The Walt Disney Co.’s animated movie “Moana 2” remained on the prime of the field workplace in its second weekend in theaters because it introduced in another record haul.
The movie added $52 million, in accordance with studio estimates Sunday. That brings its home complete to $300 million, surpassing the unique, and its international tally to a staggering $600 million.
The quantity set a report gross for a film on the weekend following Thanksgiving weekend, unseating “Frozen II,” which earned $35.2 million in the identical timeframe in 2019. The numbers should not adjusted for inflation. Initially conceived as a Disney+ sequence, “Moana 2” has already damaged into the highest 5 highest grossing releases of the 12 months. Its efficiency means Disney has three movies on this 12 months’s prime 5, together with “Inside Out 2” and “Deadpool & Wolverine.” The studio additionally has one other huge film on the way in which earlier than the 12 months ends: Barry Jenkins’ “Mufasa,” out Dec. 20.
The weekend additionally showcased a number of new releases, together with A24’s horror comedy “Y2K” and the Jude Legislation crime thriller “The Order.” However nothing was ever going to current important competitors to the attractive Thanksgiving leftovers, “Moana 2,” “Wicked” and “Gladiator II.”
Second place on the field workplace was occupied by “Depraved,” which added $34.9 million, bringing its home complete to $320.5 million in three weeks. Globally, the musical adaptation launched by Common is at $455.6 million. “Gladiator II” adopted in third place with $12.5 million, whereas “Crimson One” got here in fourth with $7 million.
The newcomers struggled to make an impression. Even the tenth anniversary rerelease of Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar,” which performed in solely 165 theaters, did higher than “Y2K” ($2.1 million) and “The Order” ($888,000) mixed. Paramount reported that the science fiction epic starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway introduced in an estimated $4.4 million. IMAX additionally famous that every one the 70mm IMAX presentations of “Interstellar” have been bought out by means of the weekend.
“I used to be thrilled so many moviegoers took benefit of the unique IMAX expertise of ‘Interstellar’ this weekend,” Nolan mentioned in a press release.
Subsequent weekend theaters are in for an additional inflow of larger films, with each Sony’s comedian ebook movie “Kraven the Hunter” and the animated “The Lord of the Rings: The Battle of the Rohirrim” opening in vast launch. Awards contenders “Nickel Boys” and “September 5” may also open in a restricted variety of theaters.
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