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“Moana 2″, the continuation of Disney’s hit that premiered in 2016, arrived in the United States with a voluptuous audience, surpassing ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator 2’, box office leaders last week.
On the first day of screening, the children’s film reached R$57 million in cinema sales, which exceeds the first weekend of its predecessor, which grossed R$56 million at the time of release.
There is a favorable factor for the new North American premiere: the Thanksgiving holiday, which makes it easier for families to go to the cinema.
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The success achieved in the USA is repeated in Brazil, where the children’s feature, upon release, also surpassed the box office of ‘Still I’m Here’, a national film that fell in favor with the public and has already taken more than 2 million people to the cinema – until So it was the most watched film.
There is one factor that weighs in favor of animation: the availability in more than 1,700 cinemas throughout Brazil, a number much higher than that of Brazilian production. The film arrived in Brazilian theaters on Thursday (28).
There is a peremptory expectation with the new Disney production. The creator estimates box office revenue of US$175 million in the first five days of exhibition. Other studios project up to R$200 million in the same period.
It is certain that the film’s success will lead it to the highest box office in history at Thanksgiving, surpassing ‘Frozen 2’ (2019), which grossed US$125 million in its first few days in theaters.
