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‘Moana 2’ soars as box office sets new Thanksgiving record

The Disney sequel topped the U.S. box office over the five-day holiday break.

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Moana, voiced by Auli‘i Cravalho, holds Simea, voiced by Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda, in a scene from “Moana 2.” (Disney/AP)
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“Moana 2” will surely be saying “you’re welcome” to the movie theater industry as the animated Disney sequel helped set an all-time box office record for the Thanksgiving holiday week.

The “Moana” sequel, featuring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Auli‘i Cravalho as voice actors, finished the weekend with $221 million in domestic earnings — topping the U.S. box office for the five-day holiday week, according to the Walt Disney Company. The film also had the highest three-day Thanksgiving opening weekend ever at the box office, surpassing the $94 million earned by “Frozen” upon its release in 2013, the company said.