**Trader sentiment for "Forgotten Island"'s second weekend reflects the film’s soft $13 million domestic opening despite strong critical reception (95% on Rotten Tomatoes) and solid audience scores.** The DreamWorks animated feature, a Filipino-inspired adventure with voices including H.E.R., Lea Salonga, and Manny Jacinto, underperformed modest $15–17 million tracking against an $80 million budget, landing in fifth place amid competition from the “Avengers: Endgame” re-release and other titles. Recent daily holds show minimal growth post-opening, signaling limited immediate word-of-mouth momentum typical for original family animation in a fall slot. With October’s lighter animated slate offering some runway, the closely bunched market ranges (led by 7–8M at 16.5%) highlight uncertainty over whether positive reviews and cultural specificity can deliver better-than-average legs or if the weak start caps the drop to the lower brackets.