Disney in Deep Waters as 'moana' Expected to Underperform

Dow Jones07-09 23:19

1119 ET - As 'Moana' is set to come out tomorrow, Mike Hickey, an analyst at Benchmark, anticipates the movie will generate between $60M and $65M in its domestic opening despite a $250M budget, posing a risk for one of Disney's largest theatrical investments of the year. The weaker opening increases the importance of international performance and long-term box office legs, Hickey said. For IMAX, Moana's potential underperformance will likely be offset by the anticipated success of 'The Odyssey.'(grace.yoon@wsj.com)

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

July 09, 2026 11:19 ET (15:19 GMT)

At the request of the copyright holder, you need to log in to view this content

Disclaimer: Investing carries risk. This is not financial advice. The above content should not be regarded as an offer, recommendation, or solicitation on acquiring or disposing of any financial products, any associated discussions, comments, or posts by author or other users should not be considered as such either. It is solely for general information purpose only, which does not consider your own investment objectives, financial situations or needs. TTM assumes no responsibility or warranty for the accuracy and completeness of the information, investors should do their own research and may seek professional advice before investing.

Comments

We need your insight to fill this gap

Leave a comment

{"i18n":{"language":"en_US"},"isChannel":false,"data":{"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2650973822?lang=en_US&edition=fundamental","thumbnail":"","is_english":true,"pubTime":"2026-07-09 23:19","share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","id":"2650973822","market":"sh","top_or_hot":-1,"title":"Disney in Deep Waters as 'moana' Expected to Underperform","media":"Dow Jones","content":"<font class=\"NormalMinus1\" face=\"Arial\">\n<p>\n     1119 ET - As 'Moana' is set to come out tomorrow, Mike Hickey, an analyst at Benchmark, anticipates the movie will generate between $60M and $65M in its domestic opening despite a $250M budget, posing a risk for one of Disney's largest theatrical investments of the year. The weaker opening increases the importance of international performance and long-term box office legs, Hickey said. For IMAX, Moana's potential underperformance will likely be offset by the anticipated success of 'The Odyssey.'(grace.yoon@wsj.com) \n</p>\n<pre style=\"white-space: pre\">\n \n</pre>\n<p>\n  (END) Dow Jones Newswires\n</p>\n<p>\n  July 09, 2026 11:19 ET (15:19 GMT)\n</p>\n<p>\n  Copyright (c) 2026 Dow Jones &amp; Company, Inc.\n</p>\n</font>","source":null,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Disney in Deep Waters as 'moana' Expected to Underperform</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nDisney in Deep Waters as 'moana' Expected to Underperform\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n<div class=\"head\" \">\n\n\n<div class=\"h-thumb\" style=\"background-image:url(https://static.tigerbbs.com/150f88aa4d182df19190059f4a365e99);background-size:cover;\"></div>\n\n<div class=\"h-content\">\n<p class=\"h-name\">Dow Jones </p>\n<p class=\"h-time\">2026-07-09 23:19</p>\n</div>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<font class=\"NormalMinus1\" face=\"Arial\">\n<p>\n     1119 ET - As 'Moana' is set to come out tomorrow, Mike Hickey, an analyst at Benchmark, anticipates the movie will generate between $60M and $65M in its domestic opening despite a $250M budget, posing a risk for one of Disney's largest theatrical investments of the year. The weaker opening increases the importance of international performance and long-term box office legs, Hickey said. For IMAX, Moana's potential underperformance will likely be offset by the anticipated success of 'The Odyssey.'(grace.yoon@wsj.com) \n</p>\n<pre style=\"white-space: pre\">\n \n</pre>\n<p>\n  (END) Dow Jones Newswires\n</p>\n<p>\n  July 09, 2026 11:19 ET (15:19 GMT)\n</p>\n<p>\n  Copyright (c) 2026 Dow Jones &amp; Company, Inc.\n</p>\n</font>\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","isBrief":false,"type":0,"news_type":1,"symbol":"WAT","symbol_name":"沃特世","start_time":0,"source_url":"https://dowjonesnews.com/newdjn/logon.aspx?AL=N","article_id":"2650973822","we_media_id":"106","thumbnails":[],"rights":null,"url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2650973822","pubTimestamp":1783610340,"columns":[],"sourceInfo":null,"weMediaInfo":{"media_name":"Dow Jones","introduction":"Dow Jones publishes the world’s most trusted business news and financial information in a variety of media.","home_visible":0,"id":"106","head_image":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/150f88aa4d182df19190059f4a365e99"},"summary":"1119 ET - As 'Moana' is set to come out tomorrow, Mike Hickey, an analyst at Benchmark, anticipates the movie will generate between $60M and $65M in its domestic opening despite a $250M budget, posing a risk for one of Disney's largest theatrical investments of the year. The weaker opening increases the importance of international performance and long-term box office legs, Hickey said. For IMAX, Moana's potential underperformance will likely be offset by the anticipated success of 'The Odyssey.' Dow Jones NewswiresJuly 09, 2026 11:19 ET Copyright  2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.","collect":0,"end_time":0,"defaultTopTitle":"","property":["rate"],"viewcount":null,"language":"en","relate_stocks":{"WAT":"沃特世","DIS":"迪士尼"},"translate_title":"《海洋奇缘》预计表现不佳，迪士尼陷入深水区","themeId":null,"isJumpTheme":false,"ttsUrl":null,"symbols_score_info":{"DIS":1.5,"WAT":1.5},"content_text":"1119 ET - As 'Moana' is set to come out tomorrow, Mike Hickey, an analyst at Benchmark, anticipates the movie will generate between $60M and $65M in its domestic opening despite a $250M budget, posing a risk for one of Disney's largest theatrical investments of the year. The weaker opening increases the importance of international performance and long-term box office legs, Hickey said. For IMAX, Moana's potential underperformance will likely be offset by the anticipated success of 'The Odyssey.'(grace.yoon@wsj.com) \n\n\n \n\n\n  (END) Dow Jones Newswires\n\n\n  July 09, 2026 11:19 ET (15:19 GMT)\n\n\n  Copyright (c) 2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":true,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"-1","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"isVideo":false,"video":null,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":true,"need_login_tip":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"isLaohu8Offline":false,"tenantId":"TBGLOBAL","deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.45.2","shortVersion":"4.45.2","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2650973822","isCrawlerRequest":true}