The Walt Disney Animation Studios report that the teaser for Moana 2, released Wednesday, May 29, set a record for the biggest animated trailer launch in the studio’s history, racking up 178 million views in the first 24 hours. The spot was released across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and X. The film is due in theaters on November 27.
The sequel to the 2016 musical adventure, which once again stars Auli’i Cravalho as Moana and Dwayne Johnson as the demigod Maui, outstripped Pixar’s Inside Out 2 (157 million views in 2023), Disney’s Frozen II (116 million views in 2019) and Pixar’s Incredibles 2 (113 million views in 2017).
The original Moana movie was the most-streamed movie across all platforms in 2023, according to Nielsen.
Synopsis: Moana 2 reunites Moana and the demigod Maui three years after the events of the first film 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.
Directed by David Derrick Jr. (the first Samoan filmmaker for a Disney animated feature; head of story on Strange World), 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 Foaʻi, and three-time Grammy winner Mark Mancina.
