Disney’s “Moana” rolled into theaters with a whopping $2.6 million at the Tuesday previews, beating the previous Tuesday preview record of $1.3 million held by last year’s “The Good Dinosaur.”
In comparison, Disney’s “Frozen” opened to $1.2 million, while this year’s “Zootopia” opened to $1.7 million and broke a Disney record for being the studio’s highest-grossing Thursday-night opening for a non-summer animation movie.
The animated film is expected to surpass $75 million at the box office this week, with some prognosticators putting its opening over $80 million for the five-day holiday. Disney is being a tad more conservative with estimates at around $70 million.