Walt Disney Animation Studios' 'Moana 2' heading into theaters November 2024

DCBaker3 days ago

Moana 2 is now available on Digital starting today and will be available on Blu-ray beginning March 18:

Prince-111 days ago

Which one? There seems to be a few movie "experts" on here.

MisterPenguin11 days ago

Or folding them into each other, as the acclaimed movie expert here kept advocating for last year. ;)

BrianLo12 days ago

Not that it was ever really at risk. But yes, no one is folding the number one and number three studio last year (Pixar / WDAS).

TsWade212 days ago

Forgive me for this, but Walt Disney Animation Studios is saved!🤩

DisneyWarrior2712 days ago

As of today, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ #Moana2 has officially hit $1 billion worldwide. The third Disney film of 2024 to hit a billion this year (after Pixar’s #InsideOut2 & Marvel Studios’ #DeadpoolAndWolverine). That means the top 3 global earners of 2024 are not only billion dollar hits, but Disney movies too. And also, #Moana2 making this much means 2 things: 1. That Disney might have some faith in diverse movies at the box office (ones that are female-led & starring folks of color), since this one’s lead character was voiced by a BI-WOC and one of its three directors and two writers who worked on this movie was a woman (Dana Ledoux Miller), especially in the wake of past and recent events have put Pixar’s next original stories on the edge. And 2. That the possibilities are now open for any Disney+ series in development to maybe go into production as a movie. The only question is which one is going to be next in the pipeline? #TheMandalorianAndGroguAStarWarsStory and #Bluey’s movie are already in post-production and pre-production for theatrical releases in 2026 and 2027. Marvel Studios’ #ArmorWars is also still being written for theatrical release after The Multiverse Saga ends (at least for now). So, what’s next? It won’t be #Tiana. But what could be next? Guess we’ll have to wait and see.

DCBaker12 days ago

Moana 2 has reportedly crossed the $1 Billion mark at the global box office: https://www.thewrap.com/moana-2-box-office-billion/

CaptJackSparrowDec 13, 2024

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH

Architectural Guinea PigDec 13, 2024

Just pointing out your statement is a double negative so what you’re telling everyone is Disney should be making movies for critics.

BrianLoDec 13, 2024

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!

Miss RoriDec 12, 2024

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.

MisterPenguinDec 12, 2024

They aim for both. Sometimes only one is engaged, or even none -- hopefully both.

CaptJackSparrowDec 10, 2024

Disney shouldn’t not be making movies for Critics. It’s better when they make movies for their audience.

DisneyWarrior27Dec 08, 2024

Mmm hmm.