Disney’s Moana 2 might set sail with $100M+ on the field workplace throughout the sequel’s 5-day Thanksgiving weekend debut.
We’re nonetheless a number of weeks out from Moana 2‘s Thanksgiving debut, but long-lead tracking puts the film at saying “You’re welcome” to a $100M+ 5-day launch. The projected whole for the animated sequel’s Wednesday via Sunday vacation premiere arrives courtesy of Quorum. In distinction, 2016’s Moana set sail with an $82M premiere over 5 days. By the tip of its run, the spirited island musical banked $248.7M in home coconuts, with a $643.3M+ worldwide take. Estimates for Moana 2’s Friday via Sunday earnings vary from $75M-$82M.
Opening solely in theaters on November 27, 2024, Moana 2 reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an surprising name from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana should journey to the far seas of Oceania and into harmful, long-lost waters for an journey not like something she’s ever confronted. Directed by David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, and Dana Ledoux Miller and produced by Christina Chen and Yvett Merino, Moana 2 options music by Grammy winners Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, Grammy nominee Opetaia Foaʻi and three-time Grammy winner Mark Mancina.
In accordance with the numbers, Moana 2 is monitoring higher than Common’s Depraved Half One ($67M-$74M) and Paramount’s Gladiator II ($42M-$47M). Regardless of Depraved’s mass attraction and built-in viewers, the sympathetic tackle The Wizard of Oz‘s Elphaba is only Part One of a two-part presentation. Some moviegoers don’t prefer it when films are cut up into a number of elements, realizing they’ll want to attend to finish the story. Nonetheless, Depraved will draw audiences throughout the vacation; the identical could possibly be stated for Gladiator II.
Relating to Moana 2, the anticipated sequel will appeal to feminine audiences underneath 25, with the “Frozen crowd” alongside for the journey. Males aren’t as eager to hitch Moana and Maui for an additional sea-faring journey, however the movie isn’t aiming to reel them in. Moana 2‘s bread and butter lies with children and oldsters seeking to take a break from vacation insanity to take pleasure in a song-and-dance spectacle with lovable characters and constructive messaging.
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