Justin Timberlake may be battling blowback from damning content found inside the pages of Britney Spears‘ best-selling memoir ‘The Woman in Me,’ but the impact of that backlash did little to quell moviegoers from running out to see the third installment of the ‘Trolls‘ film franchise.
Dancing to theaters on November 17, ‘Trolls Band Together’ – which boasts a star-studded cast including Anna Kendrick, Anderson. Paak, Kenan Thompson, Camila Cabello, Troye Sivan, Amy Schumer, RuPaul, Kid Cudi, Zooey Deschanel, and others – generated $30.6 million at the domestic box office (making it the third-biggest opening for an animated film following the $146 million collected by ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ and the $120 million garnered by ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’).
“The opening weekend numbers [of ‘Trolls’] and audience scores point to a tremendous opportunity heading into the holidays,” said Universal’s president of domestic distribution Jim Orr in response to the fantastic figures.
Faring even better overseas, the Walt Dohrn-directed family flick has already made a whopping $76.3 million at the global box office – bringing its overall total earned to just over $107 million worldwide against the $95 million budget used to produce it.
2016’s ‘Trolls,’ the first of the film franchise, made nearly $350 million at the global box office for the duration of its stay. Its 2020 follow-up, ‘Trolls World Tour,’ was negatively impacted by the pandemic and only collected $48 million total.
USA Box Office: November 17-19, 2023
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
$44 million ($44 million total)
Trolls Band Together (2023)
$30.6 million ($30.6 million total)
The Marvels (2023)
$10.2 million ($65 million total)
Thanksgiving (2023)
$10.2 million ($10.2 million total)
Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)
$3.5 million ($132.6 million total)