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Box Office: 'Moana 2' Serves Up Record $28M Thanksgiving Feast, Heads for $175M-Plus Launch

Moanapocalypse hits the box office, where the animated sequel is serving up the top-grossing holiday dish of all time and 'Wicked' heads for a massive $105 million 5-day haul.

The first Moana — original songs were provided by Lin-Manuel Miranda — was a solid but not spectacular performer at the box office in 2016 before transforming into a cultural sensation, including being the most streamed film across all platforms in 2023. Directed by David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller, the sequel reunites voice stars Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson. The movie’s audience score (now known as the “popcornmeter”) on Rotten Tomatoes is already at 88 percent, while it earned an A- CinemaScore (compared to an A for Moana) and is garnering strong exits on PostTrak.

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