Cfull arton for the Disney film Vaiana 2 ! After five days of release in French cinemas, the animated film had the best start of the year in France. And the best first weekend for an animated film in France since Frozen 2 in 2019.
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Released on November 27, the second part of the adventures of the little Polynesian heroine adored by the public attracted nearly 2.3 million spectators on 647 sites, Disney rejoices on its site. The film is better than the first Vaianareleased in 2016. And also better than all the films released in France in 2024 outside of school vacation periods or public holidays.
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“The Lion King” is beaten
It was Friday, November 29, a day when children are supposed to be at school, which garnered the most entries, with nearly 700,000 tickets sold. Vaiana 2 did stronger than notably Vice-Versa 2 et Despicable Me 4whose beginnings had nevertheless been just as dazzling. To find a launch (almost) as formidable, we have to go back to Lion King of 2019, which was the best start ever for an animated film, according to Box-office Pro.
Not bad for a film that was planned as a series for Disney+. The success is also international with 386 million dollars earned in all territories during the first weekend of operation. A real breath of fresh air for the studio, which has encountered several commercial failures. Disney also welcomes this presence of (young) spectators in cinemas and explains, in a press release, the success of the film by an “incredibly talented and hardworking creative team at Disney Animation who brought this new adventure to life » and “superb music”.
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The success of Vaiana 2 is also to be compared with that of the first opus. Not only did it attract a large number of spectators in theaters, but its broadcast on the Disney+ platform was a real hit and helped bring together a new audience eager to follow the adventures of Moana, eight years later.
Returning to sea with the demigod Maui and his companions Pua and Heihei, the young Vaiana, who is now 19 years old, fascinates with her adventures in Polynesian mythology. And brings the cinema back to life as a dream space for a long journey through images. If the talent of Dwayne Johnson and Auli'i Cravalho are a plus in English, the French version is provided by Cerise Calixte, Anthony Kavanagh and Mareva Galanter.
