Box Office: ‘Moana’ Flounders With $43 Million Debut, Among Weakest of Disney’s Live-Action Remakes
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The brief
"Box Office: ‘Moana’ Flounders With $43 Million Debut, Among Weakest of Disney’s Live-Action Remakes" is generating significant coverage in the Entertainment category, with 3 articles from 3 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Yahoo, Bloomberg.com and Variety. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 7h ago.
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Coverage (10)
- Live-action ‘Moana’ crashes to shore Boston Herald · 6h ago
- Live action Moana bombs at the box office Yahoo · 6h ago
- 'Moana' joins 'Snow White' as the latest live-action Disney film to bomb at box office Fox News · 6h ago
- ‘Moana’ Director Thomas Kail Reveals How Live-Action Film Is Different from the 2016 Animated Original (Exclusive) People.com · 8h ago
- Weekend Box Office: Live Action ‘Moana’ Disappoints With $43 Million Forbes · 8h ago
- Disney’s ‘Moana’ Remake Crashes at Box Office WSJ · 8h ago
- Live-Action ‘Moana’ Underperforms with $42-$46 Mil Opening, ‘Minions & Monsters,’ ‘Toy Story 5’ Continue B.O. Animation Domination Animation Magazine · 8h ago
- ‘Moana’ Remake Wipes Out With $95 Million Global Opening Weekend Yahoo · 8h ago
- ‘Moana’ Live-Action Film Marks Low Opening for Disney Remake Franchise Bloomberg.com · 8h ago
- Box Office: ‘Moana’ Flounders With $43 Million Debut, Among Weakest of Disney’s Live-Action Remakes Variety · 8h ago
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