It will be interesting. Disney has had ill luck with the November releases of recent times. Maybe this turns the tide back to their favor because Universal's Christmas release that Migration has, has been much better to Dreamworks and Illumination these past years.
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Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs
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It will be interesting. Disney has had ill luck with the November releases of recent times. Maybe this turns the tide back to their favor because Universal's Christmas release that Migration has, has been much better to Dreamworks and Illumination these past years.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Yes I agree it'll be interesting to see, and Disney has had a lock on Thanksgiving for a long time now. The question is will this be a return to form with Wish.....
BuddyThomas
Well-Known Member
I am now officially Barbenheimered!
TP2000
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That's hysterical.
I haven't touched a girl since Lyndon Johnson was in office (maybe I should blame him?), but even I can see that Margot Robbie is absolutely drop dead gorgeous. The perfect All-American girl is apparently Australian.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
There’s a second showing…I’ll hit that one
Sorry, but I hate Family Guy!
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Most heavily armed ‘Mericans get their news from Australians that hate the US…they just have no clueThat's hysterical.
I haven't touched a girl since Lyndon Johnson was in office (maybe I should blame him?), but even I can see that Margot Robbie is absolutely drop dead gorgeous. The perfect All-American girl is apparently Australian.
No…not the hemsworths
This is so unfair! I’m sorry, but I don’t want this double strike to last until 2024! I want It to end soon. Those Hollywood executives better hurry up and make a fair and better deal to the writers and actors, or else the whole Hollywood will be officially bankrupt!
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Disney Irish
Premium Member
Hollywood will not go bankrupt even if the strike goes into 2024.
I understand you're impatient but there is nothing that can be done by you. So just take it easy and focus on something else, no point worrying about something you have no control over.
TalkingHead
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Food for Disney thinking:
I dragged my wife… and we both thought Barbie was great
Hawkeye_2018
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Oppenheimer is the ultimate Dad film while Barbie is the ultimate Mom/daughter film. Combine that with great directors and it's not surprising that both had big success opening weekend.
Phroobar
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I think they were marketed much better than others. People this year are being very picky on what they go out to the movies to see. Barbie is stupid but fun while Oppenheimer will stick with you long after the movie. It's well done Edutainment. I'd love to see a prequel to Oppenheimer about Filo Farnsworth and the invention of Television. They are both related. There is good cloak & dagger type stuff related to the Farnsworth story.
TP2000
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As the Tweets that @Disney Analyst kindly posted said, the weekend box office numbers were adjusted further upward this morning for Barbie.
In just one weekend Barbie made more money at the domestic box office than Indy 5 has made in the past month, and more than Elemental has made in the past six weeks. And Barbie did all that with a production budget that was less than half of Indy 5.
In just one weekend Barbie made more money at the domestic box office than Indy 5 has made in the past month, and more than Elemental has made in the past six weeks. And Barbie did all that with a production budget that was less than half of Indy 5.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
All studios makes films that they believe will be good and get people to come out. No studios releases a film saying "I hope no audience likes this and it makes no money". A lot of it is luck. So just saying "make good films" isn't going to make an audience flock to a movie.
Sir_Cliff
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Yes, it does make me chuckle a little that so many people feel they have discovered the magic formula for profitability in Hollywood: Just make good films!
I don't think any studio executives are reading such posts and wondering why they'd never thought of it.
TP2000
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All very true. In America we call that being an "Armchair Quarterback" (I imagine there's a Dutch version of that saying that uses far more svelte and lithe athletes and their fans than we have
), and I'm just as guilty of it as the next person. And it certainly makes conversations and discussions fun for amateur observers like myself. But it's also a legitimate issue and concern that a once-consistent entertainment empire like The Walt Disney Company, who has the benefit of four lavishly funded and expertly staffed flagship studios, suddenly can't make a dime at the box office this summer.
Things were already not going well last year with Lightyear and Strange World, but this summer has been consistently disastrous. Indy 5's horrible results alone should get some folks fired in Burbank. But then add the weak profits from Guardians 3 that were blown out of the water by the hundreds of millions in losses from Elemental and Little Mermaid combined, and you have a real box office crisis for Disney.
What's left?... Haunted Mansion hits theaters in 4 days. And if that also loses tens of millions of dollars?
