In a sign of the company's changing streaming strategy, Disney pivoted 'Moana 2' from a series to a big-screen film. The move has paid off at the box office.

Disney's animated sequel to 2016's original debuted in theaters across North America on Wednesday, Nov. 27 and earned a five-day domestic debut of $221 million, as families caught up with Auli'i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson 's beloved animated characters on the seas of Polynesia.

Moana 2,” the animated Disney sequel, topped box office charts over the Thanksgiving holiday, leading to a record-breaking holiday weekend for the theater industry.