'Moana 2' leads in highest-grossing Thanksgiving weekend ever at box office

A week of major movie releases has propelled this holiday stretch to the highest-grossing Thanksgiving weekend ever at the box office.

A week of major movie releases has propelled this holiday stretch to the highest-grossing Thanksgiving weekend ever at the box office.

First, viewers packed theaters to sing with the witches of Oz and watch a vengeful gladiator face the horrors of the ancient Roman Colosseum. Then, they returned to the big screen to follow Moana’s treacherous seafaring journey.

The trio contributes to an estimated Thanksgiving weekend total of a whopping $420 million, according to box office data from Comscore — surpassing the previous record of $315.6 million set in 2018, led by the releases of “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” “Creed II” and “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.”

“Not only did we surpass the previous records for Thanksgiving," said Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst at the company. "This sets a completely new standard for what is possible over the Thanksgiving holiday for movie theaters."

He added that “Moana II” in particular blew past box office experts’ predictions by nearly $100 million.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/moana-2-thanksgiving-box-office-record-rcna182346

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