Moana 2 had a demigod-like opening over the weekend, shattering a number of information and, together with a few different blockbusters, fueling the largest Thanksgiving weekend on the field workplace of all time.
The Disney sequel opened on November 27, on the prime of the lengthy weekend for these within the U.S., and soared previous estimates that had it debuting to $125 million-$135 million. Despite blended opinions, it launched to an enormous $221 million domestically over 5 days and $386 million globally, per numbers from the studio and Comscore.
In a press launch on Sunday, Disney put into perspective simply what number of information that opening shattered. Moana 2 had the largest five-day opening of all time (passing The Super Mario Bros. Movie at $205.6 million), the largest Thanksgiving debut and Thanksgiving weekend, the highest-grossing Thanksgiving day, and the largest Black Friday ever. That $386 million quantity additionally makes it the second-biggest world debut of 2024, simply behind Deadpool & Wolverine’s $438 million opening.
It’s the most recent in what’s been one thing of a redemption 12 months for Disney, marking the third movie this 12 months from the studio to open to greater than $150 million domestically after Deadpool & Wolverine and Inside Out 2. Disney’s field workplace was extra muted final 12 months, failing to have any film cross the $1 billion mark. This 12 months, it already has two billion-dollar hits with Deadpool & Wolverine and Inside Out 2. With Moana 2, we nonetheless do not know how far it’ll go, nevertheless it’s off to a surprising begin.
And although Moana 2 was #1 over the lengthy weekend, the true winner actually is the field workplace at giant. While households turned out in droves to see the animated sequel, “Glicked” — aka., the double whammy of Wicked and Gladiator II — nonetheless proved to be a power in its second weekend. Wicked introduced in one other $117.5 million over the weekend, bringing its home whole to date to $262.42 million and its world cume to $359.2 million after 10 days in theaters.
Gladiator II, in the meantime, additionally continued to carry out solidly, with $44 million over the weekend to carry its totals to $111.2 million domestically and $320 million worldwide.
For these holding monitor, that profitable trifecta pushed the field workplace to greater than $425 million. That soars previous the earlier highest-grossing Thanksgiving weekend in 2018, which noticed Ralph Breaks the Internet, Creed II, and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald herald a mixed $315 million.
The 12 months has a lot of different probably large films in Kraven the Hunter, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Mufasa: The Lion King, Nosferatu, and extra, so we’ll see how Moana 2, Wicked, and Gladiator 2 fare in opposition to the competitors transferring ahead. For extra within the meantime, take a look at our roundup of each upcoming Disney and Pixar film.
Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or enhancing, yow will discover her studying fantasy novels or taking part in Dungeons & Dragons.
