Disney’s “Moana 2” is on a pace to surpass the box office take of 2016’s more charming “Moana” by midnight Sunday. A 55-60% falloff from its opening extended weekend (just shy of $140 million over Thanksgiving) means a $52 million this weekend, with over $300 million in the bank by midnight Sunday.

Pent-up demand and name recognition allowed this middling cartoon to double Dreamworks’ more charming “The Wild Robot” less than $150 million take, which it earned by having family/animated cinema screens all to itself most of the fall.

This is why they make so many sequels, folks. A slick second film with only the barest hints of the heart and soul of the original one, and it’s making bank.

Deadline.com is reporting that “Wicked,” which has been out one week longer than the Polynesian animated (“NOT a princess”) musical, will also roll past $300 million by Sunday night, adding another $34.85 million.“Wicked” is much longer and has fewer showtimes per day as a consequence of that, so nobody’s crying about the bottom line with that one.

“Gladiator II” is cutting off its slice of the viewership, collecting another $12.4 million. No, it’s not great. But Denzel is in it and action fans have got to have something to go see.

“Pushpa 2: The Rule,” continues a strong run of hits imported for America’s large Indian diaspora, pulling in some $9.3 million on its opening weekend.

“Red One” underwhelmed when it opened but is sticking around long enough to recoup at least a decent chunk of its ill-intentioned budget, earning another $7 million, pushing it over $84 (It won’t clear $100 million, and it cost $250 million).

The re-release of Christopher Nolan’s 2014 sci-fi epic “Interstellar” managed $4.4 million playing in just 165 cinemas.

Kyle Mooney’s misguided, ill-timed “Y2K” may never have had a “right time” to be released. Perhaps the most amusing thing about it is that the classy boutique distributor A24 thought it might. It won’t earn more than $2.1 million, which means it has no prayer of earning back its tiny $15 million) budget.

Perhaps Jeff Bezos can be persuaded to buy it.

“Best Christmas Pageant Ever” added another $1.5, and stands at almost $35 million, probably heading towards a $40 million or so final total when it leaves cinemas.

“Werewolves” is opening to about $1.1 million worth of Frank Grillo fans, not even cracking the top ten.

“The Order” opened reasonably wide and only earned a measly $875K or so. The best new film of the weekend and right up there with “Heretic” and “Conclave” as among the best movies currently in cinemas, wasn’t able to crack the top ten.