{"id":131227,"date":"2024-11-29T01:24:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T18:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131227"},"modified":"2024-11-29T01:24:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T18:24:58","slug":"moana-2-dominates-thanksgiving-eve-box-office-with-57-5-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131227","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Moana 2&#8217; Dominates Thanksgiving Eve Box Office With $57.5 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe movie business hasn\u2019t had much to be thankful for in recent years, but that\u2019s changing this holiday week as a trio of splashy new releases are bringing audiences back to cinemas in a big way. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe most irresistible attraction is undoubtedly Disney Animation\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/moana-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_moana-2\" data-tag=\"moana-2\">Moana 2<\/a>,\u201d which racked up a massive $57.5 million on Wednesday, and is expected to dominate the Thanksgiving holiday <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/box-office\/\" id=\"auto-tag_box-office\" data-tag=\"box-office\">box office<\/a> with a performance for the history books. \u201cMoana 2,\u201d which was originally developed as a television show for Disney+ before it was retrofitted into a theatrical feature, is projected to collect at least $175 million over its first five days in theaters (rival studios have it hitting $200 million). If it achieves those lofty estimates, \u201cMoana 2\u201d will easily break records with the biggest Thanksgiving haul of all time, overtaking the previous highs set by \u201cFrozen II\u201d ($125 million over the five days) and 2013\u2019s \u201cHunger Games: Catching Fire\u201d ($109 million over the five days). \u201cMoana 2\u201d opening day numbers already rank as the third biggest for an animated title, just behind \u201cIncredibles 2\u201d ($71.2 million) and \u201cInside Out 2\u201d ($63.6 million). Globally, the film has earned $66.3 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBut \u201cMoana 2\u201d isn\u2019t the only thing sparking a revival at movie theaters. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/wicked\/\" id=\"auto-tag_wicked\" data-tag=\"wicked\">Wicked<\/a>,\u201d Universal\u2019s big-budget adaptation of the Broadway musical sensation, earned $20.4 million on Wednesday and is expected to rack up more than $63 million over the traditional weekend and $97 million over the five days. That means the movie, which is the first of a two-part odyssey through Oz, will have generated more than $240 million domestically by the end of the week. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star as Elphaba (later the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda (eventually rechristened Glinda the Good), in the critically acclaimed musical. The two films \u2014 Part 2 hits theaters next fall \u2014 cost a combined $300 million to produce, which doesn\u2019t include the tens of millions more that were spent on marketing the whole thing. A <a data-id=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/features\/wicked-marketing-campaign-brand-partnerships-1236222100\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/features\/wicked-marketing-campaign-brand-partnerships-1236222100\/\">promotional blitz<\/a> saw \u201cWicked\u201d hawked on everything from Starbucks drinks to nail polish to Lego sets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThen there\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/gladiator-ii\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gladiator-ii\" data-tag=\"gladiator-ii\">Gladiator II<\/a>,\u201d Paramount\u2019s pricey follow-up to the 2000 epic, which collected $6.6 million on Wednesday. The film, which stars Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, and Denzel Washington, is expected to earn $28 million from North American cinemas over the traditional weekend and $40 million between Wednesday and Sunday. It will end the holiday having earned more than $107 million at the stateside box office. However, the return to the Colosseum didn\u2019t come cheap, particularly after last year\u2019s Hollywood strikes shut down production for months. \u201cGladiator II\u201d has a massive $250 million budget.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCritics are lukewarm on \u201cMoana 2,\u201d handing it a middling 67% average on Rotten Tomatoes, but the first film has a passionate fanbase that grew substantially since its 2018 release thanks to its availability on streaming. It was one of Disney+\u2019s most popular movies, accounting for\u00a0over 80 billion minutes logged\u00a0by viewers, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-11-08\/disney-s-most-streamed-movie-has-a-sequel-coming-to-theaters\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-11-08\/disney-s-most-streamed-movie-has-a-sequel-coming-to-theaters\" target=\"_blank\">according to Bloomberg<\/a>. And audiences seem to feel more warmly about the sequel that reviewers, handing it an A- CinemaScore. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe voice cast for \u201cMoana 2\u2033 includes Auli\u2019i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson, who reprise their roles as the daughter of a Polynesian chief and a demigod. However, Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote popular songs for the first film like \u201cHow Far I\u2019ll Go,\u201d didn\u2019t contribute new music for the followup. Instead, Disney tapped Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, the team behind\u00a0\u201cThe Unofficial Bridgerton Musical,\u201d to cook up enough new numbers to make the soundtrack a holiday season must-buy for families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJohnson is performing double duty at the multiplexes. He\u2019s also the star of Amazon and MGM Studio\u2019s \u201cRed One,\u201d which earned roughly $2.8 million on Wednesday. Its domestic gross should hover around $75 million after the holiday. That wouldn\u2019t be a terrible number if the film hadn\u2019t cost $250 million to make, positioning it as one of the year\u2019s bigger box office duds. Like \u201cMoana 2,\u201d however, \u201cRed One\u201d was originally conceived as a streaming-only debut, before media companies began altering their distribution strategies to prioritize theatrical releases.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe strong performance of \u201cMoana 2,\u201d \u201cGladiator II\u201d and \u201cWicked\u201d is welcome news for the exhibition industry, which was just starting to recover from pandemic-era shutdowns when the 2023 actors and writers strikes led to a cascade of delayed releases and fewer big movies to screen for customers. But the triumvirate of blockbuster hopefuls is changing the dynamic, and should result in a holiday week box office haul of over $315 million, setting a new milestone. Could this be a sign that things are finally turning around?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/box-office-moana-2-wednesday-thanksgiving-wicked-gladiator-2-1236225866\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The movie business hasn\u2019t had much to be thankful for in recent years, but that\u2019s changing this holiday week as a trio of splashy new releases are bringing audiences back &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131227\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}