For the second week in a row, the major Hollywood studios opted not to put out any new releases – and it's been grasped as a box office opportunity for alternative releases. To start December, Beyonce's Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé took the #1 spot in the Top 10, riding the concert movie wave started by Sam Wrench's Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour in October – and this weekend, we're witnessing an impressive showing from a pair of Japanese imports: Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy And The Heron and Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus One.
The former has managed to set some impressive records as the new top movie in the United States and Canada, and the latter had one of the most impressive second weekends we've seen in 2023. Check out the full Top 10 below, and join me after for analysis.
