Moana 2,’ Once Destined for Streaming, Crosses $1 Billion at Global Box Office

“Moana 2,” initially conceived as a tv appear for spilling, is authoritatively a billion-dollar box office smash.

The enlivened continuation has produced $445 million locally and $567 million universally, bringing its fantastic add up to to $1.009 billion universally after eight ends of the week of discharge. “Moana 2” is Disney‘s third 2024 discharge to connect the billion-dollar club taking after “Inside Out 2” and “Deadpool & Wolverine,” capping off a stellar 12 months for the film studio. None of its rivals handled a single $1 billion discharge in 2024, in spite of the fact that Widespread was closest with “Despicable Me 4” ($969 million).

“Moana 2” opened on Nov. 28 and cemented a Thanksgiving box office record with $225 million over the five-day occasion outline, destroying the past benchmark set by 2019’s “Frozen II” with $125 million. In spite of blended basic audits, the film benefitted from positive word-of-mouth among moviegoers and remained in the beat five on residential charts for seven continuous ends of the week. Presently it its eighth outline, “Moana 2” landed at No. 6 with $6.1 million over the end of the week and $8.4 million over the expanded Martin Luther Lord Jr. occasion stretch.

The godsend from “Moana 2,” for both Disney and motion picture theaters proprietors, ought to be an empowering outline in favor of dramatic since the follow-up was created as a arrangement for Disney+ some time recently it was retooled into a feature-length film. Presently, the film will proceed to win wealth through domestic excitement windows some time recently landing on Disney’s possess gushing stage. The to begin with “Moana” was humbly effective with $680 million all inclusive in 2016, but the maritime enterprise detonated in notoriety on Disney+, where it’s remained one of the most observed gushing titles. Disney is too creating a live-action change of the unique for discharge in 2026. Outsized ticket deals for the enlivened spin-off likely cruel a third installment with the fearless wayfinder won’t be as well distant on the skyline, either.

Dwayne Johnson and Auli’i Cravalho reprised their voice parts as the inked demigod Maui and the eponymous courageous woman “Moana 2,” in which the fearless wayfinder ventures distant into the sea to discover a covered up island and break a revile. Lin-Manuel Miranda, who composed such important hits as “How Distant I’ll Go” and “You’re Welcome” for the to begin with film, didn’t return for the moment, instep passing songwriting obligations to Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, the pair behind “The Informal Bridgerton Musical.”