1 ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY $18,021,482 -20% $358,656,173
2 SING $15,501,840 -11.5% $108,561,635
3 PASSENGERS $4,725,000 -19.9% $40,635,201
4 MOANA $4,467,379 -7.8% $194,898,826
5 WHY HIM? $2,846,611 -17.1% $21,816,603
6 ASSASSIN'S CREED $2,655,914 -25.1% $28,494,681
7 LA LA LAND $2,491,895 -4.4% $22,225,322
8 FENCES $2,442,439 -21.7% $17,354,568
9 FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM $1,330,000 -6.7% $218,675,251
10 COLLATERAL BEAUTY $1,325,000 -18.7% $20,331,500

11 MANCHESTER BY THE SEA $1,115,000 -1.8% $23,093,255
12 OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY $1,092,720 -16.5% $46,488,364
13 LION $471,929 -2.4% $3,346,620
14 JACKIE $430,195 -1.3% $5,055,403
15 ARRIVAL $337,770 -1.5% $90,507,161

HIDDEN FIGURES $199,697 -5.9% $1,250,587 ($7,988 PTA from 25 theaters)
PATRIOTS DAY $50,994 +2.1% $433,411 ($7,285 PTA from 7 theaters)
20TH CENTURY WOMEN $40,296 New $40,296 ($10,074 PTA from 4 theaters)
SILENCE $19,676 -11.8% $205,600 ($4,919 PTA from 4 theaters)
LIVE BY NIGHT $9,000 +12.5% $66,000 ($2,250 PTA from 4 theaters)
A MONSTER CALLS $4,287 -11.8% $47,413 ($1,072 PTA from 4 theaters)

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/char ... -28&p=.htm

Yes Moana! Yes!

People! The dailies between Christmas and New Year's are one of the highlights of the box office year. Only 1 reply so far? Oh well here goes.

ROGUE ONE Amazing performance so far. Just passed Minions on the 27th to become the biggest spin off movie of all time. It's likely to win the weekend though Sing could pull an upset. Will probably be near $450 m by Monday. The big question mark now is post holiday holds. Rogue One very well may become an even bigger watercooler film than it already was given the recent news.

SING It's already at $109 m with a $35 m 3day tally. I think there's a possibility for this to get a huge spike this weekend and have a chance at beating Rogue One for #1. Also expect Sing will hold better on Dec. 31st than Rogue One will. Could be at about $190 m+ by Monday.

PASSENGERS Slowly building up steam. It's 8th day is bigger than its 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. It will end up with a decent total but I'm sure expectations were much higher for this to just eek past $100 m at best.

MOANA Great recovery post Christmas. Giving Fantastic Beasts and Dr. Strange a run for their money in the yearly rankings. Shows just how hard it is to replicate Frozen's phenomenon performance but on its own still noteworthy.

WHY HIM? It's doing solid so far and could get to a respectably total. It's dailies are not too far its opening day so I expect a long shelf life for this one as comedies are good escapism for moviegoers right now.

ASSASSIN'S CREED Nothing really eventful with this run. Following the typical video game movie performance.

LA LA LAND Fantastic box office performance thus far. Could get to $40 m from less than 750 theaters. Given the market demand for a movie like this, it will take off with mainstream moviegoers as well. Still early, but I see potential for $200 m +.

FENCES In my mind, this is doing really well despite the early rush out. I'm not looking it as much as a Denzel starring movie, and more of a Denzel directed one. Those typically haven't done well. Fences looks to top his best director performance (Great Debaters) by the end of the long weekend.

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Great performance for a franchise spinoff extender. It's already at nearly $750 m worldwide so there's a lot more left for this franchise to make.

COLLATERAL BEAUTY Smith had time to make this but not enough to save ID4? Oh, what could have been. 13/16 of Smith movies from 1996 to 2012 made $100 m +. 9/16 made $150 m +. His top performing movie of his last 4 outside of SS made $60.5 m (After Earth). This generation isn't responding well at all to most of his movies.

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Great performance thus far with a lot more to go.

OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY Not horrible but Aniston really can do better films then this. Post the mega smash We're The Millers, she's done Horrible Bosses 2, Mother's Day, and this. Cake was a decent indie performance. She had 6 $90 m+ films from 2006-2013 so had a great run. Live action wise, she hasn't seen a movie do $55 m + in 3 tries.

LION Solid so far but not amazing. They are smart to hold off expansion on this to have a more open market as its already getting a bit lost in the shuffle.

JACKIE This is a forgettable performance thus far. Definitely underwhelming. But not too surprising considering there seems to be a TV miniseries/movie about the family all the time. Even for a great performance there's not really a rush out factor here.

ARRIVAL Looks set to just eek past $100 m. Hopefully it gets some Oscar attention to possibly get a re-release. It's getting a theater bump up this weekend, so there's still a chance.

La La Land is gonna crush January.

Disney should've released Moana in July. (they have an untitled live action fairy tale flick slated but who knows what that is) No real family or female competition. Oh well, it's still doing good and the dailies this week have been excellent.

I wonder how Rogue One will be perceived a year from now. It seems like so many people I talk to bash TFA when honestly Rogue One kinda deserves it. It's doing great though.

They should release more animated movies in December.

You're talking to the wrong people. Those peeps suck

There is absolutely no way Sing could win the upcoming weekend. Look back at the same weekend five years ago:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/ch ... =52&p=.htm

The family films did not have huge spikes. 30% is probably the best Sing can hope for (but probably less since it started off big). Even 30% brings it to $46 million, so unless you expect Rogue One to drop nearly 30%, that ain't happening.

In fact, if Sing follows Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 from now on, it will wind up with $39 million. Which seems likely.

Rogue One isn't dropping below $50 million.

Also, why would Sing hold better on New Year's Eve than Rogue One?

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/char ... lvin3d.htm

Family-oriented films dropped more than Sherlock Holmes or Mission: Impossible five years ago.

Passengers could hit 100m if it follows Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

I wonder if the controversy concerning Pratts characters' action in waking Lawrence's character up is helping buzz. I know seeing it crossed my mind once I heard about it.

Rogue One heading for $60m+ this weekend.

To be fair, Seven Pounds, Concussion, and Collateral are all out of his wheel house and pretty bad ideas for a Christmas release. And After Earth opened well enough, it was just awful, but unfortunately a hit WW. MIB3, SS, and even Focus and After Earth show people are still behind him, but they want the fun Will.

Hows your vacation in NZ so far?