Johannesburg, 21 January 2025; “Moana 2”, the captivating, epic animated musical from Walt Disney Animation Studios has become the highest-grossing animated film of all time at the South African box office, surpassing Frozen 2.
When it released in cinemas across the continent on 29 November, the film became an instant hit, becoming the highest opening weekend of all time for any animated film released at the East and West African box office, the highest opening weekend of 2024 at the East African box office and the second highest opening weekend of 2024 at the West and Southern African box offices.
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“Moana 2” also continues to dominate the global box office crossing the $1 Billion making it the #12 animated release of all-time globally and #4 Walt Disney Animation Studio release of all-time.
With this result, The Walt Disney Studios holds the top three films of 2024 at the Southern African box office to date, with Moana 2 joining Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 and Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine. Further across the African continent, Moana 2 also claims the title of the highest-grossing animated film of all time in East and West Africa.
The latest animation release from Walt Disney Animation Studios, reunites Moana (voice of Auli‘i Cravalho) and Maui (voice of Dwayne Johnson) for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced.
The voice cast also features returning stars Rachel House (Gramma Tala), Temuera Morrison (Chief Tui) and Nicole Scherzinger (Sina), as well as Hualālai Chung, David Fane and Rose Matafeo as Moana’s new crew members Moni, Kele and Loto, respectively. Awhimai Fraser voices mysterious new character Matangi; Gerald Ramsey plays Moana’s ancestor, Tautai Vasa; and Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda lends her voice to Moana’s adoring and adorable little sister, Simea.
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Directed by David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller, and produced by Christina Chen and Yvett Merino, “Moana 2” features music by Grammy® winners Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, Grammy nominee Opetaia Foa‘i, and three-time Grammy winner Mark Mancina. Jared Bush and Miller are writing the film, which is executive produced by Jennifer Lee, Bush and Johnson.
“Moana 2” is now in cinemas.