'Moana' joins 'Snow White' as the latest live-action Disney film to bomb at box office
The era of the lazy live-action Disney Studios remake might be finally, mercifully, coming to an end.Disney has, for most of the past decade, made a point to abandon original movies in favor of taking its beloved catalog of animated films and turning them into "live-action" remakes. Some of these have been successful either critically or commercially, like the 2015 version of "Cinderella," 2016's "The Jungle Book," or the 2019 remake of "The Lion King," which inexplicably made nearly $1.7 billion worldwide.As recently as 2025, "Lilo & Stitch" made over $1 billion globally.
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The era of the lazy live-action Disney Studios remake might be finally, mercifully, coming to an end.Disney has, for most of the past decade, made a point to abandon original movies in favor of taking its beloved catalog of animated films and turning them into "live-action" remakes. Some of these have been successful either critically or commercially, like the 2015 version of "Cinderella," 2016's "The Jungle Book," or the 2019 remake of "The Lion King," which inexplicably made nearly $1.7 billion worldwide.As recently as 2025, "Lilo & Stitch" made over $1 billion globally. But these success stories are matched by a number of failures, both financially and otherwise. And hopefully the disastrous mistakes in its most recent efforts puts a stop to the endless slog of poorly conceived and executed movies churned out by a once-proud studio.LIVE-ACTION REMAKE OF 'MOANA' GETS RAVAGED BY CRITICS IN LATEST BLOW TO DISNEY STUDIOS"Snow White," also from 2025, became one of the biggest financial failures in modern Hollywood history, an unsurprising outcome given the long list of obvious mistakes.
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- The era of the lazy live-action Disney Studios remake might be finally, mercifully, coming to an end.Disney has, for most of the past decade, made a point to abandon original movies in favor of taking its beloved catalog of animated films and turning them into "live-action" remakes. Some of these have been successful either critically or commercially, like the 2015 version of "Cinderella," 2016's "The Jungle Book," or the 2019 remake of "The Lion King," which inexplicably made nearly $1.7 billion worldwide.As recently as 2025, "Lilo & Stitch" made over $1 billion globally.
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'Moana' joins 'Snow White' as the latest live-action Disney film to bomb at box office
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