Box-office analysts believe the five-day Thanksgiving weekend, which runs from Wednesday to Sunday, should easily clear $200 million in ticket sales this year.

Moana 2” set sail at the box office with $13.8 million in preview screenings on Tuesday, ranking as the biggest preview haul in history for Disney Animation. It’s also the biggest pre-Thanksgiving preview bounty and the second-best preview figure of all time for an animated title.

After an inconsistent year filled with strike-induced release droughts between January and May, the combined output of “Moana 2,” “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” promises to deliver one of the biggest Thanksgiving weekends in box office history ...