The top 3 movies at this weekends box office grossed an estimated $251 Million, the highest ever for a Thanksgiving weekend with Moana 2 heading up as it debuts at number 1.

The Disney sequel movie also has the biggest ever Thanksgiving weekend debut as it takes just shy of $140 Million over the 3 days weekend and $225 Million over the long 5 day weekend.

Wicked~2024 falls to number 2 after a weekend at the top but its not slowing down as the movie takes $81 Million over the 3 days weekend and $118 Million over the long Thanksgiving weekend.

Gladiator II completes the top 3 with a long weekend of $44 Million and a 3 day take of $31 Million.

The 3 top movies appeal to all audiences from families to teens to adults giving the American box office a massive boost.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 1st December 2024

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $139,787,385 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $139,787,385 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Moana which took $82,080,274 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $81,173,815 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $263,195,665 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $31,030,194 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $111,495,439 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Gladiator which took $5,897,136 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $12,734,705 over the weekend, a 4% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $75,890,659 after 3 weekends of release

• The movie goes up the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,220,456 over the weekend, a 6% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $31,964,548 after 4 weekends of release

The USA had a long weekend and with no new released The Hitmans Bodyguard remained at the top of the chart with a little over $10 million.

Following on from the last couple of weekends, and with nothing in the way of big new films the US box office is seeing very little action giving The Hitmans Bodyguard the chance to spend a third week on top.

For a film with this much time at the top it has only taken $54 million in total.

The biggest news of the week is that this should all end next week with the release of the highly praised and scary IT, and with little pulling in audiences the film could get a bigger than normal opening.

Highest total grossing film of the week on the US box office is Spider-Man Homecoming which has now grossed $323 million while the longest running film is Despicable Me 3 which has been around for 10 weeks.

Disney threw their latest film hoping to hit the heights of Frozen at US audiences this weekend in the shape of Moana, they are hoping that the long holiday weekend would give it a boost.

With a debut weekend of $55 million over the Friday to Sunday they can't complain, and the long weekend from Wednesday night saw the film gain over $80 million.

With many families out shopping on the big retail weekend that includes black Friday this isn't such a bad debut, and with good reviews this could well go on and on for Disney.

Next weekend will be the big test, no new child friendly film are set for a release in the coming weeks which is good for Moana but then they get the Galaxy Far Far away to deal with, but who from, yes Disney, the Mouse House should have a good holiday.

Last weeks top film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, fell to number 2 this weekend and gained $45 million, this brings the films US total to $156 million, not the heights of Harry Potter.

Also new this week is America is Allied starring Brad Pitt at number 4 with $13 million and Bad Santa 2 at number 7 with $6 million and very bad reviews.

Longest stay on the US box office is split between 3 films, Doctor Strange, Trolls and Hacksaw Ridge all on 4 weeks, although the highest total grossing by a long margin is Doctor Strange with $205 million.