“Moana 2.”
Moana 2—starring the voices of Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson—is still besting Wicked in its second weekend at the domestic box office.
Disney’s animated blockbuster—which opened with a record-setting five-day Thanksgiving weekend of $225 million a week ago—will easily hold to its No. 1 spot in weekend two.
Deadline projects the sequel to the 2016 Best Animated Feature Oscar nominee will earn $50.8 million in its second weekend in 4,200 theaters. If the estimate holds, it will boost the film’s running domestic tally to $298.8 million.
The trade publication also estimates Wicked will make $32.7 million in 3,885 theaters to bring its running domestic tally to $318.3 million; while Gladiator II is projected to earn $12.9 million in 3,440 venues to boost its North American box office total to $133.1 million.
In addition, Deadline projects the Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans Christmas action-adventure Red One will make $7 million in 3,150 theaters to up its North American box office tally to $85.7 million.
Deadline projects that Prath’s Pushpa 2: The Rule—a release from India directed by Sukumar—will take the No. 5 spot at the domestic box office this weekend with $5.2 million in ticket sales Should the tally hold, it will boost Pushpa 2: The Rule’s five-day total to $10 million.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in “Wicked.”
As ‘Moana 2’ Continues To Dominate, New Films Fail To Crack Domestic Box Office Top 5
With its estimated $50.8 million second weekend at the box office, Moana 2 is making more than all of Friday’s new releases combined.
Per Deadline, Solo Leveling-Reawakening is projected to earn $2.1 million domestically in 846 theaters for a No. 7 finish, while the Fathom Events release For King + Country’s A Drummer Boy Christmas Live is expected to earn $2.1 million from 1,454 venues.
The trade publication projects that A24’s horror comedy Y2K will make $2 million in 2,108 North American theaters in its debut weekend.
In limited release, Deadline projects the Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult true-crime drama The Order will make $1 million from 603 North American venues.
The weekend is seeing one major re-release, as writer-director Christopher Nolan’s 2014 sci-fi epic Interstellar is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a one-week run on 165 IMAX screens. Per Deadline, Interstellar is projected to make $4.1 million during its Friday to Sunday frame.
Note: This box office report will be updated throughout the weekend with domestic and international numbers as they become available. The final numbers for this weekend’s box office will be released on Monday.
