Happy Monday! The leaves are falling, holiday commercials are already sneaking onto your TV, and your watchlist is about to get crowded.
This week a giant lizard took over the box office, Scrooge gets the spooky treatment on the big screen, and a stack of new streaming premieres lands before the holiday rush.
Grab the remote and the good blanket. Here's what's worth your time this week.
Weekend Box Office
Godzilla showed up and flattened the competition. These are the top 5 movies from November 6-8, using weekend estimates from Box Office Mojo, The Numbers and Awards Radar. Final numbers could still shift a bit.
- Godzilla Minus Zero (GKIDS): $31.6 million
- The Cat in the Hat (Warner Bros.): $20.5 million
- Drummer Boy (Angel Studios): $9.3 million
- You Can See Everything (A24): $8.8 million
- Ramayana: Rise of a Legend (Sony): $8.6 million
That's three new releases holding the top three spots. BoxOfficeReport had predicted $29.5 million for Godzilla Minus Zero and $19 million for The Cat in the Hat, and both beat those numbers.
Meanwhile, A24's You Can See Everything keeps chugging along. It's now past $79 million at the domestic box office.
New in Theaters
Everything below opens Friday, November 13.
- Ebenezer: Ti West directs this PG-13 version of A Christmas Carol, with Johnny Depp as Scrooge, Ian McKellen as Jacob Marley and Rupert Grint as Bob Cratchit. It's expected to lean into the creepy side of the original ghost story.
- How to Rob a Bank: David Leitch directs this R-rated action thriller about a crew of bank robbers who livestream their heists and get famous enough to draw the FBI's attention. It stars Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz, Pete Davidson and John C. Reilly.
- Victorian Psycho: Maika Monroe plays an unhinged governess in this adaptation of Virginia Feito's novel. Definitely not one for the kids.
Bonus: Dune and Dune: Part Two are also returning to theaters the same day, so you can relive the sandworms on a giant screen.
New to Stream
Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas, Season 2
HBO Max | Monday, Nov. 9
The Food Network chef battle is back with a holiday theme. It's a good pick when you want something fun on in the background while you're scrolling for gift ideas.
Power, Seasons 1-6
Netflix | Monday, Nov. 9
All six seasons of the hit drama land at once. If you never got around to it, now you've got a full binge waiting.
The Body
Netflix | Wednesday, Nov. 11
A Catholic-school dance team's initiation goes wrong, and the girls start having prophetic visions that set off mass hysteria in their town. Quinn Shephard (Under the Bridge) created it, and the cast includes Sofia Wylie and Gabby Windey. All eight episodes drop on Wednesday.
The Good Daughter
Peacock | Thursday, Nov. 12
Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy play estranged sisters, both lawyers, who are forced to face a dark chapter from their family's past. It's based on Karin Slaughter's bestselling novel, Brendan Gleeson is in the cast, and all six episodes drop at once.
The Empress, Season 3
Netflix | Thursday, Nov. 12
Netflix's German period drama about Empress Elisabeth is back for its third and final season. Devrim Lingnau and Philip Froissant return as Elisabeth and Franz, and their marriage is in trouble.
12 12 12
Apple TV | Friday, Nov. 13
Anthony Mackie plays a disgraced FBI agent and Jamie Dornan plays a career criminal in a cat-and-mouse heist drama across Europe. Each episode jumps between three timelines: 12 months of planning, the 12-hour heist and the 12 days after it. The first two episodes drop Friday, followed by one a week through Christmas Day.
Austin's Take
I love that a Japanese Godzilla movie beat out a big family release this weekend. Monster movies are having a moment, and I am fully here for it.
The streaming week I'm most curious about is Thursday into Friday. Getting all of The Good Daughter at once and then 12 12 12 right behind it is a dream weekend for anyone who loves a twisty thriller. And a Scrooge story that actually wants to scare you? That's a fun way to kick off the holiday movie season.
So what's your pick this weekend: a trip to the theater for Ebenezer, or a couch night with a brand-new binge? Let me know in the comments!
Image by yousafbhutta from Pixabay
