After an excellent start…
Eight years after the release of the first work, Moana 2 arrived in French cinemas on Wednesday 27 November. In this new story, the young heroine of the Polynesian island of Motunui must travel to the edges of the ocean seas in order to find a lost island AND break a terrible curse.
As explained several days ago, Moana 2 it started out very strong in theatres. The film was made the best start of the year in France the day of its release. In North America, broke the premiere sales record for a Disney film. After Wednesday 27 November he had already collected $57.5 million in the world. Which suggested it would easily break the revenue record for a Thanksgiving weekend. However, the feature film was made even stronger than expected.
… Moana 2 breaks records!
While the experts had predicted it Moana 2 would have brought in at least $175 million in five days, Variety tells us that the film collected… $221 million in North America! It thus widely beat the 125 million raised by Frozen 2 in 2019. And so broke the record for the highest box office gross for a film released during Thanksgiving weekend.
Moana 2 he did it too better than any previous Disney film in the three days following its release. It raised $135.5 million in this period, beating once again Frozen 2 and they are 130.2 million. The new Disney feature film was also successful the greatest start in history in five days. He dethroned Super Mario Bros, the moviewhich had earned $205.6 million in that period in 2023.
A historic Thanksgiving weekend for North American theaters
Internationally, Moana 2 he also did very well. In five days, its total worldwide turnover therefore amounts to $386.6 million! The film also recorded impressive numbers in France. He collected 18.8 million dollars in five days in France, according to data from Box office mojo. In a press release shared by Varietythe co-president of Disney Entertainment, Alan Bergman, even admitted that the launch of the feature film had taken place “far surpassed” studio expectations.
More generally, North American cinemas have just been experimenting the biggest Thanksgiving weekend in history. Moana 2, Evil AND Gladiator 2 brought box office revenues of $422 million in five days! The previous record was “only” $315 million. Was founded in 2018, including releases of Ralph 2.0, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald AND I believe 2.
Source: Cine Serie
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