debuted with an estimated US$368 million in global ticket sales through Dec 1, and combined with Wicked and Gladiator II to deliver the biggest Thanksgiving weekend in American and Canadian box-office history.
For all movies in cinemas over the weekend, the North American total hit US$420 million, smashing the 2018 Thanksgiving record of US$315.6 million led by Ralph Breaks The Internet and Creed II. The figures also showed Hollywood had rebounded from disruptions caused by strikes by writers and actors in 2023. Chains such as AMC Entertainment and Cineworld were left with a thin schedule for moviegoers in the first half of 2024.
Before the weekend, year-to-date domestic ticket sales had hovered nearly 11 per cent behind the same point in 2023, according to data from Comscore. The Thanksgiving tally narrowed the deficit to 6.4 per cent.