Despite the most challenged Thanksgiving box office in modern times, The Croods: A New Age managed to come in ahead of projections with a five-day holiday debut of $14.2 million, including $9.7 million for the weekend.
Overseas, the family film launched in seven markets to $20.8 million — led by $19.2 million in China — for a global bow of $35 million.
While that's the lowest Thanksgiving chart-topper in decades, Universal and DreamWorks Animation still had reason to celebrate.
Croods 2 is the first major studio film to brave opening on the big screen since Tenetand narrowly came in ahead of Tenet ($9.3 million) for the three-day weekend to mark the top debut since the pandemic began.
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