Worldwide box office...it ain't Frozen

It's also flopping in China and even Mexico reported very weak numbers! Perhaps it's a sign Disney needs to lay off the princess flicks or else alienate the rest of the world and potentially lose hundreds of millions of dollars. I think Frozen was the ceiling and from here own out practically every musical/princess film is going to be judged on its numbers and music unless Disney can do something amazing in this genre and I just don't see it happening any time soon. And factor in that the market is already flooded with princess and Frozen still... Why should a consumer think this film is special enough to invest time and money into?

Moana sits at 119,786,319 in the US and Canada on day 12. Frozen broke 100,770,260 on day 13 and didn't pass where Moana sits already until day 16.

I'm not saying it will outperform Frozen. But right now Moana is beating Frozen.

You realise that it was the British that colonised the Pacific Islands. They came preaching Christianity and love, so we allowed them in, there was no great wars fought for the Pacific Islands. We accepted their Missionaries and took on their religion, little did we know that they would start declaring our culture and tradiions as works of the Devil and savagery. We were told to forget our ways (basically forget who we are). This is how Polynesian Navigation was lost to our people, we were brainwashed into thinking that our connection to nature was evil and unclean.

There education curriculum was then implemented into islands and they built schools to civilise us, like we were the ones spreading diseases and wiping out whole populations of people. We were taught that the British discovered the islands, that they were the great explorers and that they were superior to us.

I have a theory, just mine of course, but i don't think after a century of UK brainwashing etc, that a Movie about Polynesians discovering their own islands and having a proud culture would go down that well in the seats of power there. There hasn't been that much advertising of the movie in the UK, i don't think those people higher up want this movie to catch on too much. Just my own conspiracy theory of course.

With regards to the low numbers in Mexico, who knows, maybe they just want a Latino/Hispanic princess. I can understand that they make up 20% of Americas population, and are willing to work any job, they deserve one.

Yeah Trolls and Sing are going to make billions of dollars while Moana will loose tons of money, just like every disney film.
Logic.

I was surprised how empty the cinema was when I went here in the UK the evening it was released. I thought it was brilliant, as a forty year-old man who has to take his kids to the cinema, certainly my favourite Disney film in a long time. I saw Trolls and absolutely hated it. As Moana is neither a sequel or a franchise (toy line etc.) I am hoping word of mouth will turn Moana into a slow-burn success as this is exactly the sort of film Disney should be making. Shiny is one of the greatest Disney songs of all time to boot, and unlike 'Let It Go' is unlikely to send parents around the bend!

It's not a good start for Moana's international box office numbers but I think it's still too early to tell. Frozen didn't do that well either in the UK and China and it is one of the most successful movies ever. Christmas period will help Moana generate more revenue for sure.

Its domestic hold was the strongest post-Thanksgiving release hold that Disney has had. It definitely won't reach the heights of Frozen (which would be foolish to expect), but it's still on its way to being a solid hit. The overseas numbers leave much to be desired, but it's currently looking like it'll hit around 600 million worldwide. That's 4x its 150 million budget, before merchandising and music sales.

It's currently lagging only a little behind Frozen's domestic box office. So it is definitely doing great domestically. As far as foreign, sure, it's a slow start, but it's already close to half of what Frozen did in China, and I don't know where you found France numbers, as I can't seem to find them anywhere. What did it make there?

Plus, they're playing the same market strategy with Japan that they did with Frozen, and Japan's what really propelled Frozen in the foreign box office. So Moana should do just fine. Because of how great it is, it will get great WoM and will be fairly leggy. Will it be Frozen? No. But saying it's not Frozen is saying it's not the highest grossing animated movie of all time, which would just be a ridiculous thing to expect from a movie.