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Rebecca Rubin
Senior Film and Media Reporter
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Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios In “Moana,” the Polynesian heroine sings about the gravitational pull she feels to return to the water. Disney, the studio behind the live-action remake of the 2016 animated musical, might have been wise to ignore the impulse to go back to the sea … at least so soon.
Arriving a decade after the original and just two years after the animated sequel, “Moana” opened far below expectations with $43 million in North America and $95 million globally. It’s a terrible start for a movie that cost a staggering $250 million to produce and roughly $120 million more to promote. Unless ticket sales can rebound, “Moana” could be a costly lesson as Disney runs low on properties to revisit.
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