WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON: Disney will continue to own nine of the top ten Thanksgiving 5-day openings as Zootopia 2 is set to do around $140M from its Wednesday to Sunday at 4,000 theaters.

Always take the projection this far out with a grain of salt as a lot comes down to Black Friday and Saturday. Already, with an estimated $39M Wednesday, including yesterday’s $10.2M previews, Zooptopia 2 owns the second-best Wednesday opening for Thanksgiving after last year’s Moana 2 ($57.8M). The Friday-Sunday for the Jason Bateman-Ginnifer Goodwin animated movie is pegged between $88M-$90M+ .

Remember, business eases on Thanksgiving, but picks up in the evening, with Black Friday one of the highest grossing box office days of the year.

Disney has premium large format screens for Zo

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