Pixar’s animated sequel Inside Out 2 earned around $1.7 billion in cinemas worldwide. With a huge lead of around 300 million, the film has made itself comfortable at the top of the most successful films of 2024, ahead of Deadpool & Wolverine (via Box Office Mojo). However, emotions shouldn’t boil over too quickly here, because Inside Out 2 has a hot competitor on its heels. And it comes from our own home.
With Moana 2, the sequel to the fantasy adventure from 2016 is in the starting blocks, which not only brought huge sums of money into Disney’s coffers at the time, but is also still considered an incredible success for its streamer Disney+ after five years. The sequel could now even eclipse this success story. Because the forecasts are already overwhelming weeks before the cinema release.
Fantasy adventure Moana 2 ensures incredible opening predictions in the cinema
The pre-sale for Moana 2 started two weeks ago and The ticket providers in the USA were paralyzed on the first day. Accordingly, the fantasy adventure is said to have sold more tickets that day than any other animated film of the year – also more than Inside Out 2. Initial forecasts for the opening weekend around Thanksgiving leave a no less impressive picture.
As The Hollywood Reporter reports, the box office is currently grossing $125 million to $135 million within the first five days in the USA. The film is intended to eclipse the Disney internal record currently held by Frozen 2. This was able to take in $125 million within the first five days.
The operator of AMC, one of the leading US cinema chains, already suspected that Moana 2 could even be bigger than Inside Out 2. Internally, the cinema operators jokingly refer to the original English title of the film (Moana 2). “Moanapocalypse”.
From now on we will find out whether this turns out to be true November 28, 2024 find out when Moana 2 opens in German cinemas. The film opens in the USA the day before.
Check out another trailer for Moana 2 here:
Moana 2 – Trailer (German) HD
Moana 2 continues the fantasy adventure about the popular Disney heroine after 8 years
Moana 2 follows the adventure of the titular heroine (Auli’i Cravalho) on the Polynesian island of Motonui. In Part 1, she had to convince the boastful god Maui (Dwayne Johnson) to return a stolen artifact to restore harmony with nature. In the sequel she goes on another adventure with Maui. This time I have to a devastating curse broken become.