Moana 2 (Disney Animation - November 2024)

[TsWade2]

If Inside Out 2 can save Pixar and Deadpool and Wolverine can save Marvel, then Moana 2 will save WDAS. Star Wars, however, I’m afraid Star Wars is in a downfall for right now, until Madalorian and Grogu comes to theaters in a couple of years.

 

[BrianLo]

I forgot about Moana 2. Disney really could be heading for the hat trick this year.

I’ve been paying attention to trailer views on returning films as a bit of a barometer on the audience interest. To see if it was really manifesting with actual box office in a predictable way.

Deadpool 3 delivered a much larger opening than IO2, which tracked remarkably with what was the most viewed animated trailer release of all time. It seems to be providing some rough predictive power after all. Though IO2 is a summer release and more naturally Moana 2 will have more of a mid range Christmas tail.

‘Inside Out 2’ Garners Biggest Animated Trailer Launch in Disney History - The Walt Disney Company

On Thursday, Disney and Pixar debuted the first look at the highly anticipated Inside Out 2, and excitement over the new film was felt everywhere.

thewaltdisneycompany.com

‘Moana 2’ Trailer Breaks Record As Most Watched Ever For Disney Animated Pic With 178M Views In 24 Hours

'Moana 2' becomes most watched Disney trailer ever for animation title with 178M views

deadline.com

Should be fun to watch if this one can also be a 600m domestic film (which is an unreasonable expectation to place on a film - but this is the bigger franchise to my eyes).

 

[DCBaker]

Here's the new trailer for Moana 2:

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Yay, an actual villain! Unless it turns out she's just a misunderstood auntie or something.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

We are so back.

 

[Magenta Panther]

Here's the new trailer for Moana 2:

Promising,

 

[TsWade2]

Yay! Another official villain!

 

[TsWade2]

I know a lot've you are disappointed of last year's villain from Wish (which I disagree), but it looks like we're getting another traditional villain for this sequel after all. Look:

 

[MisterPenguin]

I know a lot've you are disappointed of last year's villain from Wish (which I disagree), but it looks like we're getting another traditional villain for this sequel after all. Look:

Matangi is Tongan for 'wind.'

 

[Disney Irish]

Matangi is Tongan for 'wind.'

Going with the wind theme, this can mean she can be both an ally or an enemy of the sea. So just like the first film she'll start out as an enemy but turn into an ally by Moana.

Matangi is also the name of the Hindu goddess of music and learning....

 

[TsWade2]

I hope Moana 2 is a critical and box office hit. I don’t want this to flop!

 

[Phroobar]

 

[Farerb]

 

[DisneyWarrior27]

Could just be an after-credits song.

Also, Shiny was a late addition to the original Moana and that movie turned out fine.

 

[DisneyWarrior27]

Looks like we have Walt Disney Animation Studios’ next animated theatrical short coming soon, and it’s called Versa, meaning it may play in front of Moana 2.

 

[DisneyWarrior27]

Cover story out from Entertainment Weekly on Moana 2: https://ew.com/moana-2-disney-aulii-cravalho-dwayne-johnson-cover-story-8710022.

 

[Miss Rori]

I found this bit of the article rather disingenuous, though I realize it's a puff piece: "After years of the studio relegating several projects to Disney+ or day-and-date releases (meaning to release on multiple platforms at once), Moana 2's pivot feels like a pointed reinvestment in the theatrical experience." As if Encanto, Strange World, and Wish weren't initially theatrical-only? Heck, Wish was malingering in theaters well into January.

 

[LittleBuford]

I found this bit of the article rather disingenuous, though I realize it's a puff piece: "After years of the studio relegating several projects to Disney+ or day-and-date releases (meaning to release on multiple platforms at once), Moana 2's pivot feels like a pointed reinvestment in the theatrical experience." As if Encanto, Strange World, and Wish weren't initially theatrical-only? Heck, Wish was malingering in theaters well into January.

I think you missed the point. It’s referring specifically to the film’s pivot from Disney+ to the cinema. The other films you listed were designed from the outset to be theatrical releases.

 

[Tha Realest]

I found this bit of the article rather disingenuous, though I realize it's a puff piece: "After years of the studio relegating several projects to Disney+ or day-and-date releases (meaning to release on multiple platforms at once), Moana 2's pivot feels like a pointed reinvestment in the theatrical experience." As if Encanto, Strange World, and Wish weren't initially theatrical-only? Heck, Wish was malingering in theaters well into January.

I’m with @Miss Rori here. The “relegation” experiment really only lasted from late Spring 2020 through late summer 2021; by the fall of 2021 they stopped with the D+ or theatrical/D+ Premier Access stuff, and went back to reprioritizing their theatrical slate. They haven’t really pushed much from theaters down to D+ since then.

It also ignores what Disney’s already done with Alien: Romulus.

 

[Miss Rori]

They haven’t really pushed much from theaters down to D+ since then.

It also ignores what Disney’s already done with Alien: Romulus.

I'll chalk their not mentioning Alien: Romulus (and the success it's seen in the process of going to theaters) as not exactly being on brand with a discussion of Moana 2. But that is a good point.

It is true that post-pandemic height the theatrical windows tended to be pretty short with films like Encanto and Strange World, but otherwise they've kept films around a while in theaters, possibly longer than other studios have before releasing them to digital purchase/rental platforms. It happened with Elemental and it certainly happened with Wish even when it became clear with the latter that next to no one wanted to see it (if they hadn't already in the first weekend) and it was being shunted to matinees only in the smallest auditorium in the multiplex. I still think that had Disney cut its losses and sent it to Disney+ for Christmas, they could have salvaged some of its potential audience; by the time it hit digital and Disney+ (missing multiple holiday weekends and periods where kids would have been at home!) anyone above 12 who cared probably heard more than enough about how bad it was. If anything, I got the sense from the article that Disney corporate wants everybody to forget Strange World and Wish ever happened.