Moana breaks streaming viewership records, and not just on Disney+

This bodes well for its sequel, which is released this week all over the world.

As the public begins to discover Moana 2 at the cinema, and that the first figures are very encouraging (with more than 500,000 admissions on the first day in France, this is the best start of 2024 here, and in the USA, the estimates are well beyond 100 million of dollars in the first weekend, extended for Thanksgiving), a return to the phenomenon achieved by its predecessor. Not in theaters, although John Musker and Ron Clements' animated film grossed more than $600 million worldwide in 2016, but in streaming, where Moana first of the name does better than the episodes of Star Warsfrom Marvel, or even The Snow Queen…

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Bloomberg publishes as well as since the Covid epidemic five years ago, Moana is the film with the most views. Not just on Disney+, the article emphasizes, but on all platforms combined. Precisely, the site gives the score of 80 billion minutes of viewing of Moana since the end of 2019, when the studio launched its platform, and this film was part of a streaming catalog for the first time. This would correspond to 748 million views of the film, but this is not an exact calculation, since on this crazy score, many spectators only rewatch excerpts, such as the songs “How Far I'll Go”http://www.premiere.fr/”Le Bleu Lumière” Or “You're Welcome”http://www.premiere.fr/”For men”For example.

Without achieving such results, another animated film from the same studio had enjoyed enormous success thanks to streaming: Encantowhose songs became essential after its release on Disney+. The piece “Let’s not talk about Bruno” remained at the top of the charts for several weeks, well after the release of The Madrigal Family at the cinema. Moana However, it beat it by selling 5.6 million copies of its soundtrack since 2016.

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The popularity of this adventurous heroine, who moves away from classic Disney princesses, is no longer in doubt! Moana 2 is well on its way to being a hit in theaters. Will it double Vice Versa 2another sequel from the firm (via Pixar), which earned $1.7 billion earlier in the year?

We'll talk about it again in a few weeks… Here is the trailer for this sequel, which has just arrived in cinemas:

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