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Mystery box office · Week 45 · Nov 3–9, 2024

Mystery Box Office, Week 45 of 2024: Mystery Releases of Nov 3–9

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024) is the highest-grossing mystery movie released in week 45 of 2024 (Nov 3–9), with $40.3M worldwide, ahead of The Containment (2024) at $226.4K and Drive Back (2024) at $39.3K. 3 mystery films released that week report a worldwide gross, $40.5M in all, 99% of it from the US & Canada. That is up 81% on Week 44, 2024, whose releases took $22.4M.

week 45 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$40.5M
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024), the #1
$40.3M
vs Week 44, 2024
+81%
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024) movie poster #1 of 3
#1 mystery movie of Week 45, 2024

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024)

2024 · Adventure, Comedy

$40.3M worldwide · 99% of the chart's total

$40M US & Canada · 99% $213.4K elsewhere · <1%
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Mystery Hits of Week 45 of 2024?

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024) leads with $40.3M, 99% of the total. The top 3 together took $40.5M, almost all of what the 3 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024) movie poster Number 1
    $40.3M The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024)
    $40M US & Canada · 99% $213.4K elsewhere · <1%
  2. The Containment (2024) movie poster Number 2
    $226.4K The Containment (2024)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Drive Back (2024) movie poster Number 3
    $39.3K Drive Back (2024)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Mystery Release of Week 45 of 2024, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 45 of 2024 (Nov 3–9).

  1. 1 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024) movie poster
    The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024) Nov 8, 2024 · English · Adventure, Comedy, Drama $40.3M worldwide
    Nov 8, 2024 US and Canada: $40M Rest of the world: $213.4K Worldwide: $40.3M
  2. 2 The Containment (2024) movie poster
    The Containment (2024) Nov 8, 2024 · Spanish · Mystery, Horror $226.4K worldwide
    Nov 8, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $226.4K
  3. 3 Drive Back (2024) movie poster
    Drive Back (2024) Nov 8, 2024 · English · Action, Horror, Mystery $39.3K worldwide
    Nov 8, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.3K
Earlier years

How Does Week 45 of 2024 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 45, 2017 earned the most: $355.2M from 5 films, led by Murder on the Orient Express (2017). Week 45, 2024 took $40.5M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 45, 2015 Nov 1–7 2 films 2 $36.9M – The Priests (2015) $36.6M
Week 45, 2016 Oct 30–Nov 5 2 films · −67% 2 $12M −67% Hide and Seek (2016) $10.3M
Week 45, 2017 Nov 5–11 5 films · +2858% 5 $355.2M +2858% Murder on the Orient Express (2017) $352.8M
Week 45, 2018 Nov 4–10 2 films · −97% 2 $10.6M −97% The Shadow Play (2018) $9.6M
Week 45, 2019 Nov 3–9 4 films · −99% 4 $155.5K −99% Missing (2019) $139K
Week 45, 2020 Nov 1–7 2 films · −56% 2 $68.1K −56% Kindred (2020) $58.4K
Week 45, 2021 Oct 31–Nov 6 No films 0 – – –
Week 45, 2022 Oct 30–Nov 5 5 films 5 $3.6M – Incredible But True (2022) $2.3M
Week 45, 2023 Nov 5–11 1 film · −64% 1 $1.3M −64% It's a Wonderful Knife (2023) $1.3M
Week 45, 2024 Nov 3–9 3 films · +3011% 3 $40.5M +3011% The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024) $40.3M
FAQ

Mystery Box Office Week 45 of 2024: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 3 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing mystery movie in week 45 of 2024 (Nov 3–9)?

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024) leads with $40.3M worldwide, $40M of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Containment (2024) at $226.4K and Drive Back (2024) at $39.3K.

How much did mystery movies released in week 45 of 2024 (Nov 3–9) earn?

3 mystery films released in week 45 of 2024 (Nov 3–9) report a worldwide gross, $40.5M in all, or $13.5M per film on average. Week 44, 2024 releases took $22.4M.

How many mystery movies released in week 45 of 2024 (Nov 3–9) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024), earned $40.3M.

How much of the Week 45, 2024 Mystery box office came from the US and Canada?

$40M of the $40.5M total, or 99%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 2 films of the 3 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 45, 2024 mystery box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 45 of 2024 (Nov 3–9). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the week 45, 2024 mystery box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.