PhotoA superhero squad was no match for a boy with a guitar and a dream at the box office this weekend. “Coco,” a vibrant, multicultural film from Pixar set in Mexico, drew $71 million domestically over the five-day holiday weekend, beating out “Justice League” for the No. The results reinforced Disney’s Thanksgiving dominance and proved that stories with Latino themes can have wide international appeal. With school out, families propelled “Coco” over the holiday weekend, making up 73 percent of the audience. The turnout made “Coco,” which opened in nearly 4,000 theaters, the fourth-highest-grossing Thanksgiving opener of all time, behind its Disney predecessors “Frozen” ($94 million), “Moana” ($82 million) and “Toy Story 3” ($80 million).

Source: New York Times November 26, 2017 18:56 UTC