New films hitting the big screens this Thanksgiving weekend

For many families, a pre-pandemic holiday tradition was going to the movies.

FOX 11 put together a list of new films hitting the big screen this Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

ENCANTO

• The Disney animated film brought in $1.5 million from Tuesday night previews. Encanto is expected to top the box office and generate about $40 million over the next five days.

HOUSE OF GUCCI

• MGM's star-studded crime drama brought in $1.3 million Tuesday night.

RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY

• The horror franchise is for the seventh live-action film, based on the video game series of the same name.

LICORICE PIZZA

• Paul Thomas Anderson's film premieres in select theaters Friday, November 26. Featuring two of SoCal's own Sean Penn and Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza is a comedy-drama film that takes place in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970s.

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