‘Moana’ rides wave of family film success into potential blockbuster Thanksgiving weekend
November 23, 2016 at 15:08 PM EST
Despite the up and down—and occasionally dismal—box-office performance for 2016 films, family and animated films have been nothing short of amazing. Don’t expect that to change on the weekend after Thanksgiving, one of the biggest family-friendly periods at the box office, as Walt Disney Co.’s Animation Studios releases “Moana.”