Pixar’s “Coco” is off to a strong start at the box office, finishing the weekend with an estimated five-day total of $72 million from 3,987 screens, with a three-day weekend total of $50 million. It’s the third highest Thanksgiving opening behind “Frozen” ($93.4 million) and “Moana” ($82 million), with Disney and Pixar combining to hold the top seven Thanksgiving openings in box office history.
Before the weekend, trackers had the film making a five-day total of at least $55 million, matching that of Pixar’s 2015 film “The Good Dinosaur.” But “Coco” has had a much better reception than that film, receiving rave reviews from its premiere at the Morelia Film Festival and becoming the highest grossing film in Mexican history prior to its domestic release.