Also, Universal was heartened to see that ticket sales were up 27 percent from Wednesday to Thursday (movies usually dip notably on Thanksgiving Day; last year Frozen 2 took in $15 million on Thursday, a 37 percent drop from Wednesday).
Overseas, Croods 2 debuted Thursday in China to $3 million.Thanksgiving is normally one of the most lucrative corridors of the year.Last year, Disney and Pixar's Frozen 2 collected more than $100 over the long four-day weekend (Thursday through Sunday).
It finished the weekend with a domestic total of $288 after opening a week earlier on Friday Nov.