Moana 2 being successful isn’t any shock — the primary film was a hit and stays extraordinarily well-liked. However the movie has exceeded many projections and is already a enormous smash after a gap weekend among the many greatest in historical past.
The movie has grossed $221 million within the U.S. alone since final Wednesday, and a complete of $386 million worldwide. Disney is touting a complete record of field workplace information it has damaged so far, together with:
- Largest 5-day opening of all-time (surpassing The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film/$204.6M)
- Largest Thanksgiving weekend of all time by far ($221M 5-day, $135.5M 3-day, surpassing Frozen II/$125M 5-day and $94M 3-day)
- Largest Thanksgiving debut by far (greater than doubling Frozen/$94M 5-day and $67M 3-day)
- Thanksgiving Day of $28M (almost doubling Frozen II/$15M)
- Highest ever Black Friday on the field workplace with $54.5M (exceeding Frozen II/$34.2M)
- Largest Walt Disney Animation Studios debut of all time.
The unique Moana grossed roughly $643 million worldwide in its preliminary field workplace run. At this charge, Moana 2 ought to simply move these numbers quickly.
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What makes this all of the extra unimaginable is the truth that Moana 2 virtually didn’t occur — at the very least not as a film. Initially, Disney introduced plans to proceed the story of Moana in a sequence for Disney+. The studio ultimately determined to alter course, after which labored to reconfigure the fabric developed for the Moana sequence as a theatrical sequel. They solely introduced the existence of the film in February of this 12 months — whereas most animated options take at the very least two to a few years to finish.
And Disney nonetheless has their live-action remake of Moana (the primary Moana) in manufacturing now and scheduled for launch in the summertime of 2026. (The movie stars Dwayne Johnson as Maui, the character he voices within the animated Moana films.) I can’t consider a precedent for a remake of a film hitting theaters so near a sequel to that very same movie. Will viewers be confused? Will they care? It is going to be an attention-grabbing take a look at case, if nothing else.
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