'Encanto,' a Disney film, leads another quiet weekend at the box office.

With no fresh releases to contend with, Disney's animated musical fable "Encanto" has reclaimed the top spot on the domestic box office charts for the second time.

"Encanto" has grossed $12.38 million in its second weekend of distribution from 3,980 locations in the United States and Canada. The film's two-week domestic total is now $57.6 million, down 54 percent from its opening weekend.

"Encanto" has grossed $12.38 million in its second weekend of distribution from 3,980 locations in the United States and Canada. The film's two-week domestic total is now $57.6 million, down 54 percent from its opening weekend.

A 50 percent drop between the first and second weekends is comparable to Disney's prior Thanksgiving releases, such as "Moana" (down 50 percent) and "Coco" (down 50 percent) (down only 45 percent ) "Ralph Breaks the Internet" (down 54%) in 2018 and "Frozen II" (down 54%) in 2019. (down 59 percent ). Prior Disney animated films had a better domestic box office start, but those films weren't released during a pandemic. "Encanto" is doing well at the box office by COVID-19 norms. After a 30-day run in theaters, the family-friendly adventure, which features music by "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, will be released on Disney Plus.

Apart from "Encanto" and its other holdovers, such as MGM's star-studded murder drama "House of Gucci" and Sony's revival of "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," the box office has been very quiet. That is, until Steven Spielberg's acclaimed "West Side Story" remake opens on December 10 and Tom Holland's comic book adventure "Spider-Man: No Way Home" opens on December 17.

Despite the fact that big-budget films have begun to return to theaters and COVID-19 vaccines for younger children have been approved, movie theater attendance has remained low. Still, Hollywood studios and exhibitors are hoping that the combination of Spielberg's newest, Spider-final Man's chapter, and Neo's return in "The Matrix: Resurrections" on December 22 will be enough to boost ticket sales in December.

Until then, theater owners will have to make do with leftovers. The domestic box office chart has "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" in second place, "House of Gucci" in third place, and Marvel's comic book epic "Eternals" in fifth place, nearly identical to last weekend's figures.

Fathom Events' "Christmas With the Chosen: The Messengers" took fourth place. The film is a Christmas special from the Christian streaming series "The Chosen," and it tells the story of Jesus Christ's birth and life. Over the three-day weekend, "The Messengers" is expected to gross $4 million. Fathom Events received $1.5 million in pre-sales in the first 12 hours of its release, necessitating a 10-night run across 1,700 theaters, the most in the specialty distributor's history.

In its third weekend of release, "Afterlife" brought in $10.35 million from 4,059 North American theaters. On Sunday, the picture is expected to cross $100 million domestically, marking a significant pandemic-era milestone. By the end of the weekend, "Afterlife," which is exclusively available in theaters, will have grossed an astonishing $101 million.

Lady Gaga, on the other hand, is helping to keep the movie theater industry afloat. Her recent film, "House of Gucci," grossed $6.77 million in 3,477 theaters across the United States and Canada. "House of Gucci" has upped its domestic tally to $33.6 million after launching to $21 million over the extended Thanksgiving holiday weekend, which isn't a bad result at a time when most adult dramas during the pandemic have failed to exceed $10 million in total. However, even by COVID-19 standards, good box office receipts may not be enough to make "House of Gucci" profitable. Because the film cost $75 million to make and millions more to promote, "House of Gucci" will need a large worldwide audience to help it break even.

"Eternals" grossed $3.8 million this weekend in 3,230 screens after five weeks in theaters. The comic book adaption, starring Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Salma Hayek, and Angelina Jolie, has grossed $156 million in the United States, an amazing figure if not quite as high as Marvel's normal record-breaking numbers.

Also noteworthy is Warner Bros. and Legendary's "Dune," which made a final appearance on IMAX screens this weekend as part of its theatrical run. The Denis Villeneuve-directed sci-fi epic saw a paltry 16 percent decline in box office after the Thanksgiving break.

In the independent film scene, MGM and United Artists Releasing's "Licorice Pizza" continued to draw crowds during its limited four-location run. The latest film by Paul Thomas Anderson took in $223,000 in its second weekend, a minor drop of 35% from its opening weekend. In its first week, the picture set a new record for per-theater average.



Despite the fact that big-budget films have begun to return to theaters and COVID-19 vaccines for younger children have been approved, movie theater attendance has remained low. Still, Hollywood studios and exhibitors are hoping that the combination of Spielberg's newest, Spider-final Man's chapter, and Neo's return in "The Matrix: Resurrections" on December 22 will be enough to boost ticket sales in December.