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Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs
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I am looking forward to this… I always find anthology series interesting… especially when actors are cast in different roles throughout the various stories
BuddyThomas
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Gordon Greenberg is a pretty talented director. The storyline sounds a little silly, but this could be fun.
I did manage to score a relatively cheap fifth row mezz seat to Tommy tonight, so no Winnie the Pooh Blood and Honey for me.
TP2000
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Box Office is out for Thursday, previewing this upcoming Easter weekend box office. Nothing in the Top 10 from any of Disney's various studios obviously, and Luca is at #12 with 1,390 theaters averaging 48 bucks per theater.
For the domestic box office, it looks like Luca will come in second behind Turning Red, and ahead of Soul, for this odd re-release strategy that Pixar had for these three films.
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For the domestic box office, it looks like Luca will come in second behind Turning Red, and ahead of Soul, for this odd re-release strategy that Pixar had for these three films.
The Numbers - Daily Box Office Chart for Thursday October 9, 2025
Daily Domestic Box Office Chart for Thursday October 9, 2025
www.the-numbers.com
Epcot81Fan
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Box Office is out for Thursday, previewing this upcoming Easter weekend box office. Nothing in the Top 10 from any of Disney's various studios obviously, and Luca is at #12 with 1,390 theaters averaging 48 bucks per theater.
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For the domestic box office, it looks like Luca will come in second behind Turning Red, and ahead of Soul, for this odd re-release strategy that Pixar had for these three films.
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The Numbers - Daily Box Office Chart for Thursday October 9, 2025
Daily Domestic Box Office Chart for Thursday October 9, 2025
You're really underestimating the long-lasting cultural impact these Disney and Pixar movies are having.
When I see all of the merchandise at my local Target or kids walking around the parks with merch from Onward, Soul, Turning Red, Luca, Lightyear 2022, Raya and the Last Dragon, Strange World, Wish, etc. it's a powerful brand statement.
And if I hear one more movie quote from these films when I'm walking around my local mall, I'm going to smack somebody! Enough already! We get it, these movies are endlessly quotable!
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BrianLo
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Obviously Encanto is playing in the Moana/Frozen wheelhouse. Elemental seems to be Coco adjacent. I know you didn't mention those and I appreciate that sentiment that they are more of the obvious successes.
Turning Red and Luca though are a bit more popular than alluded to. They seem to occupy the Wall E, Up, Ratatouille, Big Hero Six type mental space. Which is to say Ratatouille has batted higher than it probably deserves to, but I don't think those two movies deserve to be on a forgotten list. Mei Mei has Baymax energy and I do see representation of both wandering around the park in terms of merchandise guests are wearing. Luca has been still churning quite popularly on streaming and Turning Red I think was the biggest of the three re-releases for a reason.
Whether Luca over-indexes like Ratatouille or is under-represented like Wall E is your and my best guess. I don't think that makes Luca bad in either case.
Raya and Soul are just going to be forgettable, Disney has way too many IP they juggle. Though Raya is added to the Princess lineup, which gives her an unfair advantage.
Strange World and lightyear are getting put on a shelf with chicken little, no argument from me.
Wish still confuses me - is it Raya and Soul or is it Strange World and Lightyear?
Kong and Godzilla rocked the house at an 80 million opening domestic alone.
Remember when people said box office success would only be an anamolly? And yet the top four films playing right now are all going to be profitable in theater box office alone. Three of which being extremes of this week's release of Kong x Kong, Dune and Kung Fu Panda have also been smash hit at the box office respectively.
Even Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. The movie that was panned critically will make bucks before it leaves theatrical box office.
They were all released this month.
Remember when people said box office success would only be an anamolly? And yet the top four films playing right now are all going to be profitable in theater box office alone. Three of which being extremes of this week's release of Kong x Kong, Dune and Kung Fu Panda have also been smash hit at the box office respectively.
Even Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. The movie that was panned critically will make bucks before it leaves theatrical box office.
They were all released this month.
Animaniac93-98
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After such a rough time last year (Barbie being the exception), I'm sure WB is happy they got 3 hits in a row with Wonka, Dune 2 and Godzilla x Kong. Aquaman 2 not tanking as bad as expected probably was a sigh of relief too.
Color Purple was their biggest recent disappointment. A $100 million movie that made $67 million worldwide. Far less than myself and others were expecting, especially after an $18 million opening day.
Color Purple was their biggest recent disappointment. A $100 million movie that made $67 million worldwide. Far less than myself and others were expecting, especially after an $18 million opening day.
TP2000
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Box Office is out for the Easter weekend. As we all know, Disney is absent from theaters except for the bizarre re-release of Pixar's Luca, which spent its second (and its last?) weekend down at #18 in 1,390 theaters.
But this was also the weekend that Kung Fu Panda outperformed Wish at the overseas box office. Here's how that looks for Kung Fu Panda on its 4th weekend in theaters, with Migration thrown in just for more context on how Disney is performing in its traditional family film business.
Kung Fu Panda: Budget $85, Marketing $43, Domestic $81, Overseas $78 = $31 Million Profit
Migration: Budget $72, Marketing $36, Domestic $76, Overseas $66 = $34 Million Profit
Wish: Budget $200, Marketing $100, Domestic $38, Overseas $70 = $192 Million Loss
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But this was also the weekend that Kung Fu Panda outperformed Wish at the overseas box office. Here's how that looks for Kung Fu Panda on its 4th weekend in theaters, with Migration thrown in just for more context on how Disney is performing in its traditional family film business.
Kung Fu Panda: Budget $85, Marketing $43, Domestic $81, Overseas $78 = $31 Million Profit
Migration: Budget $72, Marketing $36, Domestic $76, Overseas $66 = $34 Million Profit
Wish: Budget $200, Marketing $100, Domestic $38, Overseas $70 = $192 Million Loss
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The Numbers - Weekend Box Office Chart for August 2, 2024
Weekend Domestic Box Office Chart for the weekend of August 2, 2024
www.the-numbers.com
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BuddyThomas
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It’s called Late Night With the Devil.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
That changes this weekend with First Omen. So you'll have a new Disney movie's box office to discuss soon enough.
TP2000
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Oh my gosh, you're right! It's already April. I'd lost track of the calendar.
I'll start planning an outfit and a menu for this weekend's box office discussion.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Yes, and I believe they have at least one release almost every month now until the end of the year. So really Disney only missed out on 24Q1 box office, not like it was a huge box office so far anyways.Oh my gosh, you're right! It's already April. I'd lost track of the calendar.
I'll start planning an outfit and a menu for this weekend's box office discussion.
Yeah. Freudian slip to a common phrase. No disrespect to it intended. Thanks for the catching that. (I was actually the first one to bring up this film in the thread) I also meant Blumhouse when I mentioned Abigail but it said bluhouse.
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Before that I think Disney will have a bigger loss likely with Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes to look out for before Inside Out 2 possibly makes them some money.
That thing has a reported budget of 270 million. Wowzers.
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brideck
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Where have you seen a reported budget for the new Apes? I can't find that number anywhere, other than as an inflation-adjusted budget for the 2014 movie.
https://www.thefilmik.com/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-budget-revealed-its-reportedly-massive/ Here is one place that low estimates it at 200-220 million pre marketing.
Other sources have it higher.
brideck
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I read that as $200m-$220m where the real cost to Disney was less than that due to incentives. e.g. the $60m in incentives they got for Dial of Destiny. [Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...a-jones-whips-up-130-million-loss-for-disney/]
"According to verified reports, the production budget for 20th Century Studios’ ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ is around $200-220 million, excluding prints and advertising costs, making it a massively budgeted film for the production. With a $200-220 million budget, ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ also becomes the most expensive film in the overall franchise, followed by the $170 million-budgeted ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,’ the $150 million-budgeted ‘War for the Planet of the Apes,’ and the $93 million-budgeted ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes.’ Not only that, but it also stands on the list of the most expensive films of the year, alongside ‘Deadpool 3,’ ‘Gladiator 2,’ and ‘Argylle.’"