Moana 2 (Disney Animation - November 2024)

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TsWade2

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DisneyWarrior27 said:
Moana 2 as of today is officially at $600M worldwide ($300M domestic and $300M overseas): .

Perfectly balanced as all things should be.

So it has $400M left to go before making $1B worldwide.

It’ll get there by year’s end or new year’s beginning.

But how far it’ll go (no pun intended) above that is anyone’s guess.
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And WDWPro can kiss our Disney fanatic butts, because Disney will never go bankrupt! ;)
 
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CaptJackSparrow

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Miss Rori said:
Yeah, it's that ugly combination of a half-baked story, message, and characters, poor execution of such (i.e. the songs), and that this was the centennial project, "A Story 100 Years in the Making" that was explicitly advertised as in the great tradition of films like Beauty and the Beast , and that (as far as we know) didn't undergo the miserablly meddled-with production that films like The Emperor's New Groove, Frozen II, etc. did that made people so unhappy with Wish, and why I don't think it would have done any better this year than it did last (imagine Wish going up against Wicked Part One!).

But bringing this back to Moana 2, as successful as it's been financially it's clear the critical response is getting to some people, as seen in this puff piece interview:

variety.com

‘Moana 2’ Songwriters Break Down Film’s Soundtrack

'Moana 2' songwriters Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear discuss writing new songs for the heroine's next island adventure and criticism from audiences.
variety.com variety.com
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Disney shouldn’t not be making movies for Critics. It’s better when they make movies for their audience.
 
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Miss Rori

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MisterPenguin said:
They aim for both. Sometimes only one is engaged, or even none -- hopefully both.
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Yeah, anybody who tries to make excuses like "It's for kids/fans" or "It's not for critics" if it's in regards to the actual artistic execution of the work comes off to me as an apologist for a lack of effort. We saw this last year with apologists for Wish and that's just keeping it to WDFAS work.

Really I think it's telling that this thread has fallen apart into a discussion of how well the movie is doing financially and not whether it's any good as an actual film. I don't think Disney should be rewarded for what seems to be subpar work just because it has a familiar brand name on it (and that is important; if this wasn't banking on goodwill for the previous film it could have done about as well as Wish and Strange World did), but that's become their business model.
 
BrianLo

BrianLo

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Miss Rori said:
Really I think it's telling that this thread has fallen apart into a discussion of how well the movie is doing financially
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That’s what always happens here. I do recall a good half your posts were financial or Wicked v Moana related on this thread prior to opening. It is definitely showing the franchise is stronger than a few others were thinking it was.

I won’t die in a hill it’s an amazing movie. I liked it more than most, seemingly. Wicked was great!
 

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