Moana 2has hit a staggering box office milestone as it swiftly approaches becoming a billion-dollar title. The animated movie is a sequel to Disney’s 2016 hit and follows the title character (Auli’i Cravalho) embarking on her next adventure with the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) along with her new crew. The record-breakingMoana 2releasekicked off the day before U.S. Thanksgiving and quickly zoomed past the $643.3 million gross earned by the original movie.
PerBox Office Mojo,Moana 2grossed $900.6 million worldwide by the end of 2024. This means thatit has officially passed the $900 million milestone, becoming only the fourth movie of last year to have done so behindDespicable Me 4($969.1 million),Deadpool & Wolverine($1.338 billion), andInside Out 2($1.699 billion). It is currently projected to race past the $1 billion mark sometime in early 2025.
In addition to hitting this major milestone,Moana 2’s domestic gross of $404 million means thatit has now joined the Top 10 list of the highest-grossing domestic animated movies of all time, surpassing the $381.6 million gross of the previous No. 10 title, 2023’sSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
What This Means For Moana 2
It Will Continue To Climb The Chart
This new milestone proves that middlingMoana 2reviewshave not prevented the movie from becoming a smash success. It also indicates the speed at which the movie is still rising, even more than a month into its theatrical release, as it had just passed the $850 million milestone worldwide several days beforehand. At this rate, it seemshighly likely that the movie will cross the $1 billion milestone by the end of January.
Moana 2has a 61% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, which is just slightly over the 60% threshold at which a movie can be considered “Fresh” on the platform.
By crossing that coveted milestone, the movie will become onlythe fourth Walt Disney Animation Studios release to ever earn more than $1 billion, afterZootopia($1.02 billion),Frozen($1.29 billion), andFrozen II($1.45 billion). It will also fall just belowZootopiato become the 13th highest-grossing animated movie of all time worldwide, rising six slots - pastShrek 2,Minions: The Rise of Gru,Finding Nemo,Despicable Me 4,Despicable Me 2, and 1994’sThe Lion King- from its current position at No. 19.
Our Take On The Moana 2 Milestone
It Is Already Secure As A Box Office Smash
While it still remains to be seen if the movie can earn $1 billion, even if it didn’t earn a single cent more,it could already be considered a runaway success. Because the reportedMoana 2budgetis $150 million, this likely means that its break-even point is somewhere around two and a half times that, at $375 million. By crossing the $900 million milestone, the movie has already earned far more than twice that total, meaning that it has already seen a profit of hundreds of millions of dollars not including merchandising and its future video on demand release.
Moana 2
Cast
Moana 2 is the sequel to the 2016 animated film Moana. Directed by David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, and Dana Ledoux Miller, the film continues the journey of Moana as she embarks on new adventures, exploring the vast Pacific Ocean while encountering new characters and challenges along the way.
