Disney’s ‘Moana 2’ Sets $225.4 Million Thanksgiving Record

(Bloomberg) — Walt Disney Co.’s new Moana 2 brought in ticket sales of $225.4 million in the US and Canada over the long Thanksgiving weekend, researcher Comscore Inc. said Monday, shattering the record held by the company’s Frozen 2 since 2019.

The performance of Moana 2, an animated sequel to the 2016 original about a Pacific island girl fighting to save her people from a terrible curse, led a record weekend of holiday sales for theaters, helped also by the recent releases Wicked and Gladiator II.