'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/

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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