Moana 2 Box Office Opens Big For Thanksgiving

Moana 2 opened last night with its Tuesday previews and opened big for the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

With kids off from school, Moana 2’s preview numbers are actually bigger than Inside Out 2, the highest-grossing movie of 2024, so far.

Moana 2 brought in $13.8 million in previews on Tuesday, which is higher than Inside Out 2‘s $13M that went to open to $154M an finished with a worldwide box office of nearly $1.7 billion.

Moana 2’s pre-sale tickets have also said to be through the roof with it already claimed the flick could hit a billion dollars.

Update: It’s looking like a $54M first day and at least $170M over the long holiday weekend which would blow by Frozen 2‘s $125M.

Some other stats for Moana 2’s Tuesday preview box office:

1. Best Preview Figure for a Walt Disney Animation Title:
   • Surpassed Ralph Breaks the Internet ($3.8M) for previews on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.
2. Second-Highest Preview Figure for an Animated Movie:
   • Trailing only Incredibles 2 ($18.5M – $183M 3-day opening).
3. Preview Comparisons with Other Animated Movies:
   • Beat Inside Out 2:
     • $13M previews ($154M 3-day opening)
   • Beat Toy Story 4:
     • $12M previews ($121M 3-day opening)
   • Beat Frozen 2:
     • $8.5M previews ($130M 3-day opening)

Moana 2 Rotten Tomatoes Score

With 106 reviews from the critics, the Moana 2 Rotten Tomatoes Score is presently at 67% with a fan score of 89%. The first Moana released in 2016 has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 95% and the same fan score of 89%.

Moana 2 stars Auli’i Cravalho as Moana, Dwayne Johnson as Maui, Hualalai Chung as Moni (credited as Hualālai Chung), Rose Matafeo as Loto, David Fane as Kele, Awhimai Fraser as Matangi, Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda as Simea, Temuera Morrison as Chief Tui, Nicole Scherzinger as Sina, Rachel House as Gramma Tala, Gerald Faitala Ramsey as Tautai Vasa, Alan Tudyk as Heihei, Jemaine Clement as Tamatoa, Tofiga Fepulea’i as Nalo.

In addition to Moana 2, out includes Wicked, Gladiator, and Dwayne Johnson also stars in the Christmas movie, Red One.

We all got super emo 🥹🥹 as we started walking up to our #MOANA2 world premiere, our aiga Tiana Nonosina and her group were playing one of my mom's favorite Samoan songs, and like any proud Samoan, she immediately started dancing. She gestures with her hand for me to come and… pic.twitter.com/bmVO4HhUfO

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) November 24, 2024