Tom and Jerry has raced to the top of the North American box office with an impressive $13.7 million debut amid the ongoing COVID crisis.
The family movie, a hybrid of live-action and animation, stars Chloe Grace Moretz and Michael Pena alongside the beloved cartoon cat and mouse duo, and the popularity of the classic Hanna-Barbera characters has helped studio officials at Warner Bros. to secure only the second release to land an opening weekend of $10 million or more during the pandemic.
Wonder Woman 1984 was the studio’s first to crack the mark with a $16.7 million debut following its Christmas Day launch, hitting limited theaters and streaming service HBO Max at the same time.
Tom and Jerry’s big opening easily beats its closest rivals – The Croods: A New Age and Denzel Washington crime thriller The Little Things, which round out the new top three with $1.2 million and $925,000 respectively.