The top 3 movies at this weekends box office grossed an estimated $251 Million, the highest ever for a Thanksgiving weekend with
Moana 2 heading up as it debuts at number 1.
The Disney sequel movie also has the biggest ever Thanksgiving weekend debut as it takes just shy of $140 Million over the 3 days weekend and $225 Million over the long 5 day weekend.
Wicked falls to number 2 after a weekend at the top but its not slowing down as the movie takes $81 Million over the 3 days weekend and $118 Million over the long Thanksgiving weekend.
Gladiator II completes the top 3 with a long weekend of $44 Million and a 3 day take of $31 Million.
The 3 top movies appeal to all audiences from families to teens to adults giving the American box office a massive boost.
US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 1st December 2024
Moana 2
Highest New Movie This Weekend
- The movie is the Highest Debut on this weekends US box office chart.
- It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
- It grosses $139,787,385 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $139,787,385 after 1 weekends of release
- The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Moana which took $82,080,274 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.
Wicked~2024
- The movie goes down the chart to Number 2 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $81,173,815 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $263,195,665 after 2 weekends of release
- The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2024
Gladiator II
- The movie goes down the chart to Number 3 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $31,030,194 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $111,495,439 after 2 weekends of release
- The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2024
- The movie is a sequel to Gladiator which took $5,897,136 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.
Red One
- The movie goes down the chart to Number 4 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $12,734,705 over the weekend, a 4% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $75,890,659 after 3 weekends of release
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
- The movie goes up the chart to Number 5 on this weekends US box office
- It grosses $3,220,456 over the weekend, a 6% drop from last weekend
- It has a total gross of $31,964,548 after 4 weekends of release
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