SUNDAY WRITETHRU: Disney’s live-action Moana didn’t catch a wave Saturday when most families come out, crashing to the shore this weekend with a $43M U.S. opening and an even worse result around the world with $95M, far below the $130M WW that was hoped for.
Stateside that result is among the weakest for a Disney live-action redo of an animated classic, down there with Snow White ($42.2M) and Dumbo ($45.99M), and what’s mind boggling is that Moana had no controversy ala the former with its very vocal star Rachel Zegler. Typically, when Disney brings the old stuff (pre-Katzenberg animated 1980s-1990s
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