Dwayne Johnson Reacts to Negative Moana Reviews After Disney's Live-Action Remake Bombs

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson shared his thoughts astir the antagonistic reviews for Disney's live-action Moana remake aft it floundered successful theaters.

The Black Adam actor, who reprised his relation arsenic Maui successful past month's reimagining of the animated Disney flick, touched connected immoderate of the biting disapproval it received astir its premiere. From the WWE to Fast & Furious, Johnson has decades of acquisition successful amusement business, and for him, that means learning to rotation with the punches, too.

"Our archetypal 2 reviews came out," helium told People. "I'll ne'er hide it… They were amazing. I was like, wow."

He past said, arsenic "it sometimes happens," reviews "went different way." The caller Moana movie, a remake of the archetypal 2016 animated Disney movie, presently shows favorability ratings of 31% from critics and an 88% from audiences connected reappraisal aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. IGN wasn't excessively impressed with the movie either, awarding it a 6/10 reappraisal up of its premiere.

"That’s conscionable the mode it goes due to the fact that we’re successful this business," Johnson said.

He continued: "The situation was, okay, let's remember, though, what's going to beryllium beyond this opening weekend. Let's retrieve what's happening close present and the sound that's happening close now."

Johnson went connected to explicate his feelings, saying, "If you emotion it, great. If you don't, nary problem." As Moana struggles to scope a wide assemblage successful theaters, what John said meant the astir to him was that "the civilization truly stood up." For him, bringing Polynesian civilization to the large surface successful this mode was "why the movie was made."

"Because of maine and our kids who tin present look astatine the large surface and go, 'That's america for the archetypal clip connected a large screen,'" helium said. "'That’s america up there. How chill is that?'"

"The full community, the full civilization truly showed up and they understood," Johnson's wife, Lauren Hashian, added. "Even if you’re not Polynesian, I deliberation we tin recognize household and emotion and nonaccomplishment and perseverance — particularly arsenic a mom. Having kids and watching it done their eyes, for me, it's precise magical."

The seemingly overwhelming positivity from immoderate online moviegoers besides failed to construe to gross successful theaters. Moana's opening play saw it weaponry astatine the container bureau with conscionable $95 cardinal globally. It has a fund of $250 million, according to Variety, and arsenic of past weekend, its 4th successful theaters, it had accumulated conscionable $261 million.

The live-action Moana whitethorn person failed to execute connected the level of thing similar the Lilo & Stitch remake, but it doesn't look similar Disney is putting the brakes connected its remake pipeline. A reimagining of classical fairytale movie Tangled is presently successful production, with caller acceptable leaks showing a archetypal look astatine immoderate of its cast. For more, you tin work astir however Johnson laughed disconnected comments astir his Maui wig.

Michael Cripe is simply a freelance writer with IGN. He's champion known for his enactment astatine sites similar The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be definite to springiness him a travel connected Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).