Disney and Marvel’s “Wakanda” took in an estimated US$45.9 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period, or US$64 million for the full Thanksgiving weekend starting Wednesday, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.

But the drop-off was sharp after that popular superhero tale, despite the holiday weekend. Overall, the weekend’s top dozen films had 12% less in ticket sales than the top 12 of a year earlier.

In second place was Disney’s computer-animated sci-fi movie “Strange World,” at US$11.9 million for three days and US$18.6 million for five days. Variety.com called that a “catastrophic” result for a film with a US$180 million budget.

And in third was another new release, Sony’s “Devotion,” which took in US$6 million for three days (US$9 million for five). David A Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research called that “a weak opening for a war action movie.” The story about the friendship of two US fighter pilots during the Korean War had a US$90 million budget.

Fourth place went to Searchlight’s horror-comedy “The Menu,” at US$5.2 million (US$7.3 million). Ralph Fiennes plays a celebrity chef with some dark surprises on the menu.

And in fifth was superhero film “Black Adam” from Warner Bros., which took in US$3.4 million (US$4.7 million). Dwayne Johnson stars.

Netflix has not released numbers for another much-anticipated film, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” but Gross said the sequel to 2019’s “Knives Out” took in an estimated US$9 million in limited release over just three days – “a terrific result.”

Rounding out the top 10 were:

• “The Fabelmans” (US$2.22 million for three days; US$3 million for five)
• “Bones and All” (US$2.20 million; US$3.6 million)
• “Ticket to Paradise” (US$1.9 million; US$2.6 million)
• “The Chosen Season 3: Episodes 1&2” (US$1.5 million; US$2.1 million)
• “She Said” (US$1.1 million; US$1.5 million)