“Moana 2” remains to be making a splash on the home field workplace.
The Disney animated sequel added $11.7 million on Friday, on its technique to $50.8 million for its second weekend of launch. After setting a brand new Thanksgiving field workplace file final week with $225 million over the five-day vacation body, the movie’s home whole is anticipated to succeed in simply south of $300 million by means of Sunday.
“Moana 2” was initially conceived as a Disney+ collection, however the studio’s determination to transform the venture right into a theatrical sequel has confirmed worthwhile, regardless of combined critiques. Dwayne Johnson and Auli’i Cravalho reprise their voice roles because the tattooed demigod Maui and the titular Polynesian heroine, respectively, within the movie.
Other holdovers on the prime of home charts embrace “Wicked,” “Gladiator II” and “Red One.” Universal’s “Wicked” nabbed second place after incomes $9.5 million on Friday. The big-budget adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, is projected to earn $32.7 million in its third weekend of launch and soar previous $318 million domestically.
In third place, Paramount’s “Gladiator II” added $3.6 million on Friday. The historic epic starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington is anticipated to battle its technique to $12.9 million by means of Sunday, down 58% from the earlier week. After three weekends of launch, the movie will surpass $130 million domestically.
“Red One,” a Christmas-set action-comedy starring The Rock as Santa’s head of safety, secured the No. 4 spot in its fourth weekend of launch. The Amazon MGM movie added $1.6 million on Friday and is trying to push previous $85 domestically — a not-so-jolly quantity contemplating the movie value $250 million.
Rounding out the highest 5 is “Pushpa: The Rule – Part 2,” an Indian Telugu-language motion movie starring Allu Arjun because the titular position. Rivals estimate that the movie earned $1.7 million on its opening day from 1,245 theaters and can nab $5.2 million by means of Sunday.
In a distant eighth place, A24’s “Y2K” earned an estimated $910,000 on its opening day from 2,108 places. “SNL” alum Kyle Mooney’s catastrophe comedy-horror movie — starring Rachel Zegler, Jaeden Martell and Julian Dennison — follows a gaggle of excessive schoolers who discover themselves combating for his or her lives when Y2K turns into a actuality. Critics and early audiences panned the film, giving it a 44% “rotten” rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a dismal “C-” on ticketbuyer pollster CinemaScore.
