The live-action Moana, directed by Thomas Kail and featuring Dwayne Johnson and Catherine Laga’aia, is described as a near shot-for-shot remake of the 2016 animated film. It holds a 35% Rotten Tomatoes score based on 55 reviews as of Wednesday and has seen domestic opening weekend tracking lowered from $85 million to just over $60 million. Moana 2 was released less than two years earlier after originally being planned as a streaming series.