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For the 12th time in recorded Thanksgiving box office history (since 1982), Disney will own the holiday stretch again as their sequel _RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET _looks to hit a five-day of

$70M, a number far exceeding the previous five-day of 2012’s _Wreck-It Ralph _even though it launched on a three-day weekend during the first weekend of November clearly a FSS of $49M,

Friday through Tuesday of $56.7M. Disney sees _Ralph Breaks the Internet _in the high $60Ms range. Fandango reports that _Ralph Breaks the Internet _is outpacing the advance ticket sales of

Disney’s previous two Thanksgiving launches at this point in time, _Coco _($72.9M)and _Moana _($82M)_, _and of course _Wreck-It Ralph. _For Disney, as usual, the weekend is a slam dunk. The

first _Wreck-It Ralph _was Oscar-nominated for best animated film and grossed $189.4M stateside, $471.2M WW. Among 5-day Thanksgiving wide openings in U.S./Canada, _Ralph Breaks the Internet

 _should rank as the fifth best, potentially upsetting _Tangled _which made $68.7M from Wednesday to Sunday. The top Thanksgiving stretch opening ever belongs to Disney’s _Frozen _($93.5M),

but interestingly enough the movie didn’t hit No. 1 during its first wide weekend in 2013 as _The Hunger Games: Catching Fire _pushed it to No. 2. Disney already owns the top seven

Thanksgiving 5-day spots at the domestic box office. For those keeping score, the previous No. 1 Thanksgiving titles by Disney include last year’s _Coco, __Moana _(2016), _Enchanted _(2007),

 _National Treasure _(2004), _Toy Story 2 _(1999), _A Bug’s Life _(1998), _Flubber _(1997), _101 Dalmatians _(1996), _Toy Story _(1995), _The Santa Clause _(a carryover, not an opener in

1994) and _Three Men and a Baby _(1987). WATCH ON DEADLINE Holiday moviegoing is already in full effect: ComScore reports 38% K-12 schools/14% colleges out yesterday, 39%/16% out today, and

78%/61% tomorrow and near 100% on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, the latter which is known as one of the more lucrative days of the year at the box office. Warner Bros.’ _FANTASTIC BEASTS:

THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD _raises its 4-day to take to $67.2M after a $5.1M Monday that was -67% from Sunday. The sequel’s five-day take is expected to be in the $42M range ranking third

after _Ralph 2 _and MGM’s _CREED II. _ _Ralph 2 _starts previews tonight at 6PM, and will play tomorrow in 3,900 sites comprised of 2,700 3D locations, 400+ Premium Large Format screens, and

90 DBOX/4D motion auditoriums. Also on the film’s side is Rotten Tomatoes which scored it 93% fresh. For the fifth time in the _Rocky/Creed _series, a sequel will play the

mid-November/Thanksgiving side of the calendar following the original 1976 _Rocky,_ 1985’s_ Rocky IV, _1990’s _Rocky V _and 2015’s _Creed. _Previews starts tonight at 7PM and the pic is

poised to make $55M at 3,350 theaters over the next five-days. Apollo Creed’s son Adonis (Michael B. Jordan) faces off with the son of Rocky Balboa’s former part 4 Russian foe Ivan Drago,

Viktor Drago. Lionsgate’s remake of _ROBIN HOOD _produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way and starring Taron Egerton as Robin and Jamie Foxx as Little John, is playing at 2,700 sites,

projected in the MID TEENS over the next five-days.  The Otto Bathurst-directed version has been sold in trailers as possessing intense action versus the Ridley Scott 2010 version and 1991

Kevin Reynolds-directed one. United Kingdom and Australia are also debuting this weekend with U.S. With the last _Robin Hood _being eight years ago, critics have had enough giving this take

a 17% Rotten score. Universal/Participant Media/DreamWorks’ _GREEN BOOK _expands from 25 locations to 1,050 venues, a break that’s too wide, too fast for a film with an obscure title, that

is poised to be an awards contender, fueled by word of mouth. Many are projecting the five-day in the single digits, which isn’t great for this film which cost under $25M. Last weekend’s

limited launch in 25 sites of $320K was an awful start given that _Green Book _had a national TV campaign. The Peter Farrelly-directed feature has an A+ CinemaScore going for it. Uni hopes

that the movie battles its way to Golden Globe noms, and should the movie clear that mark, it will hopefully leg out during the year-end holidays. Fox Searchlight is launching its final

awards contender of the year _THE FAVOURITE_ in four New York and Los Angeles sites. The film directed Oscar nominee Yorgos Lanthimos is not co-written by him his an writing partner Efthymis

Filippou like their previous pics _Dogtooth, The Lobster _and _Killing of a Sacred Deer, _rather it’s based off a screenplay by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara. The satirical 18th century

British period comedy follows a frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) whose relationship with her close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) is disrupted when her cousin Abigail (Emma Stone) enters

the court as a new servant. The movie premiered at Venice and continued on to Telluride at the onset of fall and has accrued a 96% Certified Fresh RT score.