Disney did it once more.
The animated musical journey “Moana 2” took first place on the field workplace on Friday, its first day in theaters, with $54.5 million in income, in accordance with The Numbers.
The Submit referred to as the sequel to the 2016 flick, the place Dwayne Johnson reprises his character Maui, “wishy washy,” however mentioned the “likable musical is nicely animated, has nice characters and a few nice songs.”
This vacation weekend, the film might rake in as a lot as $220 million, making it the biggest five-day debut in historical past, in accordance with The Hollywood Reporter. It additionally turned one of the best incomes film on Black Friday in historical past, as per Deadline.
“Wicked,” which was within the No. 1 spot final weekend, its opener, fell down a notch to second, with gross sales of $32 million.
By Sunday, the film, which has change into the very best grossing Broadway-musical primarily based movie ever on the home field workplace, is slated to earn a staggering $263 million.
The musical fantasy additionally turned the third greatest earner for a film on Black Friday after the second place earner, 2019’s “Frozen 2.”
In third place was “Gladiator II,” additionally in its second week in theaters, with gross sales of $12.4 million. It’s anticipated to absorb $45 million on this five-day weekend.
The mixed gross sales of the highest three movies this Friday — “Moana 2,” “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” — made yesterday the largest Black Friday earner in field workplace historical past, Yahoo reported.
The Christmas motion comedy “Red One,” additionally starring Dwayne Johnson, fell down a notch to fourth, with a $4.84 million greenback take.
In fifth was “Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.,” with simply over $918,000 in gross sales.
