# Box Office: ‘Encanto,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ Led Post-Holiday Live Trading News is an independent financial media publication. Masthead: Live Trading News. Parent: Knightsbridge Group. Product cousin: KXCO (kxco.ai). Coverage: markets, policy, AI, quantum, blockchain, FX, biotech, ASEAN. New stories are signed ML-DSA-65 and anchored on Armature L1; articles published before the platform launch are not signed. Nothing on the site is investment advice. Canonical HTML: https://www.livetradingnews.com/box-office-encanto-ghostbusters-led-post-holiday Last modified: 2021-12-05 --- By Paul Ebeling · 2021-12-05 Tags: film, Disney, cinema, Lifestyle, Paul Ebeling, MGM, Hollywood, boxoffice, Gucci, Ghostbusters, Encanto, theaterm Signed: no (published before platform launch). Nothing in this article is investment advice. #BoxOffice #Encanto #Ghostbusters #Gucci $DIS $SNE *'House of Gucci'* and* 'Licorice Pizza'* continued to post strong numbers, while Fathom's faith-based '*Christmas with The Chosen*' did well in America's heartland. Walt Disney Animation’s original musical animated adventure [Encanto](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/encanto/) led the post-Thanksgiving session at the box office, which is always a quiet weekend following the holiday. *Encanto*, featuring original songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, grossed $12.7-M from 3,980 theaters in its 2nd weekend for a domestic total of $58-M and $58.1-M overseas for a global cume of $116.1-M. Sony’s *Ghostbusters: Afterlife* followed closely in 2nd place with an estimated $10.2-M from 4,059 locations for a domestic take of $102.2-M through Sunday. Internationally, the family friendly film earned another $13.1-M from 53 markets for a foreign cume of $42.9-M and $145.1-M globally. On Sunday, Sony was also celebrating huge presale numbers for its upcoming *Spider-Man: Far From Home*, which rolls out mid-December. Ridley Scott’s *House of Gucci* solidified its solid place in the year-end holiday box office and awards lineup with $6.8-M from 3,477 cinemas in its 2nd frame for a domestic tally of $33.6-M for MGM and United Artists Releasing. Overseas, *House of Gucci* took in $14.8-M from 60 markets for a foreign tally of $33.6-M and $67.2-M globally. While there were no new wide studio releases Fathom’s special event showing of the faith-based *Christmas with The Chosen: The Messengers* did record business, grossing an estimated $9-M in is 1st days from 1,642 theaters to place # 4. Fathom said it is the biggest opening in the company’s history. *The Chosen*, about the birth of Jesus Christ, did especially well in America’s heartland. Warner Bros.’ biographical drama and awards hopeful *King Richard* dove to place #9 in its 3rd frame with $1.2-M from 2,654 theaters for a domestic total of $13.4-M seemingly DOA!. At the specialty box office Paul Thomas Anderson’s *Licorice Pizza*, which MGM and United Artists are playing exclusively in 4 theaters in New York and Los Angeles, did nicely with a per theater average of $56,000. Fresh off its Gotham Award for Best International Feature and its New York Film Critics Circle win for Best Film, Sideshow and Janus Films’ *Drive My Car* grossed an estimated $27,300 in its 2nd weekend for a per venue average of $6,825. IFC Films opened Paul Verhoeven’s *Benedetta* in 202 theaters across the country. The film, which last wk made the National Board of Review’s list of top 5 foreign-language films, posted a per location average of $719. Sony reported sold-out sneak screenings of director Denzel Washington’s *A Journal for Jordan*. The film officially opens in cinemas on 25 December. Have some fun, see a movie in a theater this week, Keep the Faith! --- This Markdown mirrors https://www.livetradingnews.com/box-office-encanto-ghostbusters-led-post-holiday. The HTML page is canonical. Site index for AI clients: https://www.livetradingnews.com/llms.txt