"Moana 2" showed on Russian screens

Disney's animated blockbuster "Moana 2" reached Russian screens two weeks after its world premiere. "Izvestia" watched the cartoon and tried to understand why it was so successful.

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The world box office of the picture is already $600 million, it is in fifth place in collections for the year, and in Russia it is shown with Kazakh dubbing: Moana is voiced by a well-known and there, and we have a hip-hop singer Nazima, who used to sing with Timati and Valeria and recorded on the label Black Star.

There is no classic Disney supervillain, who obstructs the heroes and plans to gain power over the world. There is no story of great love that moves the heroes towards each other. There is no fight against the prejudices of Polynesian society, no flashy messes for the heroes to get involved in.

We observe only how good guys after a slight misunderstanding still find common language with very good guys, and then great guys join them. The ocean, the sun, bananas and tattoos, which do not become a symbol of initiation here. What initiation if everyone is harmonious, honest, brave and friendly as it is?

Life, as is often the case, has set things right. Family audiences around the world spit on the opinions of nerdy critics and rushed to the movie. In the U.S. alone, the cartoon earned $300 million and the same amount in other countries. In North America in a few days "Moana 2" will become the third highest-grossing release of the year, in the world it is already in fifth place, but soon it will overtake "Dune" and end the year in at least fourth place.

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