Disstevefan1
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Don't forget Minions and the Illuminations cinematic universe.
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Disney's Live Action The Little Mermaid
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Sirwalterraleigh
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I can’t figure out why this thread is still raging?
It’s over. We can reopen debate if it somehow pops back up over the next few weeks…against the odds.
It’s over. We can reopen debate if it somehow pops back up over the next few weeks…against the odds.
BuddyThomas
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The reason this thread is “still raging” is because there are many people on here rooting for the movie to fail. That’s all.
BuddyThomas
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More than one movie is allowed to open in the summer.
Jedijax719
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Okay yes I admit I forgot about Gru and the minions. But are the other ones at Universal?
Btw, with all the "TLM has already failed-it's not an opinion but fact" posts that go on and on, I'd say that they all count at massive concern trolling. Is there a rule against concern trolling?
MagicMouseFan
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I’m not rooting for it to fail, I’m a shareholder. I’m concerned about Disney’s creative direction. The New Coke vs. Classic Coke didn’t work in the 80s and apparently didn’t work overseas with new Mermaid vs old Mermaid. Overseas looks like they didn’t want change from a classic character, just like people didn’t want new Coke in the 80s and demanded Classic return. One of the all-time corporate blunders.
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Disstevefan1
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Yes, I was just adding to the list. I agree, there are plenty of current IP at Universal.
Sirwalterraleigh
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TP2000
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If anyone dares mention the practically perfect and too-good-for-this-world Ms. Catherine O'Hara as a reason why Elemental flops, it's going to get ugly in that thread. Trust me.
BuddyThomas
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There you are!!!!!!!!!!If anyone dares mention the practically perfect and too-good-for-this-world Ms. Catherine O'Hara as a reason why Elemental flops, it's going to get ugly in that thread. Trust me.
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
I will get banned.If anyone dares mention the practically perfect and too-good-for-this-world Ms. Catherine O'Hara as a reason why Elemental flops, it's going to get ugly in that thread. Trust me.
TP2000
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As of today's reporting from this weekend's box office overseas, The Little Mermaid is tracking right about where Aladdin was domestically. But unlike Aladdin and The Lion King, Mermaid is tracking way below those two overseas.
It really does look like the mediocre (Europe, Mexico) to poor (China) overseas box office results for Mermaid are what's going to prevent it from breaking even at its reported $560 Million figure.
It really does look like the mediocre (Europe, Mexico) to poor (China) overseas box office results for Mermaid are what's going to prevent it from breaking even at its reported $560 Million figure.
Vegas Disney Fan
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The biggest reason I’ve always preferred Disney over Universal is their IP catalog wasn’t as good (or didn’t mean as much to me at least) but it’s definitely improved over the last decade.
HP, Jurassic, Minions, and to lessor extent How to Train your Dragon have become top tier IPs that have become as memorable to me as many Disney / Pixar movies.
I’m not a huge Nintendo fan but I know that’s a huge draw for many also.
There’s still many themes at Universal that don’t mean much to me, but at this point it’s hard not to give at least one vacation day to Universal now that there’s so many good themes.
MagicMouseFan
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They wanted Classic Coke and it cost Disney.
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Chi84
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People find joy in different ways. Some are happy when Disney fails because they don’t like much about current-day Disney. It’s only a handful who get a kick out of posting non-stop about it, which can be interpreted as gloating. Best to just ignore it.
Sirwalterraleigh
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At this point…I’m more interested to see how it fares domestically over the next week?
Disney has specialized in the “20 day flatline” with all its can’t miss IP of late…some exceptions - GOTG.
If they’re gonna break even they have to reverse that trend for mermaid
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LittleBuford
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But this thread isn't supposed to be solely, or even mainly, about the film's box-office performance. It's supposed to be a place for general discussion of the film, though you'd hardly know it.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Fair enough
GimpYancIent
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Rotten Tomatoes statistics and critics reviews = worthless, again.