“While far short of last year’s record-breaking Thanksgiving frame, this year nonetheless delivered a solid holiday corridor for movie theaters,” pushing the year to date estimated total to $7.8 billion through Sunday, Comscore’s head of marketplace trends Paul Dergarabedian said. …

The five-day Thanksgiving weekend is expected to surpass $290 million and could end up as high as $295 million (final figures aren’t available until Monday), making it the third or fourth biggest Thanksgiving of all time.

Last year’s Thanksgiving box office was $424.9 million, the highest ever, …

‘Zootopia 2,’ which reunites Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman against Ke Huy Quan as adversary Gary De’Snake, sold another $400.4 million internationally, for an estimated $556.4 million global opening.

Zootopia 2 was the top movie globally and domestically, and the highest global debut of 2025,

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73.3 million people will travel by car, up 1.3 million from last year.

A cold front on Wednesday will bring rain showers to cities and airport hubs along the Interstate 95 corridor, including thunderstorms in Atlanta and Charlotte, and snow in Chicago and Detroit, according to @noaa.gov forecasters

Kirk said 46% of the U.S. population will see snow, incl. heavy snow in the Rockies and the Midwest. “Strong to severe thunderstorms… from Texas to Indiana will create major travel headaches for anyone flying out on Sunday.”

AAA projects a record 81.8 million will travel at least 50 miles from home

… ahead of last year’s ‘Wicked.´

#WickedForGood helped deliver a $185.5 million box office weekend after a disappointing October.

For the industry, domestic box office sales have reached $7.49 billion for the year through Sunday, up 3.3% compared with this point last year, Comscore said.

The film, directed by Jon M. Chu ( #CrazyRichAsians, #InTheHeights ) and starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Yeoh, brought in an average of $36,452 a theater across 4,115 screens in the U.S. & Canada.

#WickedForGood is the biggest global opening for a Broadway musical…

Walmart also swapped 12 dinner rolls for last year’s sweet Hawaiian rolls and included only one Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup. The turkey is smaller, too.

Target’s Thanksgiving meal for four for $20 includes French bread and frozen corn instead of last year's green beans and mushroom soup.

The White House has pointed to Walmart... Walmart says its Thanksgiving meal can feed 10 people for less than $4 a person, vs $7/person last year.

This year's 15-item basket is missing the pecan pie, mini marshmallows, muffin mix, sweet potatoes, onions, and celery from last year’s 29-item basket…

Sixty percent said inflation is affecting their Thanksgiving plans, with 28% using more coupons, 18% scaling back their guest lists, and 10% saying they won’t invite back guests who show up empty-handed.

Citing rising costs, 19% of hosts said they might reconsider hosting next Thanksgiving. …