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‘Moana 2’ scores enormous $389m global box office opening

‘Moana 2’ scores enormous $389m global box office opening

Worldwide field workplace November 29-December 1

Rank Movie (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l)  Cume (int’l) Territories
 1. Moana 2 (Disney)  $300.8m  $386.3m  $165.3m  $165.3m  51
 2. Depraved (Common)  $109m  $359.3m  $29m  $96.9m  62
 3.  Gladiator II (Paramount)  $57.9m  $320m  $27.2m  $208.8m  65
 4.  Pink One (Warner Bros)  $17.9m  $148.7m  $5m  $72.6m  76
 5.  Her Story (numerous)  $17.5m  $38.8m  $17.5m  $38.8m  6
 6.  Venom: The Final Dance (Sony)  $6m  $468.2m  $3.8m  $330.3m  67
 7.  Heretic (numerous)  $3.3m  $38.7m  $2.4m  $11.9m  28
 8.  The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever (numerous)  $3.3m  $32.1m  $10,000  $145,000  3
 9.  Crayon Shin-chan the Film: Our Dinosaur Diary (China)  $3.3m  $33.3m  $3.3m  $33.3m  1
 10.  Good Luck (numerous)  $2.8m  $2.8m  $2.8m  $2.8m  1

Credit score: Comscore. All figures are estimates

Moana’s large begin

UPDATED: Moana 2 opened to an enormous $389m worldwide, together with $303.5m from Friday to Sunday. The household animation sequel scored the second-highest international opening of 2024, behind solely Disney stablemate Deadpool & Wolverine ($444.1m).

In a wonderful end result for the Home of Mouse, the movie took the second-highest worldwide opening of 2024 on reported figures, additionally behind Deadpool & Wolverine, and the second-highest animated opening on comparable launch patterns, behind Disney’s Inside Out 2.

It was quantity one in every of opening markets, excluding China the place it was the primary non-local title. It took practically $100m in Europe alone, with $92.6m.

High worldwide markets for Moana 2 included France – the place it took $18.8m, the best animated opening weekend ever in that territory; the UK & Eire ($15.5m); Mexico ($11.1m); Germany ($10.5m); Italy ($9.3m); South Korea ($9.1m); Australia ($8.3m); Brazil ($7.5m); China ($6.5m); and Spain ($5.5m) – all figures for five-day openings.

It carried out equally properly in smaller markets, as the best animated opening of all time in Poland, Serbia and Nigeria, in addition to UAE, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Lebanon and Turkey.

Including in its $221m five-day North America opening, Moana 2 sped previous each the opening weekends and the cumulative totals of Gladiator II ($87m; $320m) and Depraved ($163m; $359.3m).

The movie nonetheless has Japan, Hong Kong and Thailand to return subsequent weekend; within the battle of the blockbusters, Disney additionally has Mufasa: The Lion King nonetheless to return on December 20.

The sequel sees Moana journey to the far seas of Oceania after receiving an sudden name from her wayfinding ancestors. Auli’I Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Hualalai Chung and Rose Matafeo lead the voice forged. 

Depraved continues to fly

UPDATED: Within the context of a family-friendly rival, Common’s Depraved posted a robust second weekend, falling 34% throughout all territories with $110.4m. The musical adaptation, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, has now reached $360.3m.

It added $29.2m from worldwide territories – down 38% on its earlier worldwide session – for a $97.1m worldwide complete to this point. It’s consistent with Wonka, Incredible Beasts: The Secrets and techniques Of Dumbledore, Mamma Mia 2 and The Little Mermaid, and forward of Les Misérables on the identical stage.

UK-Eire leads the best way, falling a modest 38% with $10.7m – one of the best maintain of the highest titles. It’s as much as $35.9m within the territory – consistent with Frozen 2 and Mamma Mia 2, and past Aladdin, Gladiator II, Wonka, The Jungle E book, Les Misérables and The Little Mermaid on the identical stage. Full particulars will observe within the UK-Eire field workplace report later immediately.

Different robust holds got here in Singapore (-9%), Taiwan (-13%), Israel (-19%), Australia (-26%), New Zealand (-26%), Philippines (-28%), Malaysia (-29%) and Saudi Arabia (-39%).

The movie opens this week in France (December 4) and China (December 6), adopted by Germany on December 12.

Common stablemate The Wild Robotic was squeezed by Moana 2, dropping 67% with $2.1m bringing its complete to $321.8m. Mexico is the largest worldwide market with $21m, with Japan to return on February 7, 2025.

Gladiator II places up struggle

Paramount’s Gladiator II added $71.2m worldwide, down simply 33% on its earlier session and together with $27.2m from worldwide territories. 

UK-Eire and France have been the highest two worldwide markets, with $3.4m every, for a $29.7m UK-Eire complete and $22.5m in France. It’s as much as $320m worldwide. Chile posted one of the best maintain from key markets, dropping 12% with $296,000 bringing it to $1.8m; the Netherlands additionally carried out properly, falling 32% with $861,000 taking it to $4.8m.

Asian titles

The three blockbuster releases dominated the chart, pushing the highest 10 titles to over $500m cumulatively. Elsewhere, Shao Yihui’s Chinese language comedy-drama Her Story added one other $17.5m, increasing to 6 markets, for a $38.8m complete.

Enjoying in China alone, Japanese anime Crayon Shin-chan The Film: Our Dinosaur Story added an additional $3.3m, for a $33.3m complete, having opened in Japan on August 9, Vietnam on August 17 and Hong Kong on September 8.

Indian comedy-drama Good Luck began with $2.8m, sneaking into the worldwide high 10. Directed by Prakhar Shrivastava and Azad Jain, the movie follows a household thrown into chaos when their 75-year-old matriarch is not sure if she is pregnant.

Holding area for Christmas

Whereas the three Christmas blockbusters will proceed to dominate screens, none of them are seasonally-themed. This leaves room for Yuletide titles, akin to Lionsgate’s The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever, which added $3.3m – predominantly from its newest US weekend – for $32.1m worldwide to this point.

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