Time Net News North America announced the box office results on Friday (September 27). The Sino-US co-produced animation "Snowman" won the box office on the first day of its release, and the movie "Downton Abbey" was squeezed to second place.
The ultimate trailer of "The Snowman"
"The Snowman" is jointly created by Oriental DreamWorks and American DreamWorks Animation. The main voice actors include Wang Keying, Albert Tsai, Zhou Caiqin and other Asians. The story takes place in China and shows Famous Chinese landscapes such as Shanghai, Himalayas, Leshan Giant Buddha, Yangtze River and Huangshan. The
film scored 5.69 million US dollars in box office on Friday, and the audience gave it a CinemaScore score of "A". The film is expected to win over 20 million U.S. dollars at the box office this week. Among the animations that opened in September of history, it will compete with "Birds Gaiden: Moe Treasures Flying" (21.3 million U.S. dollars) and "Lego Ninjago Movie" (20.4 million USD) is basically at the same level.
"Snowman" is also the first cartoon to be released on a large scale since the North American film market opened "Angry Birds 2" in mid-August. "Bird 2" regrets the poor box office, "Snowman" may boost the morale of the animation market.
In addition, the film version of "Downton Abbey", which was released the following week, secured the runner-up position. The film won another 4.38 million US dollars on Friday, and the cumulative box office was close to 50 million. "The Dancing Girl", which was released to the third week, "Interstellar Exploration", which was released for two weeks, and "The Clown's Soul 2", which was released for two weeks, occupy the third to fifth positions respectively.
Renee Zellweger may gain something during the awards season.
The poor reputation of "First Blood 5" was released the following week, and it ranked sixth in the box office on Friday. The biopic "Judy" has also been released on a small scale. The film has a good reputation and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is 88%. The performance of the starring Renee Zellweger has won everyone's praise. Her goal is this year's Oscar queen.
Friday, September 27th, North America top five at the box office
