Moana
Animated Disney film by John Musker and Ron Clements
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| March 10 2025 | The lawsuit filed by Buck Woodall against Disney was ruled in Disney's favor. |
| January 10 2025 | Buck Woodall filed a lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company alleging theft of ideas for the Moana movies, seeking $17 billion in damages. |
| November 27 2024 | Release of Moana 2, the sequel to the original animated film. |
| June 12 2024 | Catherine Laga'aia announced as the lead actress for the live-action Moana adaptation |
| February 2024 | First 16-second look at Moana 2 released |
| 2023 | Characters from the original Moana film made cameo appearances in the short film Once Upon a Studio. |
| 2023 | Moana appeared as one of the main characters in the Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest special. |
| October 26 2023 | Moana re-released in Latin America, running until November 1, alongside Coco. |
| October 16 2023 | Walt Disney World Resort opened the Journey of Water Pavilion at EPCOT, a water walk-through attraction inspired by Moana, as part of The Walt Disney Company's 100th anniversary celebration. |
| October 14 2023 | Moana re-released in Helios theaters across Poland. |
| October 13 2023 | Moana re-released in the United States as part of Disney's 100th anniversary celebration, running until October 26. |
| April 2023 | Walt Disney Pictures reported to be developing a live-action adaptation of Moana |
| July 22 2022 | Sing-along version of Moana released on Disney+ |
| January 2022 | David Derrick Jr. is announced as the writer and director for the Moana series. |
| August 2021 | Osnat Shurer was confirmed to serve as producer for the Moana series. |
| January 21 2021 | Deadline and Nielsen released the most-watched streaming titles list, where Moana ranked as the second most streamed film of 2021 with 8.9 billion minutes of view-time. |
| 2020 | Moana became the most streamed movie in the United States, beginning a five-year period of streaming dominance that would continue through 2024. |
| December 2020 | Moana sequel project initially announced as a television series for Disney+ |
| November 12 2019 | Moana released on Disney+ streaming service at its launch. |
| 2018 | Moana and her rooster companion Heihei made a guest appearance in the animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet, expanding the character's presence beyond her original movie. |
| 2018 | Stage show 'Moana's Village Festival' opens at Hong Kong Disneyland. |
| June 10 2018 | The Hawaiian-language version of Moana premiered, distributed for free to schools in Hawaii. |
| 2017 | Short film 'Gone Fishing' related to the Moana franchise was created. |
| November 2017 | A Hawaiian-language dubbing of the film was announced, with Auli'i Cravalho and Nicole Scherzinger set to reprise their roles. |
| September 11 2017 | The Māori-language version of Moana premiered in Auckland, with 30 theatres screening it for free during Māori Language Week. |
| June 2017 | A Māori-language dubbing of the film, produced by Matewa Media, was announced. |
| March 7 2017 | Moana released on Blu-ray (2D and 3D) and DVD in the United States. |
| February 2017 | Lin-Manuel Miranda's song 'How Far I'll Go' was nominated for Best Original Song at the 89th Academy Awards. |
| February 21 2017 | Digital release of Moana in the United States. |
| January 27 2017 | Sing-along version of Moana released in over 2,000 theaters across the United States. |
| 2016 | Moana animated film is released, drawing inspiration from Polynesian mythology and culture. |
| 2016 | First Moana animated film released, featuring Auli'i Cravalho as the voice of Moana. |
| 2016 | Moana animated film is released, after five years of development and consultation with the Oceanic Story Trust to ensure cultural accuracy. |
| 2016 | Disney releases the original animated film Moana, introducing the franchise centered on the Polynesian heroine's adventurous journey. |
| November 2016 | Completed its three-day opening weekend with $56.6 million and five-day Thanksgiving opening with $82.1 million, becoming the second-biggest five-day Thanksgiving opening (behind Frozen). |
| November 25 2016 | On Black Friday, the film earned $21.8 million, a 127% increase from the previous day. |
| November 25 2016 | In China, the film opened with $1.9 million on its first day from 38,000 screenings, eventually earning $12.3 million for its opening weekend. |
| November 23 2016 | Moana made $15.5 million on its opening day, breaking Frozen's record for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film opening on Wednesday and becoming the biggest opening day for a pre-Thanksgiving Day film release. |
| November 23 2016 | Theatrical release of Moana in the United States, making it widely available to audiences. |
| November 22 2016 | Moana was released in the United States during the Thanksgiving weekend, playing in 3,875 theaters, with 80% of screenings in 3D and additional premium large-format and D-Box screenings. |
| November 22 2016 | The film earned $2.6 million from Tuesday paid previews, setting a record for the highest preview earnings for a Walt Disney Animation Studios and non-Pixar animated film. |
| November 18 2016 | Walt Disney Records released the official soundtrack for Moana, featuring songs by Opetaia Foa'i, Mark Mancina, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, with lyrics in English, Samoan, and Tokelauan languages. |
| November 14 2016 | Moana premiered at the AFI Fest at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, marking its first public screening. |
| October 25 2016 | At a press conference in Papeete, Disney announced the film would become the first motion picture to be fully dubbed in the Tahitian language. |
| October 20 2016 | Production of the animated film Moana officially wrapped up, marking the completion of the film's production phase. |
| October 15 2016 | Hawaiian Airlines unveils Moana-themed livery for three of their Airbus A330-200 fleet. |
| 2015 | Disney Italy discussed potential name change for the film to avoid confusion with Italian pornographic actress Moana Pozzi during a meeting with Italian exhibitors. |
| 2015 | Major story problems were identified in the film's production, leading to Don Hall and Chris Williams joining as co-directors to help fix the story issues. |
| 2015 | During the D23 Expo, Moana is initially given the last name 'Waialiki', though this name is not retained in the final film. |
| November 2014 | Disney confirms the film's release date for November 23, 2016. |
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