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DISNEY-PIXAR’S “Coco” hand-ily won the Thanksgiving holi-day box offi ce over the second weekend of Warner Bros.-DC Entertainment’s “Justice League,” with US$71.2 million at 3,987 North American sites during the Wednesday-Sunday period.

“Justice League” pulled in about US$60 million at 4,051 locations during the same timeframe. The superhero action-adventure, the fi fth in the DC Extended Universe, has totaled US$172 million in its fi rst 10 days.

“Coco” posted for the third-best Thanksgiving holiday opening ever, trailing two other Disney titles — “Frozen” with US$93 million in 2013 and “Moana” with US$82 million in 2017.

Audiences surveyed by comScore’s PostTrak gave “Coco” strong ratings with 66 percent calling it “excellent,” and another 23 percent rating it “very good.” Surveys also showed 77 percent of viewers

saying they would “defi nitely recommend” the movie to friends and 20 percent saying they would watch it again in a theater.

“Coco,” directed by Lee Unkrich and co-directed by Adrian Molina, is based on the traditions surrounding the Day of the Dead holiday in Mexico

and centers on a 12-year-old boy who dreams of becoming a musician and explores his family history in the Land of the Dead. The studio has not released a price for the movie. Disney-Pixar titles are usually budgeted in the US$175 million to US$200 million range.

“Justice League,” which

teams up the DC characters in the same manner as Disney-Marvel’s superheroes, is already in the top 15 of titles released in 2017 and has opened with a B+ CinemaScore. It’s been the lowest performer among the DC Extended Universe. “Wonder Woman” grossed US$206.3 million in its fi rst 10 days in

June and “Suicide Squad” took in US$222.6 million in its fi rst 10 days in August 2016.

Gal Gadot stars as “Wonder Woman” along with Ben Affl eck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as the Flash, and Ray Fisher as Cyborg as the superheroes team up to save the world. Warner Bros. has not disclosed the produc-tion cost, which is believed to be as much as US$300 million.

Lionsgate’s family drama “Wonder” continued to show impressive traction in third place with about US$32 million at 3,140 locations for a 10-day total of more than US$69 mil-lion. The fi lm, which stars Jacob Tremblay as a fi fth grader with a facial deformity, has a modest US$20 million budget.

Disney-Marvel’s “Thor: Ragnarok” fi nished fourth with about US$24 million at 3,281 sites, lifting its 24-day domes-tic total to US$277 million. It’s topped “Despicable Me 3” as the sixth-highest grosser of 2017.

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‘Coco’ beats ‘Justice League’ over holiday weekend

MARIAH CAREY, 47, announced she would be resting due to doctor’s orders, which led to a cancellation of three more of her Christmas concerts.

“I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with loved ones; it’s certainly nice to remember what we are grateful for!” she wrote on Instagram. “Like most,

I’m thankful for my overall health… for which I need a bit more time to get right. Doctors have ordered a few extra days of rest before I can finally fly to New York and take the stage for my Christ-mas tour.”

Carey revealed the canceled dated on her website — Nov. 27, Nov. 28 and Dec. 1. Her tour will resume with her New

York dates at the Beacon The-ater – Dec. 2, 4 and 5 – to be followed by three shows in Europe before continuing on to Las Vegas for five shows at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace.

In mid-November, the singer canceled her first few “All I Want for Christmas Is You” concerts due to illness.

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Mariah Carey cancels three more Christmas concerts due to health concerns

“THE Walking Dead”’s loss is “Fear the Walking Dead”’s gain.

Lennie James is leaving the parent series behind after his Season 8 run to join the pre-quel series for Season 4.

James’ transition to “Fear The Walking Dead” was announced during Sunday night’s edition of “Talking Dead.” He starts filming “Fear” in Austin, Texas — just one week after wrapping “The Walking Dead” in Atlanta.

“Yeah, it’s me,” a self-described “surprised” James said to Chris Hardwick when he was revealed via satellite. “I’m joining the cast of ‘Fear the Walking Dead.’

“The hardest part of it… has been leaving ‘The Walk-ing Dead’ — leaving that cast, leaving that crew,” James, who was part of the original series’ pilot, added. But on “Fear,” “I’m really looking forward to exploring Morgan in a whole different world, with differ-ent characters, in a different place.”

In a statement, “The Walk-ing Dead” EP Scott Gimple said, “Even though Morgan is going to be featured on ‘Fear,’ he has a lot of story left on ‘The Walking Dead’.” Morgan’s arc in Season 8 positioned him

for the story on “Fear.” It was also important to see ‘Fear’’s world and characters through new yet familiar eyes.”

This “crossover” of sorts was first teased at New York Comic-Con back in October, when “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman said that a big event was in the early stages of development.

“We want these shows to have their own legs, tell their own stories and be their own thing,” Kirkman said at the time. “I think we’ve finally gotten to a place with ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ where it has its own identity [and] we can play with some things.”

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‘The Walking Dead’ star Lennie James is leaving to cross over to ‘Fear TWD’

Lennie James

“Coco”