Moana 2 is likely one of the final main films remaining on the 2024 launch calendar. Expectations are excessive for the sequel, with all indicators pointing to it turning into successful. Simply how huge can Moana 2 get? AMC CEO Adam Aron believes Moana 2’s field workplace can surpass the record-setting haul of Inside Out 2.
“Some folks within the know are telling me that Moana 2 may eclipse and outshine even the success of Inside Out 2,” Aron mentioned on AMC’s Q3 earnings name through Deadline.
What does the Moana 2 field workplace must be to cross Inside Out 2?
For Moana 2 to surpass Inside Out 2 on the field workplace, it should develop into the largest hit of 2024. Inside Out 2 opened in June to $155 million domestically and $295 million globally. Preliminary experiences for Moana 2 peg the Disney sequel to gross between $75 million and $82 million domestically over its opening weekend. Including in its five-day Thanksgiving weekend numbers Moana 2 will simply do over $100 million.
Inside Out 2 parlayed its monstrous opening weekend to a dominant summer season on the field workplace. Up to now, Inside Out 2 has a worldwide gross of $1.697 billion, making it the highest-grossing animated film of all time and the largest movie of 2024. Moreover, Inside Out 2’s home gross of $652 million is the biggest of 2024.
Launched in 2016, Moana took house $687 million worldwide. Nevertheless, the film’s reputation has skyrocketed since then resulting from its inclusion on Disney+.
Moana 2 marks the returns of Auliʻi Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson as Moana and Maui. Per Disney’s synopsis, “Moana 2 reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an surprising name from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana should journey to the far seas of Oceania and into harmful, long-lost waters for an journey in contrast to something she’s ever confronted.”
Moana 2 is directed by David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, and Dana Ledoux Miller. Jared Bush and Miller penned the script. Christina Chen and Yvett Merino are producers.
Moana 2 opens in theaters on November 27, 2024.
(Supply: Deadline)
