'Moana 2' earns $28M on Thanksgiving Day, shattering holiday records

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Walt Disney Animation’s “Moana 2” continued on its record-shattering path, earning a massive $28 million on Thanksgiving from 4,200 locations. The animated sequel is on track to gross at least $175 million over the five-day holiday week. Estimated 2-day total domestic gross stands at $85.50M. Coupled with $24.1m from 39 international markets, the sequel holds a global total of $109.6M.

“Moana 2” isn’t the only movie fueling a box office resurgence. Universal’s “Wicked” and Paramount’s “Gladiator II,” both of which opened last weekend, are continuing to draw crowds, earning $16.9 million and $6.7 million on Thanksgiving. “Wicked,” an adaptation of a popular Broadway musical, is projected to gross $105.6 million over the five-day holiday. By the end of the holiday, “Wicked” should have racked up $250.6 million domestically.

Moana 2 has been met with lukewarm reviews from critics -  and the Rotten Tomatoes score for the sequel (65%) is much lower than the original (95%).

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/thanksgiving-box-office-moana-2-breaks-holiday-records-wicked-1236230809/

Edited November 29, 2024 by Teletubby

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Gisney is back 

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Proof of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's star power. His haters could never!

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Just now, bionic said:

Proof of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's star power.

i'm sure it's Rita's power

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1 minute ago, Teletubby said:

i'm sure it's Rita's power

Rita gave him career advice and look what happened, he finally had a hit!  

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19 minutes ago, bionic said:

Proof of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's star power. His haters could never!

Rock to his haters 

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48 minutes ago, bionic said:

Proof of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's star power. His haters could never!

he just had a flop though - Red One! 

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57 minutes ago, bionic said:

Proof of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's star power. His haters could never!

I don't think it's The Rock's star power more so than it is the Moana brand; it's extremely popular with families. I don't think The Rock being in it helped or hurt it.

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1 hour ago, Teletubby said:

i'm sure it's Rita's power

R they a couple?

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11 minutes ago, dubstep111 said:

R they a couple?

A couple of besties

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Black Friday typically is one of the highest-grossing box office days on the calendar, but this year it’s coursing to an all-time record with around $107M+ for all movies, led by Disney’s Moana 2.

Friday also has a shot at being the highest-grossing day of 2024 to date, outstripping the $118.3M on Friday, July 26, when Deadpool & Wolverine led with to an R-rated opening-day and -weekend record ($96.1M, $211.4M).

There’s such a frenzy for Moana 2, Universal’s Wicked and Paramount’s Gladiator II tickets that AMC at one point time this morning was experiencing a 13-minute wait time. That’s a rich-man’s problem for the No. 1 exhibitor. The circuit has the situation under control, I’m told.

 

Per Comscore, Friday easily will exceed the previous Black Friday record of $85M, which was back in 2013 when Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was the No. 1 title over the Wednesday-Sunday Thanksgiving period.

Moana 2 is expected to do at least $55M, which would make it a Black Friday record for the No. 1-grossing film, above Frozen II‘s $34.1M back in 2019. Wicked is on course to do $27M Friday, while Paramount’s Gladiator IIis eyeing at $12.6M. Moana 2 already is blowing away the Frozen II $125M 5-day record over Thanksgiving and could do $200M+. Wicked is looking at the fourth best take over the holiday frame with $105.6M while Gladiator II is looking at $45M.

https://deadline.com/2024/11/moana-2-wicked-black-friday-record-amc-1236190007/

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This is the rare occasion where the cinema got something for everyone during holiday seasons

Mufasa will be next big hit for Disney this year. The ticket sales are steadily high for first week.

Edited November 30, 2024 by RAMROD