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. United States Language English Budget $150–175 million Box office $643.3 million Moana ( ), also known as Vaiana or Oceania in some markets, is a 2016 American produced by and released. It is the 56th. Directed by and, co-directed by and, the film introduces as Moana and features the voices of,. The film features songs written by and and orchestral score composed. The film tells the story of Moana, the strong-willed daughter of a chief of a village, who is chosen by the ocean itself to reunite a mystical relic with a goddess. When a strikes her island, Moana sets sail in search of, a legendary, in the hope of returning the heart of Te Fiti and saving her people.
Moana was released theatrically in the United States on November 23, 2016 to positive reviews from critics, with particular praise going towards its animation, music, and vocal performances. The film went on to gross over $643 million worldwide. Along with, it marked the first time since 2002 that Walt Disney Animation Studios released two feature films in the same year. It received two nominations at the: one for and another for ('). Contents. Plot On the island of Motunui, the inhabitants worship the goddess Te Fiti, who brought life to the ocean, using a stone as her heart and the source of her power., the shapeshifting demigod and master of sailing, steals the heart to give humanity the power of creation.
However, Te Fiti disintegrates, and Maui is attacked by another who seeks the heart: Te Kā, a volcanic demon. In the fight, Maui is blasted out of the sky, losing both his magical giant and the heart to the depths of the sea. A millennium later, the ocean chooses Moana, daughter of Motunui's chief Tui, to return the heart to Te Fiti.
However, Tui arrives and takes Moana away, causing her to lose the heart. Tui and Moana's mother, Sina, try to keep her away from the ocean to prepare her for ascension as the island's chief. Years later, a blight strikes the island, rotting the coconuts and dwindling the number of fish caught. Moana suggests going beyond the island's reef to find more fish and figure out what is happening, but Tui forbids it.
Moana tries conquering the reef but is overpowered by the tides and is shipwrecked back on Motunui. Moana's grandmother Tala shows her a secret cave where a number of ships are hidden, revealing to Moana that their people used to be voyagers, but they stopped when Maui stole Te Fiti's heart because the ocean was no longer safe without it. Tala explains that Te Kā's darkness is poisoning the island, but it can be cured if Moana finds Maui and makes him restore the heart of Te Fiti, which she gives to Moana. Shortly afterward, Tala falls ill and while on her death bed, tells Moana that she must begin her journey. That same night, Moana sets sail on a found in the cavern.
She is caught in a typhoon and shipwrecked on an island where she finds Maui. She demands that Maui return the heart; however, he refuses.
They are attacked by Kakamora — coconut-armored pirates — who seek the heart, but Moana and Maui outwit them. Moana realizes Maui is no longer a hero, and convinces him to redeem himself by returning the heart. Maui first needs to obtain his magical fishhook, which is located in Lalotai, the Realm of Monsters, and is in the possession of Tamatoa, a giant, greedy. Maui and Moana go to Lalotai and he retrieves his hook while Moana distracts Tamatoa, but Maui discovers he can no longer control his shapeshifting and loses self-confidence, quickly becoming overpowered by Tamatoa. Moana's quick thinking allows them to escape with the hook. Maui reveals that his first tattoo was earned when his mortal parents rejected him. After reassurance from Moana, Maui teaches her the art of sailing and regains control of his powers.
The two arrive at Te Fiti's island, only to be attacked by Te Kā. However, Moana refuses to turn around, resulting in Maui's hook being badly damaged.
Believing that if he goes back to battle with Te Kā, he will lose his hook, and therefore his power, Maui angrily abandons Moana, who tearfully asks the ocean to find someone else to restore the heart. The ocean obliges and takes the heart from Moana.
Then Tala's spirit appears, inspiring Moana to find her true calling. She retrieves the heart and with full courage sails back to confront Te Kā. Maui returns, having had a change of heart, and buys Moana time to reach Te Fiti by fighting Te Kā, destroying his hook in the process. Moana discovers Te Fiti is missing, and realizes Te Kā is a corrupted Te Fiti without her heart. Moana tells the ocean to clear a path, allowing her to restore Te Fiti's heart, transforming her back to normal. Te Fiti then heals the ocean and islands of the blight. Maui apologizes to Te Fiti, who restores his hook and gives Moana a new boat before falling into a deep sleep and becoming a mountain.
Moana bids farewell to Maui, returning home where she reunites with her parents. She takes up her role as chief and, leading her people on a voyage. At the film's premiere in in December 2016. as Moana, the 16-year-old daughter of village chief Tui and Sina, who is chosen by the ocean to restore the heart of Te Fiti. Cravalho reprised her role in the version of the movie. Louise Bush as a younger Moana. as, a legendary who sets off with Moana on her journey.
as Tala, Tui's mother and Moana's paternal grandmother. Like Moana, Tala shares a passion for the ocean. House reprised her role in the version of the movie. as Tui, Moana's overprotective father, who is Tala's son, chief of Motunui Island. Morrison reprised his role in the Māori-language version of the movie. as Tui's singing voice. as Tamatoa, a giant treasure-hoarding from Lalotai, the Realm of Monsters.
Clement reprised his role in the Māori-language version of the movie. as Sina, Moana's mother and Tui's wife. Scherzinger also reprised her role in the Hawaiian-language version of the movie. as Heihei, Moana's pet. Tudyk also voices Villager No. 3, an old man who suggests cooking Heihei. as a fisherman.
as Villager No. 1.
Puanani Cravalho (Auliʻi's mother) as Villager No. Directors and presented footage from the film at the 2016.
After directing (2009), Clements and Musker started working on an adaptation of 's, but problems with acquiring the necessary prevented them from continuing with that project. To avoid a recurrence of that issue, they pitched three original ideas. The genesis of one of those ideas (the one that was ultimately ) occurred in 2011, when Musker began reading up on, and learned of the heroic exploits of the demigod. Intrigued with the rich culture of Polynesia, he felt it would be a suitable subject for an animated film. Shortly thereafter, Musker and Clements wrote a treatment and pitched it to, who recommended that both of them should go on research trips. Accordingly, in 2012, Clements and Musker went on research trips to, and to meet the people of the South Pacific Ocean and learn about their culture. At first, they had planned to make the film entirely about Maui, but their initial research trips inspired Clements to pitch a new idea focused on the young daughter of a chief.
Clements and Musker were fascinated to learn during their research that the people of Polynesia abruptly stopped making long-distance voyages about three thousand years ago. Their navigational traditions predated those of European explorers, beginning around 300 CE. Native people of the Pacific possessed knowledge of the world and their place in it prior to the incursion of foreigners.
For example, (Native Hawaiians) were well aware of the existence of far away islands, had names for these places, and were interested in exploring them to benefit their societies. This voyaging heritage was made possible by a geographical knowledge system based on individual perspective rather than the European cardinal direction system. The reasons for the halt of this voyaging tradition remain unknown, but scholars have offered climate change and resulting shifts in ocean currents and wind patterns as one possible explanation.
Native peoples of the Pacific resumed voyaging again a thousand years later. Clements and Musker set the film at that point in time, about two thousand years ago, on a fictional island in the central Pacific Ocean, which drew inspiration from elements of the real-life island nations of Fiji, Samoa,. Over the five years it took to develop and produce the film, Clements and Musker recruited experts from across the South Pacific to form an Oceanic Story Trust, who consulted on the film's cultural accuracy and sensitivity as the story evolved through nine versions. The Trust responded negatively, for example, to a depiction of Maui as bald, and to a proposed scene in which Moana threw a tantrum by throwing coconuts.
In response, Maui was reworked with long hair and the coconut scene was scrapped. During the 2015 D23 Expo's panel for Disney's slate of upcoming animated films, Moana's last name was given as 'Waialiki', but that name was not retained in the final film. Writing wrote the initial screenplay. The first draft focused on Moana as the sole daughter in a family with 'five or six brothers', in which gender played into the story.
However, the brothers and gender-based theme were deleted from the story, as the directors thought Moana's journey should be about finding herself. A subsequent draft presented Moana's father as the one who wanted to resume navigation, but it was rewritten to have him oppose navigation so he would not overshadow Moana. Instead, came up with the idea of a grandmother character for the film, who would serve as a mentor linking Moana to ancient traditions. Another version focused on Moana rescuing her father, who had been lost at sea.
The film's story changed drastically during the development phase (which happens with most Disney films), and that idea ultimately survived only as a subtle element of the father's backstory. Te Kā was referred to in early drafts of the film as Te Pō, a reference to the, who was originally the life-giving goddess Hine-tītama, but became the goddess of death upon discovering that her husband the god was also her father. Māui set out to defeat her in order to bring immortality to humans, but failed and was himself killed. Joined the project during a critical period to help deepen the emotional story architecture of the film. They are credited with developing the core relationship between Moana and Maui, the prologue, the Cave of the Wayfinders, the Kakamora, and the collector crab Tamatoa (played by ). Received sole credit as the writer of the final version of the screenplay. Like most Disney and animated films, several major story problems were identified in 2015 only after the film had already transitioned from development into production, but computer-generated films tend to have much shorter production schedules and much larger animation teams (in this case, about 90 animators) than traditionally animated films.
Since Clements and Musker were already working 12-hour days (and Saturdays) directing such a large team of animators, and (who had just finished directing ) came on board as co-directors to help fix the film's story issues. The scene in which Maui and Moana encounter the Kakamora is an intentional homage to. (pictured here in 2013) played the co-starring role of in Moana After the filmmakers sat through auditions of hundreds of candidates from across the Pacific, 14-year-old high school freshman Auliʻi Cravalho was cast as the lead character Moana. At that point in time, the design of Moana's face and personality was already complete, and Cravalho's obvious physical resemblance to her character was simply a coincidence. During animation production, Disney animators were able to integrate some of Cravalho's mannerisms into Moana's behavior as depicted onscreen.
The majority of the film's cast members are of descent: Auliʻi Cravalho (Moana) and (Sina, Moana's mother) were born in Hawaii and are of heritage; Dwayne Johnson , Oscar Kightley (Fisherman), and (Villager No. 1) are of heritage; and New Zealand–born (Tala, Moana's grandmother), Temuera Morrison (Tui, Moana's father), and (Tamatoa) are of heritage. Animation Moana is Clements and Musker's first fully computer-animated film. One of the reasons for using computer animation was that the environment, including the ocean, benefited much more from the use of CGI as opposed to traditional animation. The filmmakers have also suggested that three-dimensional computer animation is well-suited to the 'beautiful sculpturing' of the faces of the people of the South Pacific.
Worked on the used to depict Maui's sentient tattoos. During early development, the filmmakers considered the possibility of making the film with hand-drawn traditional animation, but only a few early animation tests were made in that style. In the final cut, only Maui's tattoos are hand-drawn.
Moana was produced in makeshift quarters in a giant warehouse in (together with ), while Disney Animation's headquarters building in was being renovated. Musker observed that Moana was similar in that respect to, which was produced in a warehouse in.
Production wrapped on October 20, 2016. Music and soundtrack.
Moana landing at in in March 2017 On October 15, 2016, unveiled their Moana-themed for three of their fleet. Disney initiating a partnership with to promote the film has been perceived as having the motive of fetishizing Polynesian island nations as exotic vacation spots, the people and culture of which exist only to entertain foreign audiences, as well as speaking with in an interview sharing travel tips for visitors to Hawaii. Critiques of these promotional tactics focus on how adverse effects of tourism have devastated native communities in the Pacific, resulting in environmental degradation and poverty. A Maui 'skin suit' costume made to tie in with the film was pulled by Disney from its online store following complaints about it being culturally insensitive and for appearing to promote.
There are currently meet-and-greets with Moana at, and at, a Disney Resort and Spa. At, there will be a stage show called Moana's Village Festival, which is scheduled to open in 2018. Home media Moana was released by on (2D and 3D) and in the United States on March 7, 2017, with a on February 21, 2017. The releases include the short film,. The Blu-ray release also introduces a short film featuring Maui and Moana, titled Gone Fishing.
Reception Box office Moana grossed $248.7 million in the U.S. And Canada, and $394.5 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $643.3 million. On January 22 and March 16, 2017, respectively, the film reached the $500 million and $600 million marks, becoming the fourth consecutive Walt Disney Animation Studios film to reach both milestones after (2013), (2014), and (2016). Although Disney has not disclosed the film's production budget, most of its animated films cost around $150 million. Calculated the net profit of the film to be $121.3 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film, making it the 12th-most profitable release of 2016.
North America In the United States, Moana was released during the weekend. The film played in 3,875 theaters of which a majority of them (80%) screened it in 3D. It also played in 50 premium large-format screens and more than 400 screens. It was projected to take in around $50 million in three days, with $75–85 million in five days (some estimates going as high as $90 million). Deadline.com said the numbers were good for the original Disney film and marked a great rebound for the company in the wake of 's the previous year, which had made $55 million over five days off a production budget of $175–200 million. Moana made $2.6 million from Tuesday paid previews which began at 7 pm, the highest ever for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film and for a non-Pixar Disney animated film. On its opening day, it made $15.5 million, a new record for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film opening on Wednesday (breaking 's record) and the biggest opening day ever for a film released on pre-Thanksgiving Day.
On Thanksgiving Day, it earned $9.9 million, a decrease of 36% from its previous day. On —the highest-grossing day of the Thanksgiving stretch—it made $21.8 million, a 127% increase from the day before. Through Sunday, the film posted a three-day opening weekend worth $56.6 million over its Friday-to-Sunday debut and $82.1 million from Wednesday to Sunday, the third biggest three-day Thanksgiving opening (behind Frozen and ) and the second-biggest five-day Thanksgiving opening (behind Frozen), dethroning off the top spot.
Among all films that did not necessarily open in this weekend but may have played, Moana ranks sixth among three-day weekends and fifth among five-day weekends. The film's opening was considered to be another animated success for the studio after Zootopia and Pixar's posted huge openings, respectively, the same year in March and June. In its second weekend, the film dropped by about 50% for a total of $28.3 million, a smaller drop than Toy Story 2, Frozen, and The Good Dinosaur. The film managed to top the box office for its third weekend, despite competition from newcomers and holdovers, earning $18.5 million while falling by 34%. It became the sixth film of 2016 to top the box office three times, following, Zootopia, Finding Dory,. The film was overtaken by Disney's own in its fourth weekend, despite only a marginal decline. It fell to number six in its fifth weekend, due to competition from four new releases—, and —despite a small drop again; it grossed $2.9 million on.
On the holiday week of December 23–29, the film finished at number four with a gross of $26 million, which was 14% up from the previous week, despite losing over 300 theaters. It finished at number four in its sixth weekend, going up 42% and 97%, respectively, during the three-day and four-day weekends; it grossed $3.6 million on. It fell outside the top ten in its eighth weekend (which included ), dropping 33% and 4%, respectively, during the three-day and four-day weekends. Outside North America Internationally, the film earned $17.2 million in its first weekend from 12 markets, the bulk of which came from China. In its second weekend, the film expanded to a total of 30 markets, adding an additional $33.7 million. In China, the film had a November 25 opening day with $1.9 million from 38,000 screenings.
However, it enjoyed a big weekend bump on Saturday—even though its screens dipped—and Sunday. In total, it scored an opening weekend of $12.3 million, the second best for a Disney animated title, behind only Zootopia. 2 behind Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Strong social media numbers showed among the highest the studio has seen there, similar to how Zootopia started off slow and later became a blockbuster phenomenon. The film slipped 55% in its second weekend, earning $5.8 million, and $21.8 in total in China. It would eventually earn a total of $32.7 million in China. It had similar successful number-one debuts in France, Russia, Mexico and Spain.
The film also saw success in Belgium, the Netherlands and French-speaking Switzerland. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the film faced competition from Fantastic Beasts—which was playing in its third weekend—and as a result, it posted a low opening of only £2.2 million ($2.8 million). The biggest earning markets to date have been Japan ($45.9 million), followed by France ($35.5 million), China ($32.8 million), the UK ($25.3 million), Brazil ($22.9 million), Australia ($19 million), Germany ($17 million), Italy ($15.9 million), and South Korea ($15.5 million). Critical response On website, Moana holds an approval rating of 95% based on 264 reviews, and an of 7.9/10.
The website's critical consensus reads, 'With a title character as three-dimensional as its lush animation and a story that adds fresh depth to Disney's time-tested formula, Moana is truly a family-friendly adventure for the ages.' Subsequently, the film is also listed as number 11 on the website's '75 Best Computer Animated Movies' list. On, the film holds a weighted average score of 81 out of 100, based on 44 critics, indicating 'universal acclaim'. Audiences polled by gave the film an average grade of 'A' on a scale ranging from A+ to F, while reported filmgoers gave an 89% overall positive score and a 71% 'definite recommend'. Of proclaimed that ' Moana is beautiful in more ways than I can tell, thanks to the brilliance of more animators than I could count.' Animator received praise from critics and audiences for his hand-drawn animation of Maui's tattoos, which they claimed 'stole the show' from the actual CGI-animated motion picture., writing in the, compared the ocean in Moana to the one in 'The Water Baby', a short story by, saying that both are animated: one, by the tension between digital and analog animation, and the other, by the tension between an encroaching future and a past in retreat still capable of pushing back.
Of gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, stating that 'Moana' would have been enormously entertaining regardless of when it came out, but its arrival at this particular moment in history gives it an added sense of significance—as well as inspiration.' Peter Debruge of praised the film, calling it 'a return to the heights of the Disney Renaissance'. Accolades. (1937).
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Quotes first lines: In the beginning there was only ocean until the Mother Island emerged. Her heart held the greatest power ever known. It could create life itself.
And Te Fiti shared it with the world. But in time, some began to seek Te Fiti's heart. They believed if they could possess it, the great power of creation would be theirs.
And one day, the most daring of them all voyaged across the vast ocean to take it. He was a demi-god of the wind and sea. He was a warrior. It was going to sell. Teardrops of pity. Bells and whistles clambering above and behind.
It catches you. Moana is a movie of it's own, that speaks it's own language and reaps it's own wounds. The ramifications of this movie, if you didn't know it already was, jellies from the distant aftertaste of 'Frozen' and 'Zootopia.'
But this picture, if you didn't know it already was, is meant for Hawain culture, made for that specific statute of sensibility. So it's not that funny, but on a yacht at night, with the stars shining upon thee, without a whistle of wind, but the quiet rest of the open sea, and showing this film, if you didn't know it already was one, being shown on an outside projector, with a tropical drink in one hand and a bloody tissue in the other, then can this movie touch the jolts of my heart. What I am saying is this movie requires a journey for you to enjoy it instead of sitting their with a dried up full bag of large popcorn.