The box office surge that lifted Thanksgiving weekend to a $426 million 5-day record is carrying over to the historically slow start of December, as Disney’s “Moana 2” has earned a post-Thanksgiving record $52 million in its 2nd weekend.
Even if that’s a 63% drop from the sequel’s $139.7 million 3-day opening last weekend, it blows past the previous post-Thanksgiving high of $35.2 million set by “Frozen II” in 2019. Unlike in the summer, Thanksgiving family films don’t have the advantage of kids being out of school the next weekend, which makes this result for the family-driven “Moana 2” a strong one.