Disney’s Moana 2 came in at $13.8M in previews Tuesday night, which is the best preview figure ever for a Walt Disney Animation title, the best ever for the studio on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving (ahead of Ralph Breaks the Internet‘s $3.8M) and the second-highest preview figure for an animated movie behind Incredibles 2 ($18.5M).
Moana 2‘ also beat the preview figures of Inside Out 2 ($13M, $154M 3-day), Toy Story 4 ($12M previews, $121M 3-day) and Frozen 2 ($8.5M previews, 3-day $130M). Incredibles 2 posted $183M 3-day opening. What AMC boss Adam Aron heard just might be right: Moana 2 is poised to outgross Inside Out 2.
Universal’s Wicked landed at $16.6M, the second-best November Tuesday ever behind Frozen 2, as we told you last night, while Paramount’s Gladiator II notched $6.6M. Wicked is up 5% over its record November Monday of $15.8M with a running total of $144.9M. Gladiator II is +27% over Monday with a running cume of $67.2M.
Meanwhile, Universal’s Wicked, despite its 2 hour 40 minute runtime to Moana 2‘s 100 minute weigh-in, continues to sweep up, heading for a $16M-$17M Tuesday, up 8% over its record November $15.8M Monday. As far as Tuesdays in November go, the Jon M. Chu directed title looks to be the second best currently behind Disney’s Frozen 2 which did $20.7M on Nov. 26, 2019.
On the high-end, the running total of the Ariana Grande-Cynthia Erivo starring title will stand at $145.2M. Certainly, before the end of the weekend, these witches are going to bury The Greatest Showman‘s domestic total of $174.3M. Heck, by tomorrow, they’ll be the highest grossing Universal feature adaptation of a Broadway musical at the domestic B.O. overtaking Les Miserables‘ $149.2M. Already, Wicked has surpassed the stateside final totals of Into the Woods ($128M) and both Mamma Mias! ($144.3M and $120.6M domestc). Broadway musicals aren’t dead.