discussion Box Office Discussion | Moana 2, Wicked and Gladiator II - who's winning?

[JBJT2786]

https://deadline.com/2024/12/box-office-moana-2-wicked-thanksgiving-1236189131/

 

Moana 2 broke the record for best Thanksgiving opening. Wicked made the 3rd best.

 

1. Moana 2 (Dis) 4200 theaters, Wed $57.5M Thu $28M Fri $54.5M Sat $50.5M Sun $30.5M 3-day $135.5M 5-day $221M/Wk 1

2.Wicked (Uni) 3,888 theaters, Wed $20.4M Thu $17M Fri $32M Sat $29.4M Sun $18.6M 3-day $80M (-29%), 5-day $117.5M/Total $262.4M/Wk 2

3.Gladiator 2 (Par) 3,580 theaters, Wed $6.6M Thu $6.7M Fri $12.4M Sat $11.7M Sun $6.6M 3-day $30.7M (-44%), 5-day $44M, Total $111.2M/Wk 2

4. Red One (AMZ MGM) 3432 (-600) theaters, Wed $2.8M Thu $3M Fri $4.8M Sat $4.8M Sun $3.1M 3-day $12.896M (-2%), 5-day $18.7M, Total $76M/Wk 3
Global running total on the Johnson-Chris Evans Christmas action movie is now $148.7M.

[CozySkin]

Insane 

[JO1s]

Wicked only having a sub 30% drop and almost being at 300 mil domestically is insane.

[OnlyManInTheWorld]

Moana 2 was horribly boring tbh. What a disappointment. 

[byzantium]

I'm so happy for wicked.  It deserve's Moana 2's success.  

[Gorjesspazze9]

Disney came back hard this year  

3 back to back all time record smashing movies. Deadpool & Wolverine biggest R rated Movie ever, Inside out 2 biggest animation ever, and now Moana about to be another billion Smash….

[Katamari]

Fadliator found dead

[Da Vinci]

Moaned did that!

[Maneater]

Seen a lot of good reactions to wicked, not so much for Moana 2

[fememeist]

Need Moana 2 to pull a JFAD quickly! 

[JBJT2786]

5 minutes ago, fememeist said:

Need Moana 2 to pull a JFAD quickly! 

It already made more domestically than JFAD did globally total in one weekend....Doubtful.

[fememeist]

1 minute ago, JBJT2786 said:

It already made more domestically than JFAD did globally total in one weekend....Doubtful.

I hope the critics reviews for this movie will be as damaging as JFAD's 

[NewStanner]

45 minutes ago, JO1s said:

Wicked only having a sub 30% drop and almost being at 300 mil domestically is insane.

But I was told by some ATRLers that it's not performing as well as it should

 

Told y'all it's gonna have insane longevity People are LOVING this movie and it's having a great word of mouth (unlike Mopanned 2, but that's not gonna stop families from taking their kids to it tho )

[ALittleGauche]

Female domination 

[jjmed59]

PIE IN THE FACE FOR EVERYONE WHO DOUBTED SMASHCKED 

[Reverse Warholian]

Moana crushing as expected

 

Those who clocked Wicked's opening weekend as an underperformance (aka they moved the goalposts) must be feeling pretty foolish now. $400M domestic is guaranteed at this point, and it wouldn't be surprising if it ends up in the $500M range. 

 

Gladiator 2 also doing cute. 

[V$.]

[HASHTAGPOW]

Talent 

[fridayteenage]

Hopefully Moana 2 will be the first movie to hit $900 mil that's built around a WOC (and then a billion).

[Assassin]

8 hours ago, Maneater said:

Seen a lot of good reactions to wicked, not so much for Moana 2

Moana 2 was trending all weekend for me

[Assassin]

7 hours ago, fememeist said:

I hope the critics reviews for this movie will be as damaging as JFAD's 

It's a sequel to a popular kids movie. They are review proof. 

[ImpressMeMuch]

Those Moana numbers are so embarrassing 

 

I hope everyone seeing it looks forward to a future of AI slop because they clearly have no standards (or are being duped) 

 

go wicked!

[Migs30283]

Moana 2 sucks. It was a letdown.

[fridayteenage]

moana 2 will be the first movie centered around a WOC to make $900 mil (then a billion).

 

I see people melting down over its success already.

[OnlyManInTheWorld]

1 hour ago, fridayteenage said:

moana 2 will be the first movie centered around a WOC to make $900 mil (then a billion).

 

I see people melting down over its success already.

The movie simply sucks that's all. They should've stuck to the original plan of making it a Disney+ series. It kinda feels like a rushed mix of random scenes from different episodes.