'Moana 2' rides box office wave again, 'Wicked' flies behind

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Moana 2 is riding a wave of box office success that just won't quit.

The Disney animated sequel brought in $8.5 million at this box office this past weekend; nearly 50% down from last weekend but still good enough for first place. It's domestic haul to date is over $337 million, according to Box Office Mojo.

Coming in second place for the second week in a row was Wicked: Part 1, with just under $7.3 million, followed by one of this week's new releases: Marvel's Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ariana DeBose. It brought in just under $2.5 million.

Another new release, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim -- an anime film set more than 180 years before Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy -- came in sixth place with 1.1 million.

Here are the top 10 films at the box office:

1. Moana 2 – $8.5 million
2. Wicked: Part 1 – $7.25 million
3. Kraven the Hunter – $ 2.45 million
4. Gladiator II – $2.29 million
5. Red One – $1.3 million
6. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim – $1.1 million
7. Interstellar (Re-release) – $995,000
8. Pushpa: The Rule - Part 2 – $446,000
9. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever – $405,000
10. Queer - $241,000

Monday, December 16, 2024 at 6:00AM by Andrea Dresdale Permalink