Box Office: ‘Encanto’ Eyes $40M-Plus Opening; ‘House of Gucci’ Sewing Up $22M - Hollywood Reporter
Walt Disney Animation’s musical adventure Encanto is succeeding in luring families back to the multiplex and is looking at a five-day Thanksgiving opening of $40 million or more after grossing $11 million on Black Friday.On Wednesday, Encanto opened at the domestic box office alongside MGM and United Artists’ adult-skewing drama House of Gucci and Sony’s action-horror reboot Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.House of Gucci is also doing better than expected, earning $5.9 million on Friday for a projected five-day debut of $22 million or more, the best showing of the pandemic era for an adult drama.A player in the awards race, House of Gucci stars Lady Gaga as the wife of fashion scion Maurizio Gucci, played by Adam Driver.Afterlife, which earned $9.8 million on Black Friday, is expected to gross $37 million-plus for the five days, pushing its domestic tally to $90 million by Sunday.Racoon City is looking at a sixth-place finish with a five-day opening of $8 million or more (Friday’s take was $2 million).Warner Bros.’ King Richard, another Thanksgiving offering that opened opposite Afterlife last weekend, is expected to fall to No