Box Office: ‘Moana 2’ Scores $52 Million in Second Weekend, A24’s ‘Y2K’ Craters With $2 Million Debut

variety.com:

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Disney’s animated adventure “Moana 2” remained the de facto choice at the movies, collecting a leading $52 million from 4,200 North American theaters in its second weekend of release.

Ticket sales for the family friendly sequel declined by 63% from its record-breaking Thanksgiving debut of $139 million over the traditional frame and $225 million during the five-day holiday stretch.

According to Disney, “Moana 2” secured the biggest post-Thanksgiving weekend, overtaking the benchmark set by “Frozen II” with $35.2 million.

However, the second “Frozen” opened prior to Thanksgiving and had been in theaters for three weekends at that point. “Moana 2” has been a huge boon for movie theaters owners considering the Polynesian-set sequel was originally commissioned as a TV series.