[theqoo] MOANA PROJECTED TO BE THE WORST DISNEY BOX OFFICE WITH THE LOWEST OPENING FIGURES

The ‘MOANA’ live-action remake is on track for a +$130M global opening weekend.

• Budget was +$200M

• One of the worst openings for a Disney live-action remake

• For comparison, ‘The Little Mermaid’ ($186M), ‘Cinderella’ ($132M). pic.twitter.com/DTIgZarN4d
— The Hollywood Handle (@HollywoodHandle) July 7, 2026

“Moana” might be heading for choppy waters at the box office.

Some tracking services are estimating that Disney’s live-action version will debut to $60 million to $65 million, just barely above the original 2016 animated adventure. Others are predicting an even softer start of… pic.twitter.com/fkxMCPfKP9
— Variety (@Variety) July 8, 2026

MOANA has sold only $4M in pre-sales after nearly one month.

Starring Dwayne Johnson, the movie might not even reach $50M in its domestic debut.

The $130M global opening reported by trades yesterday now seem impossible, it might not even reach $100M. pic.twitter.com/OMtMrPoheg
— Global Box Office (@GlobalBoxOffice) July 8, 2026

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1. Live action movies of animation always felt unnecessary for me, and it feels like they're popping them out too fast

2. After what they did with Little Mermaid's live action, people are just fed up with it ㅋ But this one seems to have done a good job with the casting at least ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

3. The live actions are popping out way too fast from the animation movies, and it's not like we've forgotten the plot already

4. It's a shame, because this one is actually really well-made

5. I don't think it was that bad. I actually thought it was worth watching

6. Nobody wants live actions

7. Even the animated version was kinda boring so..

8. No but I've already enjoyed the animation, so I'm not curious about a live action at all

9. I just don't understand the intention of making live action movies

10. I feel like they made Maui look way too old here

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