‘Moana 2’ “Could Eclipse” ‘Inside Out 2’ At The Box Office: What AMC Boss Adam Aron Heard

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Despite the sluggishness of the fall box office with the bombing of Joker: Folie a Deux and the flat-footed star of Venom: The Last Dance, the holiday frames are coming up roses, specifically Disney’s Moana 2 could help fuel the year along with Wicked and Mufasa: The Lion King to a near $9 billion.

This is all per AMC CEO Adam Aron on this afternoon’s Q3 earnings call. “Some people in the know are telling me that Moana 2 could eclipse and outshine even the success of Inside Out 2,” beamed Aron.

By the way, Inside Out 2 is the highest grossing movie YTD stateside with $652.9M. The Pixar sequel opened to $154.2M, the second highest opening of the year behind Disney’s own Deadpool & Wolverine from Marvel Studios ($211.4M).

Recent six-week in advance projections from tracking service Quorum put Moana 2 at $100 million-plus during the Thanksgiving Wednesday-Sunday five-day frame and $75M-$82M over Friday-Sunday.