Disney's new animated film 'Moana 2' sets a Friday box office record with an estimated $108 million take, heading toward a record weekend.

The Disney animated sequel set a new record for biggest Thanksgiving weekend in box office history, extending a comeback for Disney animation.

The big splash continues for Disney’s “Moana 2,” which earned a massive $54.5 million on Black Friday from 4,200 locations, shattering the $34.1 million record that was notched by “Frozen II” in 2019.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Moana 2," a sequel to the 2016 animated film that reunites the wayfinding title character with demigod Maui, sailed to a Thanksgiving weekend record of $221 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales,

Walt Disney's animated musical "Moana 2" debuted with an estimated $368 million in global ticket sales through Sunday and combined with "Wicked" and "Gladiator II" to deliver the biggest Thanksgiving weekend in U.

Moana 2,” “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” — are fueling a record-breaking Thanksgiving bounty. Overall domestic box office receipts amounted to $420 million between Wednesday and Sunday, the biggest Thanksgiving haul in history.

A week of major movie releases has propelled this holiday stretch to the highest-grossing Thanksgiving weekend ever at the box office.