With a five-day domestic debut of $221 million, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Moana 2 is breaking box office records, including the biggest five-day opening of all time, the biggest Thanksgiving debut and weekend, the biggest Thanksgiving day, and the biggest Black Friday ever.

The film, which reunites Moana and Maui three years later for a new voyage, opened internationally with $165M, bringing its global total to $386M, the second biggest global debut of 2024.

“Moana 2 has exceeded our expectations and is a testament to the success of the Moana franchise,” said Disney Entertainment Co-Chairman Alan Bergman. “We have a talented team at Disney Animation who brought this new adventure to life, along with our stars Auli’i and Dwayne. This is a moment to celebrate, and we thank all the fans for making this a record-breaking debut.”

Domestic records:

Biggest five-day opening of all-time
Biggest Thanksgiving weekend of all time
Biggest Thanksgiving debut
Thanksgiving Day of $28M
Highest ever Black Friday
Biggest Walt Disney Animation Studios debut of all time
Disney now has the top seven Thanksgiving debuts of all time and nine of the top 10

Disney’s third film this year to surpass $150M domestically in its opening weekend, alongside Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine ($211M) and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 ($155M), marking the three biggest openings of 2024.

Moana 2 is also performing well internationally:

Highest animated opening weekend in France
Second highest animated weekend in Italy and Brazil
Highest WDAS opening weekend in Latin America and in nearly 30 individual markets worldwide

The CG-animated musical adventure is now open in all markets except Japan, Thailand and Hong Kong, with releases planned for the coming week.

Person: Auli‘i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Bergman
Company Names: Walt Disney Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Pixar
Titles: Moana 2, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Frozen 2, Deadpool & Wolverine, Inside Out 2

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