"Box Office Battle" is The Fly's weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend's box office.
Disney's (DIS) "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" stayed atop the chart in its third weekend with $33.7M for a domestic cume of $450.8M and $918.8M worldwide. "The Rise of Skywalker" sports a B+ CinemaScore and a 57% Rotten Tomatoes rating.
BOX OFFICE RUNNERS-UP: Sony's (SNE) "Jumanji: The Next Level" came in number 2 with $26.5M in its fourth weekend for a domestic total of $236.2M. Behind it was Sony's "Little Women" with $13.6M after declining just 19% in its second outing. Disney's "Frozen II" tied with Sony's "The Grudge" for fourth place with $11.3M domestically. The latter was the first new nationwide release of 2020.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:
Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include AT&T (T), Viacom (VIAB), Comcast (CMCSK, CMCSA) and Lionsgate (LGF.A, LGF.B).
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