Korea Box Office: ‘Moana’ Captures Crown While ‘The Eyes’ Retains Second Place

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Disney's new "Moana" movie fell flat in its box-office debut.The movie avoided controversy, but didn't excite audiences.It also faced competition from "Toy Story 5" and "Minions & Monsters.""Moana" bellyflopped in its box-office debut, and the miss should provide Disney film executives with some hard-earned lessons.Disney's new live-action remake about the uber-popular Polynesian princess failed to bring audiences aboard, with a $43 million domestic opening that was only slightly above the disastrous start for the "Snow White" remake last year."'Moana's' performance this weekend certainly has everyone questioning the animation-to-live-action strategy often employed by Disney," said Paul Dergarabedian, the head of marketplace trends at media research firm Rentrak.The Mouse House has used sequels and remakes as an easy, low-risk way to generate tons of cash, though a flop for one of its most popular movies means this strategy may be losing luster with fans."Disney invented this live-action phenomenon based on their animated films, and they've had remarkable success with them," said box-office analyst David Gross in a Sunday report. "But this opening isn't close to Disney's past remakes."Unlike the ill-fated "Snow White" adaptation, this "Moana" movie had no notable controversies, and it didn't make polarizing creative choices like last May's successful "Lilo & Stitch" remake (which brought in over $182 million in the US in its debut).Here are the three key reasons "Moana" sank in its box-office opening weekend, according to analysts.1. It's all too familiarThe new "Moana" is "an almost shot-for-shot (and line-for-line, in some cases) remake of a five-star masterpiece," Business Insider's Gabbi Shaw wrote in a review of the live-action remake.By mimicking the original "Moana," Disney avoided angering audiences who might not have wanted to see major changes to the hit. But by declining to reimagine "Moana," the live-action remake may not have excited fans either."The central conundrum with all of these remakes," Shaw wrote in her review, is that Disney fans or parents with Moana-crazed kids could have simply put on the "superior animated film" instead of bringing the whole family to a theater.Though controversy-free, the new "Moana" movie was something that "nobody was talking about, for better or worse," said box-office analyst Scott Mendelson.2.

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