At the 89th Academy Awards, the film received two nominations for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song (' How Far I'll Go'). Along with Zootopia, it marked the first time since 2002 that Walt Disney Animation Studios released two feature films in the same year, after Lilo & Stitch and Treasure Planet. The film went on to gross over $645 million worldwide.

The film received positive reviews from critics, who particularly praised its animation, music, and vocal performances. Moana premiered during the AFI Fest at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 14, 2016, and was released theatrically in the United States on November 23. The plot is original, but takes inspiration from Polynesian myths.

When a blight strikes her island, Moana sets sail in search of Maui, a legendary demigod, in the hope of returning the relic to Te Fiti and saving her people. Set in ancient Polynesia, the film tells the story of Moana, the strong-willed daughter of a chief of a coastal village, who is chosen by the ocean itself to reunite a mystical relic with the goddess Te Fiti. It features original songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa'i, and Mark Mancina, and an orchestral score also composed by Mancina. The film introduces Auliʻi Cravalho as the voice of Moana and also features the ensemble voices of Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, and Alan Tudyk. The 56th Disney animated feature film, it was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, co-directed by Chris Williams and Don Hall, and produced by Osnat Shurer, from a screenplay written by Jared Bush, and a story by Clements, Musker, Williams, Hall, Pamela Ribon, and the writing team of Aaron and Jordan Kandell. This chart contains the top 100 animation movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office.Moana (also known as Vaiana or Oceania in some markets) is a 2016 American computer-animated musical action-adventure fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Other Worldwide Cumulative records: All Time Worldwide - All Time Single Market - All Time Sequel Worldwide - All Time Non-Sequel Worldwide - Top 2022 Worldwide - Top 2023 Worldwide

See also: All Time Animated Domestic - All Time Animated International Box Office Records > Worldwide > All Movies > Cumulative > All Time Animated Worldwide

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