LOS ANGELES—With ‘Zootopia 2’ devouring $156 million and ‘Wicked: For Good’ conjuring $93 million over Thanksgiving weekend, box office analysts have officially reclassified movie theaters as America’s newest grocery aisle, as families across the nation skipped brain-roasting turkey conversations in favor of cinema seats and CGI fur.

“It’s just more nourishing to consume 97 minutes of adorable police mammals than dry poultry and forced gratitude,” explained Dr. Linda Pewter, director of the Institute for Seasonal Revenue Surges. “The only thing my kids wanted this Thanksgiving was a cup of overpriced popcorn and a front-row seat to Judy Hopps running a sting operation.”

According to theater manager Brent Callahan of the Glendale Megaplex, ticket lines stretched past the popcorn machine and into nearby Whole Foods. “We had to deploy ushers armed with gravy boats to maintain order,” Callahan reported. “One family tried to carve a reclining seat, mistaking it for a Butterball.”

Industry experts confirm that, with combined ticket sales of $249 million, talking animals and singing witches have officially replaced mealtime prayer as the nation’s preferred method of family bonding. “My youngest learned more about civic duty from a cartoon fox than from his uncle’s annual rant about sweet potatoes,” said grateful mom Maribel Flanders. “This is progress.”

The National Turkey Federation declined to comment, though one anonymous source lamented, “Next year, we might need to add musical numbers and CGI.”

Insiders expect movie releases to fully overtake Thanksgiving traditions by 2025, with Walmart rumored to develop its own animated blockbuster, ‘The Pilgrim Cinematic Universe.’