Post by Admin on Nov 28, 2016 22:56:21 GMT -8
Moana, Disney's First Polynesian Princess,Film Has the Second Best Thanksgiving Weekend Opening of All Time!
LOS ANGELES — With the mega-arrival of “Moana” over the holiday weekend, the reinvigorated Walt Disney Animation Studios cemented its status as cartoon-dom’s reigning powerhouse for non-sequel films.
“Moana,” one of the best-reviewed wide releases of the year, collected about $81.1 million at domestic theaters over the five-day holiday weekend, enough to rank as the second-best Thanksgiving opening on record, behind only “Frozen,” which took in $93.6 million for Disney in 2013. (Disney Animation Studios and its corporate sibling, Pixar, now hold the top six spots on that Thanksgiving records list.)
Costing at least $300 million to make and market worldwide, “Moana” took in an additional $16.3 million in limited overseas release, including in China, where the response was muted. “Moana,” which navigated various controversies en route to theaters, including one over an ill-advised Halloween tie-in and one over an oversize male character, is a Polynesian-set musical; Lin-Manuel Miranda, the virtuoso behind the Broadway smash “Hamilton,” contributed to the score.
After a fallow period in the 2000s, when Pixar reigned supreme, Disney Animation Studios has delivered one successful original film after another, including “Tangled,” “Frozen,” “Wreck-It Ralph” and, earlier this year, “Zootopia.” Pixar, lately focused more intently on sequels, has recently had an uneven track record with originals, finding a blockbuster in “Inside Out” but fizzling with “The Good Dinosaur.”
LOS ANGELES — With the mega-arrival of “Moana” over the holiday weekend, the reinvigorated Walt Disney Animation Studios cemented its status as cartoon-dom’s reigning powerhouse for non-sequel films.
“Moana,” one of the best-reviewed wide releases of the year, collected about $81.1 million at domestic theaters over the five-day holiday weekend, enough to rank as the second-best Thanksgiving opening on record, behind only “Frozen,” which took in $93.6 million for Disney in 2013. (Disney Animation Studios and its corporate sibling, Pixar, now hold the top six spots on that Thanksgiving records list.)
Costing at least $300 million to make and market worldwide, “Moana” took in an additional $16.3 million in limited overseas release, including in China, where the response was muted. “Moana,” which navigated various controversies en route to theaters, including one over an ill-advised Halloween tie-in and one over an oversize male character, is a Polynesian-set musical; Lin-Manuel Miranda, the virtuoso behind the Broadway smash “Hamilton,” contributed to the score.
After a fallow period in the 2000s, when Pixar reigned supreme, Disney Animation Studios has delivered one successful original film after another, including “Tangled,” “Frozen,” “Wreck-It Ralph” and, earlier this year, “Zootopia.” Pixar, lately focused more intently on sequels, has recently had an uneven track record with originals, finding a blockbuster in “Inside Out” but fizzling with “The Good Dinosaur.”
www.nytimes.com/2016/11/27/arts/moana-has-the-second-best-thanksgiving-weekend-opening-of-all-time.html?_r=0
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