Box Office Round-Up ~ 12/4/24

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It was the audience saying “you’re welcome” to Maui this past weekend, as Moana 2 shattered the five-day Thanksgiving weekend record with a $225 million opening, including $139.7 million from Friday-Sunday. Thanks to this, Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine, Disney on a pace for three of the top five highest grossing films of 2024.

Wicked continued its strong run in its second weekend, grossing $81.1 million Friday-Sunday to clear $260 million overall domestically. Similarly, Gladiator II held firm in third place with $31 million to easily pass the $100 million mark.

A pair of Christmas-themed features rounded out the top five, with Red One taking fourth place with $12.7 million. It has yet to reach $100 million overall in the U.S., which may prove to be a tough ask considering the new competition. In fifth place, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever returned to the top five in its fourth weekend, grossing $3.2 million to pass $30 million total. Expect a similar lineup next week, in the top three at least, with no major new releases on the horizon until 12/20, when Disney goes for its fourth box office success of the year with Mufasa: The Lion King.

1.  Moana 2 ($139.7 MM)
Director: David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller (UTA)
Writers: Jared Bush, Dana Ledoux Miller (UTA), Bek Smith (Verve), Bryson Chun (Verve)
Cast: Auli'i Cravalho (Gersh)
        Dwayne Johnson (WME)
      Hualalai Chung

2.  Wicked ($81.1 MM)
Director: Jon M. Chu (UTA)
Writers: Winnie Holzman (CAA), Dana Fox (UTA)
Cast: Cynthia Erivo (UTA)
        Ariana Grande (CAA)
      Jeff Goldblum (CAA)

3.  Gladiator II ($31 MM)
Director: Ridley Scott (WME)
Writers: David Scarpa (Verve), Peter Craig (CAA)
Cast: Paul Mescal (CAA)
        Denzel Washington (WME)
      Pedro Pascal (CAA)

4.  Red One ($12.7 MM)
Director: Jake Kasdan (WME)
Writers: Chris Morgan (CAA), Hiram Garcia
Cast: Dwayne Johnson (WME)
        Chris Evans (CAA)
      Lucy Liu (WME)

5.  The Best Christmas Pageant Ever ($3.2 MM)
Director: Dallas Jenkins (UTA)
Writers: Platte F. Clark (East West Literary), Darin McDaniel, Ryan Swanson (UTA)
Cast: Judy Greer (CAA)
        Lauren Graham (CAA)
      Pete Holmes (WME)

Source: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers