“Moana 2”, “Wicked”, “Gladiator 2” send Black Friday to Record Box Office Day

Black Friday is typically one of the highest grossing days on the calendar, but this year it hit a record of around $100,000 $107 million+ for all films, led by Disney’s Moana 2.

Friday also has a chance of becoming and surpassing the busiest day of 2024 so far $118.3 million on Friday, July 26, when Deadpool and Wolverine resulted in a record opening day and R-rated weekend ($96.1 million, $211.4 million).

There is such madness Moana 2, Universals Evil and Paramounts Gladiator II Tickets where AMC had a 13 minute wait at one point this morning. For exhibitor #1, this is a rich people problem. The circuit had the situation under control, I was told.

According to Comscore, Friday will significantly surpass Lionsgate’s previous Black Friday record of $85 million set in 2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was the No. 1 song during the Thanksgiving period Wednesday through Sunday.

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Moana 2 It is expected to gross at least $55 million, which would tie the aforementioned Black Friday record for the highest-grossing film Frozen IIin 2019 it was $34.1 million. Evil is on track to earn $27 million on Friday, while Paramount Gladiator II is seeking $12.6 million. Moana 2 it’s already blowing away Frozen II $125 million 5-day record over Thanksgiving and could gross over $200 million. Evil is targeting the fourth-best acquisition of the holiday period at $105.6 million Gladiator II expects $45 million.

As we first told you, Dwayne Johnson has achieved a rare feat at the box office for a Hollywood leading man: With Moana 2 And Red, He is the first to have two No. 1 openings in the same month.