YOUR WEEKEND
BOX OFFICE

Beyoncé’s concert film RENAISSANCE debuts atop the weekend box office chart, pulling in $21m its opening weekend.

AMC Theatres, which released the film, reported that it’s the first time in two decades that a film has opened to more than $20m on the weekend following Thanksgiving. Overseas, Renaissance grossed $6.4m in 94 territories for a worldwide take of $27.4m.

Among new arrivals, Toho International’s hit from Japan Godzilla Minus One pulled in $11m, Angel Studios’ Biblical sci-fi thriller The Shift made $4.2m and Lionsgate’s wordless Silent Night grossed $3m.

1. RENAISSANCE: A Film by Beyoncé (AMC): $21m total; 2,539 screens/$8,270 average per screen (Debut)
2. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Lionsgate): $14.5m total; 3,691 screens/$3,928 average per screen (Week 3)
3. Godzilla Minus One (Toho): $11m total; 2,308 screens/$4,779 average per screen (Debut)
4. Trolls Band Together (Universal): $7.6m total; 3,613 screens/$2,103 average per screen (Week 3)
5. Wish (Disney): $7.4m total; 3,900 screens/$1,900 average per screen (Week 2)