movie from Walt Disney Animation, came in second in its third weekend with $43 million from 4,000 theaters, bringing its domestic total to $220.6 million.
Overseas, the movie made another $219 million, taking its global total to $695.3 million and moving closer to the $1 billion mark. Only one other movie this year reached that amount — Disney's Lilo & Stitch.
In China, Zootopia is now the second most successful Hollywood movie of all time, with $430 million, behind Avengers: Endgame.
In Japan, it has made $12.3 million, the second most for a Hollywood movie behind Frozen 2.
Zootopia has also been a big hit for Disney globally, now the top international film of the year among Western releases.
It helped Disney reach the $5 billion mark in worldwide ticket sales for the second year in a row, which hasn't happened since 2018.
Wicked: For Good, directed by Jon M. Chu, had a big drop in its third weekend, down 73 percent to $16.8 million from 3,985 theaters, bringing its domestic total to $297 million.
Still, it's behind the first Wicked, which made $322.1 million at the same point. Similar to Zootopia, Wicked 2 broke many box office records when it first came out. Executives believe it has more chances to make more money.
Overseas, Wicked: For Good made $13 million from 80 countries, taking its international total to $143.2 million and $440.1 million globally.
GKIDS' new anime movie, Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution, came in fourth in North America with $10 million from 1,823 theaters.
Two Lionsgate movies, Now You See Me: Now You Don't and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, came in fourth and fifth.
Now You See Me has crossed $200 million in worldwide sales, with an additional $3.5 million domestically and $9 million overseas.
Its total domestic box office is now $55.3 million and $154.3 million overseas, making the global total nearly $210 million.
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair made an impressive $3.25 million from 1,198 theaters.
The movie brings together the first two parts of Kill Bill and adds a new anime sequence. The movie is over four hours long, including a 15-minute break.
At the specialty box office, Focus Features' film Hamnet came in eighth.
It expanded to 744 theaters, making $2.3 million, for a total of $4.2 million. The plan is to release it slowly to take advantage of upcoming nominations.
Dec. 7, 7:56 a.m.: Updated with new estimates.
This story was first published on Dec. 6 at 9:39 a.m.
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