Numbers are fun as many a math teacher once said, and in a rivalry between Disney’s Moana 2 and Universal’s Wicked, the latter is having the upper hand at the U.S./Canada box office, not just yesterday, but today as well.
Wicked made $5M on Wednesday, and is looking at $4.5M today, -10%. That’s ahead of Disney’s Moana 2 which did $4.4M yesterday, and is eyeing another $4.2M today, -4%.
Neither Universal or Disney are trying to crow over the other. The industry is having a heyday in the sheer fact that this week’s box office is leaps and bounds ahead of last year’s total post-Thanksgiving ($143.7M per Box Office Mojo).
Worldwide results are a different story as we hear Moana 2 is leading over Wicked daily. Yesterday the Disney Animation title made $16.1M taking its running worldwide cume to $439.7M.
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