by Chris Lucas
Guest Column
DisneyBizJournal.com
November 28, 2020
For the last thirty years, Disney has dominated the five-day Thanksgiving weekend box office almost every time they have had a movie released during that period.
Last year’s Frozen 2 holds the all-time record for Thanksgiving weekend sales, with over $93 million. Disney holds the top six spots, with their dominance only broken by 2018’s Creed II in the seventh slot.
Here are Disney’s Wednesday Thanksgiving releases in the United States since 1991 and how they did that weekend.
1991 - Beauty & The Beast - 1st
1992 - Aladdin - 1st
1995 - Toy Story - 1st
1996 - 101 Dalmatians (live action) - 1st
1997 - Flubber - 1st
1998 - A Bug’s Life - 1st
1999 - Toy Story 2 - 1st
2000 - 102 Dalmatians- 3rd place, just behind Unbreakable and How The Grinch Stole Christmas
2002 - Treasure Planet - 4th place, behind Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets, 007 Die Another Day, and The Santa Clause 2
2003 - The Haunted Mansion - 2nd place, behind Elf
2004 - National Treasure - 1st
2007 – Enchanted - 1st
2008 - Bolt - 4th, behind Twilight, 007 Quantum of Solace and Four Christmases
2009 - Old Dogs - 4th place, behind Twilight: New Moon, The Blind Side, and 2012
2010 - Tangled - 2nd, behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2011 - The Muppets - 2nd, behind Twilight: Breaking Dawn
2013 - Frozen - 2nd, behind Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2015 - The Good Dinosaur- 2nd, behind Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
2016 - Moana - 1st
2017 - Coco -1st
2018 - Ralph Breaks The Internet - 1st
2019 - Frozen 2 - 1st
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Chris Lucas is the author of Top Disney: 100 Top Ten Lists of the Best of Disney, from the Man to the Mouse and Beyond.
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