Broadway had its highest grossing and best attended Thanksgiving week in history. Overall industry gross was up 23 percent from the prior week, to reach $46 million, with attendance up 1.53 percent to reach 312,

Disney’s “Moana 2” cemented a new Thanksgiving box office record with $225 million over the five-day holiday frame, obliterating the previous high-water marks set by 2019’s “Frozen II” ($125 million) and 2013’s “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” ($109 million).

Instead of lounging on the couch after Thanksgiving, Americans headed to movie theaters, as the premiere of Disney’s “Moana 2” and the draw of “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” provided a big boost to the domestic box office.

“MOANA 2 is setting a five-day opening and Thanksgiving record of $221M,” Deadline said, “WICKED became the highest grossing movie based on a Broadway musical ($263M) and will have the third best five-day take ($117.5M) over Thanksgiving while Paramount’s adult moviegoer destination GLADIATOR II is seeing $44M.”

Moana 2 has beaten both Wicked and Gladiator II at the box office over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend. Per Deadline, Moana 2 made $135.5 million during its opening weekend; although, the movie technically opened on Wednesday and therefore made $221 million during its five-day opening Thanksgiving weekend.

The three movies brought in a combined $420 million to the box office during Thanksgiving weekend — surpassing the previous record of $315.6 million from 2018, when “Creed II,” “Ralph Breaks the Internet” and “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” were all in theaters.

Gladiator II’ added to the $420 million haul, with close to record attendance for Thanksgiving. ‘Queer’ is tops among new platform openers.

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Business Insider's Mia De Graaf breaks down what happens inside your body when you're lonely. A record 30 million people saw the top movies in theaters over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, raking in nearly $500 million at the box office.

An unprecedented estimated $420m (£330m) was taken at the US domestic box office over the holiday stretch, trampling over figures from the previous year on record, according to Comscore. A staggering 30 million people saw the top three charting films at the cinema from Wednesday (27 November) to Sunday (1 December) in what marked a significant bounce back for the box office following 2023’s SAG-AFTRA strikes and the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020.