Here’s a box office benchmark you don’t see often, if at all: A major Hollywood star has two No. 1 theatrical release openings in the same calendar month, that accomplishment going to Dwayne Johnson.
For the month of November, Johnson saw a No. 1 opening in the Amazon MGM Studios Red One on Nov. 15 with $32.1M and the star is helping deliver the best Thanksgiving opening of all-time with Disney’s Moana 2 which has the potential to hit $200M over 5-days.
In fact, over the Wednesday-Sunday holiday stretch, moviegoers are getting their double dose of Johnson spending around $218M for both Moana 2 and Red One.
From what we’ve culled, along with our chat with distribution sources, no other star has ever pulled this box office record off.
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