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Ebenezer is tracking for the top spot as Godzilla Minus Zero holds
Gold Derby tracks Paramount's Ebenezer, directed by Ti West and starring Johnny Depp, at $20 million to $23 million for the November 13–15 weekend. Those figures are forecasts, not actuals.
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A new wide-release weekend begins Friday, November 13, led on paper by Paramount's Ebenezer, Ti West's dark take on A Christmas Carol, starring Johnny Depp. Those expectations are tracking figures, not results. Gold Derby, in a November 12 preview, estimated a $20 million to $23 million opening and a $22 million midrange that would, if it holds, be Depp's first No. 1 since Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in 2018.
None of that has happened yet. Check the actuals after the weekend.
What is opening, and how the reviews stand
Ebenezer is rated PG-13 and runs 1 hour 56 minutes, according to Gold Derby, which lists Ian McKellen, Rupert Grint, Daisy Ridley, and Andrea Riseborough in the cast and cites a reported $38 million budget. On Rotten Tomatoes, the 2026 film's Tomatometer stood at 52 percent from 86 reviews when we checked the listing, a slightly different figure than the 50 percent Gold Derby cited on November 12. Scores can move as more reviews land. Use the live Tomatometer, and do not treat a mid-50s critic score as a box-office forecast.
How to Rob a Bank, David Leitch's R-rated heist film for Amazon MGM, stars Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz, and Pete Davidson. Gold Derby has it tracking at $6 million to $8 million and, on November 12, cited a 42 percent Rotten Tomatoes score. The 2026 Rotten Tomatoes page showed a lower Tomatometer of 33 percent from 64 reviews when we checked. This article is using the current Rotten Tomatoes figure, not Gold Derby's earlier one, and is not adopting Gold Derby's line that the reviews are the worst of Leitch's career.
Sony's Ghost Soldier, directed by William Eubank and starring Jim Caviezel, opened Wednesday, November 11, for Veterans Day, Gold Derby says, and is tracking at $4 million to $8 million. Rotten Tomatoes had it at 42 percent from 12 reviews at the time of our check, a small sample.
Bleecker Street's Victorian Psycho, with Maika Monroe, also opens. Rotten Tomatoes listed a 76 percent Tomatometer from 66 reviews. Gold Derby additionally notes two limited awards-season titles, Neon’s Paper Tiger and IFC’s Mouse; this article is not repeating an unverified perfect score for either film.
The holdovers
Godzilla Minus Zero, last weekend's No. 1, is the film to beat if Ebenezer's range does not get there. Gold Derby tracks a $12 million to $15 million second weekend. The Cat in the Hat is tracked at $10 million to $13 million. You Can See Everything, still in theaters, is tracked at $5 million to $7 million.
Last weekend's actuals, per [The Numbers](/blog/weekend-box-office-november-6-godzilla-cat-in-the-hat), were about $30.6 million for Godzilla Minus Zero and $20.0 million for The Cat in the Hat. Those are the figures to start from, not the earlier Sunday estimates.
The takeaway
Gold Derby's midrange order for November 13–15 is Ebenezer around $22 million, Godzilla Minus Zero around $13 million, The Cat in the Hat around $11 million, How to Rob a Bank around $7 million, and You Can See Everything around $6 million. Those are forecasts. The current Rotten Tomatoes critic scores we checked were 52 percent for Ebenezer, 33 percent for How to Rob a Bank, 42 percent for Ghost Soldier, and 76 percent for Victorian Psycho.
Cover image: The Godzilla head on the Shinjuku Toho Building in Tokyo, photographed by Another Believer in 2019. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The photo is a Tokyo landmark, not a still from this weekend's releases.
Key facts
- Ebenezer tracking
- $20–23 million, per Gold Derby on Nov 12
- RT, Ebenezer (2026)
- 52% Tomatometer, 86 reviews, at the time of our check
- RT, How to Rob a Bank (2026)
- 33% Tomatometer, 64 reviews, at the time of our check
- Holdover
- Godzilla Minus Zero tracked at $12–15 million, per Gold Derby
- Last weekend actuals
- Godzilla $30.6 million; Cat in the Hat $20.0 million, per The Numbers