Freddie Mercury Biopic Is Champion Over ‘Nutcracker’
- ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ garners $51.1 million in U.S., Canada
- ‘Four Realms’ off to rare slow start for Disney fairy tale
A biopic about rock ’n’ roll front man Freddie Mercury and the band Queen led the North American box office this weekend, scoring a rare win over a new Walt Disney Co. fairy tale that would normally be expected to dominate the competition.
The weekend’s major new releases made a clean sweep in the top three spots. “Bohemian Rhapsody,” from 20th Century Fox, collected $51.1 million from U.S. and Canadian theaters in its debut, Comscore Inc. said Monday. Disney’s “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” garnered $20.4 million to land in second place, while the comedy “Nobody’s Fool,” from Viacom Inc.’s Paramount Pictures, was a step behind that with $13.7 million.