Disney’s “Wish” Aims for $50M Debut, Apple and Sony’s “Napoleon” Gallops to $24M by Thanksgiving

Let the Party Begin: Thanksgiving Releases and Seasonal Awards, Disney’s Wish and Apple Original Films and Sonys Napoleon open Wednesday through Sunday during the holiday season with sales of more than $50 million and more than $24 million, respectively. Both films open Thanksgiving night, November 22.

WishIf it lives up to expectations, it will be the biggest original animated opening in the past six years since 2017 coconut which grossed $72.9 million in five days; also a Thanksgiving Disney release. Families and women currently receive the best support. Chris Pine’s song “This is the Thank I Get” was released last week and sparked interest in the film starring Oscar winner Ariana DeBose.

Other notable Disney original animated pictures released in Turkey during the holiday include 2016’s Moana ($82 million), 2010 Confused ($68.7 million) and Encanto during the 2021 pandemic ($40.5 million).

Directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn, Wish is about a young girl named Asha who wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she expected when a disturbing star descends from the sky to join her.

That of Ridley Scott Napoleon is obviously aimed at older and younger people, and the 5-day opening is in the ballpark of the helmsman’s previous Thanksgiving 2021 launch. House of Gucci, which grossed $22 million in five days, as well as the Prime Video title directed by Ben Affleck Heaven which earned $20.2 million during a five-day launch last Easter.

Napoleon marks Apple’s second feature-length mega-theatrical release, following Martin Scorsese’s Flower Moon Killer which Paramount distributed. During an actors’ strike in which artists are prohibited from promoting the work in question, the picture sold for a whopping $23.2 million. Napoleon media preview begins next Wednesday. The film, starring Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, has a running time of 2 hours and 38 minutes, making it significantly shorter than Martin Scorsese’s. Flower Moon Killer at 3 1/2 hours. Deadline first told you that Apple funded the $130 million epic in January 2021.

“Napoleon is a man who has always fascinated me,” Scott told Deadline. “He came from nowhere to rule everything – but in the meantime he waged a romantic war with his adulterous wife Josephine. He conquered the world to win her love, and when he failed, he conquered the world to destroy it, destroying himself in the process.

Lionsgate has been looking forward to opening on Thanksgiving weekend for a long time The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Serpents It is predicted to cross the $50 million mark within three days.