Universal finished atop the weekend box office yet again this year with their animated adventure Abominable, while also taking second position with Focus’s Downton Abbey, now in its second weekend.
Meanwhile, Roadside saw a strong performance from their release of Judy, delivering a top ten performance in moderate release, while holdovers such as Hustlers and It: Chapter Two held on strong in their third and fourth weekends respectively.
At the top of the box office, Universal’s release of DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio’s animated title Abominable debuted with $20.85 million.
While it doesn’t say much for this year’s slate of original animated titles, the performance does mark the largest opening for an original animated film in 2019, while joining Universal’s Us and Good Boys as the only original films to open number one at the North American box office in 2019.
Additionally, this is the seventh Universal title to top the
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