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Pixar's sequel scored the largest opening in the franchise's history and the year's biggest debut, taking $160 million domestically and $312 million worldwide, with strong reviews pointing to a long summer run.
Three-week tracking points to an $85 million domestic debut on July 10, in line with How to Train Your Dragon but well under Moana 2's $139.7 million, as the remake opens into a crowded summer.
The $160-a-share cash-and-stock deal pairs Fox's sports, news, and Tubi with Roku's 100 million streaming households, with a close targeted for the first half of 2027.
Eman Esfandi told a SpaceCon San Antonio panel that his character features across the full season, a step up from his three-episode Season 1 run, as the long-delayed Disney+ series moves to early 2027.
Brendan Wayne, Pedro Pascal's body double on the series, says fans don't own the franchise, but critics counter that much of the backlash is fair.
Masters of the Universe opened to roughly a quarter of its budget, and Amazon called it a validation. Both can be true: Amazon built the only studio where a theatrical loss has somewhere else to go. Mattel has no such cushion.
Disney has promoted the franchise co-creator, who voices Stitch and was already writing the live-action sequel's script, to director. Production is set to begin later this year.
