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Disney looks to claim Thanksgiving box-office crown again with Marvel, 'Strange World'

A few new films are looking to perk up the long Thanksgiving-weekend box office, but as in years past, it looks to be Disney's $Walt Disney(DIS)$ weekend either way.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (DIS) is likely to remain on top of the list, with a typical drop suggesting the superhero hit will crest the $40M mark for the very long weekend. The Marvel film's first two weeks have resulted in domestic grosses of $294.2M with a worldwide total of $552.2M so far.

But Disney is rolling out a new studio animated film as well, adventure/sci-fi/comedy Strange World, to capture the family audience, and it has an outside chance of topping the long weekend's gross chart - though even $40M-plus wouldn't quite compare to some Disney Thanksgiving openings from the pre-pandemic era (such as Frozen II hitting over $123M in 2019).