This 12 months’s Thanksgiving field workplace is shaping as much as be a near-repeat of final 12 months’s vacation surge dominated by Moana 2 and Depraved. Whereas Zootopia 2 isn’t anticipated to soar fairly as excessive as Moana 2 did, it’s nonetheless headed for a large $140 million five-day gross (as per Deadline). Over the usual three-day weekend, projections sit at $88–90 million, comfortably forward of the unique movie’s $75 million debut. Nonetheless, that’s nonetheless considerably beneath Moana 2’s gigantic $225 million opening final 12 months.
One contributing issue is the general softness of the 2025 field workplace. Even Depraved: For Good is trailing the primary installment, at present pacing for a $91 million five-day weekend, in comparison with the unique’s $118 million.
Even so, exhibitors have cause to have fun. The trade has been determined for hits since September’s one-two punch of The Conjuring: Final Rites and Demon Slayer: Infinity Citadel. Sadly, most new releases aren’t getting the standard Thanksgiving bump. Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is headed for a modest $8.5 million three-day weekend, whereas Predator: Badlands ought to land round $5.4 million.
The intense spot is A24’s wonderful rom-com Eternity, which is over-performing with a possible fifth-place end at $5.4 million regardless of taking part in on solely about 1,300 screens. If audiences present up—and they need to—they’ll uncover an actual gem (try our overview and interviews).
Focus Options’ awards contender Hamnet can be thriving in restricted launch, headed for roughly $1.4 million over the five-day vacation with a powerful $11K+ per-screen common.
Listed here are our Thanksgiving weekend box-office predictions:
- Zootopia 2: $140 million
- Depraved: For Good: $90 million
- Now You See Me: Now You Don’t: $8.5 million
- Predator: Badlands: $5.5 million
- Eternity: $5.4 million
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