‘Moana’ Doesn’t Sing With $95M+ WW Opening; Stephen Chow Kicks Up $74M With ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ – Global Box Office Update

Forget any bad buzz that there’s a funk at the box office, because it always boils down to product, as well as time and space. As we told you throughout the weekend, the live-action Moana was too close to Thanksgiving 2024’s Moana 2 on the calendar. Had it gone in place of Moana 2 at that point in time, then it could be poised to be a billion-dollar-grossing movie.

Similar to domestic (somewhat), U.S. family movies are ruling the top of the global box office chart, though Stephen Chow’s first movie as a director in seven years, Kung Fu Soccer, kicked its way into second place overall. Let’s dive in: