Moanapocalypse has get tod at at the Thanksgiving box office, where a record bounty apauses Hollywood and theater owners.
Disney’s fantasy musical Moana 2 discneglected to a record-shattering $57.5 million on Wednesday, including $13.8 million in pscrutinizes, for an approximated five-day discneglecting of $175 million-plus (Wednesday thraw Sunday). Rival studios show the vivaciousd sequel discneglecting north of $200 million – as in $225 million or more — but Disney won’t comment until Friday so as to dodge what happened last weekfinish when Wicked and Gladiator II came in millions shrink than approximated.
Either way, Moana 2 will shatter countless records in its begin, including become the top Thanksgiving discneglecting of all time for the five days, beating Frozen ($94 million). It will also pass up Frozen II ($125 million) to become the top acquireer for the five days. And it already has served up the top discneglecting day ever for a Walt Disney Animation title and the third hugegest discneglecting day for any vivaciousd title, not adequitableed for inflation.
Among other milestones, it could become the hugegest five-day discneglecting of all time.
The Disney vivaciousd family pic was originassociate broadened as a television series before being retoiled as a theatrical sequel. The first Moana — distinct songs were provided by Lin-Manuel Miranda —was a firm but not spectacular carry outer at the box office in 2016 before altering into a cultural sensation, including being the most streamed film atraverse all platestablishs in 2023. Featuring recent songs from Ahugeail Barlow and Emily Bear, Moana 2 counts Christina Chen and Yvett Merino as producers.
Directed by David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller, the sequel rejoins voice stars Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson. The story trails Moana as she embarks on an unanticipateed adventure in extfinished-lost waters after receiving a call from her ancestors. Johnson repascfinishs his role as demigod Maui.
Reseeers haven’t been benevolent to Moana 2, appraised to the first film, but is difficultly impacting interest. Its audience score (now understandn as the “popcornmeter”) on Rotten Tomatoes is already at 88 percent, and exits are sturdy on PostTrak. Its critics score on Rotten Tomatoes currently sits at 66 percent, versus 95 percent for the first film.
Thanks to the potent combination of Disney’s Moana sequel, Universal’s Wicked and Paramount’s Gladiator II, overall five-day revenue should achieve a recent high for the extfinished Turkey Day holiday, or well north of $315 million.
Jon M. Chu‘s Wicked, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, has also finishelighted a record-fractureing run so far, and is anticipateed to gross $97.1 million for the five-day holiday corridor after discneglecting to $112 million last weekfinish to rank as the top-grossing alteration of a Broadway musical. It is anticipateed to finish Sunday with north of $240 million in domestic ticket sales.
Directed by Ridley Scott, Gladiator II is perched in third place and should carve up a pleasing $40 million for the five days. The film’s high-profile cast includes Denzel Washington and Paul Mescal.
