Overview
- The film opened this July weekend with an estimated $43 million in the U.S. and Canada and $95 million worldwide, figures that fell short of industry forecasts.
- Disney reported the production cost at about $250 million, meaning the debut leaves the picture's profitability uncertain without strong legs in coming weeks.
- Critics were largely negative, with a 34% Rotten Tomatoes score, while audiences rated the film A- on CinemaScore and showed solid recommendation rates in PostTrak.
- Box-office analysts pointed to heavy competition from other PG-rated family releases and the close timing of Moana 2’s blockbuster run 19 months earlier as likely factors limiting demand.
- The movie includes new creative elements — Lin-Manuel Miranda contributed a new song, and original voice Auliʻi Cravalho serves as an executive producer — but its weaker start revives debate about the commercial logic of Disney's live-action remakes.