Disney’s Moana continued to sit pretty atop the box office for its third consecutive weekend, but Damien Chazelle’s musical La La Land was what really had audiences singing.
Playing in only five theaters, the lively and well-reviewed La La Land grossed a staggering $855,000 for Lionsgate, according to studio estimates.
Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for box office tracker comScore, called the La La Land showing “astounding”.
Starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, La La Land expands to 200 locations next week.