That $119M is domestic, it was the $225M WW prediction I was commenting on. And yes it would likely blow Dune 2 out of the water if this holds true, which is my point.
Agreed, too many were writing Pixar off based on one film that did poorly and using it to pile onto the recent Disney lumps in the box office.
The audience knows what it wants to see and hear. Take pop music, certain songs suddenly take off and become massive hits, seemingly out of nowhere. “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd.
Ok, I was leaving some of the Chinese releases off the list and forgot about some of the others. Anyways, we'll just say it'll be somewhere on the list of top WW openings since pandemic if it hits or surpasses that $225M WW prediction.
Plus… IMO dumping Luca, Soul, and Turning Red on Disney plus affected the gross of Elemental… Disney has been keeping the longest windows of any studio between theatrical and digital…if they do keep IO2 in theaters for at least a 100 days before PVOD… perhaps they can change perceptions back to Pixar being a brand meant for theaters
I think Lightyear's performance also hurt Elemental a bit as well, which is why people were writing off Pixar.
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I think Disney/Pixar are just trying to guess what the public will pay to see in theaters anymore.
Or Elio is released and its a hit as well. Can't tell with any certainty until its released.
It was originally suppose to be released before Inside Out 2 but got sent back for rework. It looked terrible. Maybe it will be a Sonic the Hedgehog situation and they fix it.
I didn't think it looked bad at all, I think its an interesting concept for a story and the animation style looks fairly similar to Luca which I liked.
The use of the same character assets from Luca, Strange World, Turning Red and other movies. Plain looking people with big teeth. The aliens felt like rip offs from Lilo & Stitch. There is just nothing interesting there. It looks like something from early Sony animation. There is no visual punch or anything interesting on the screen. No identity. Too generic. Uninspired. Even the scene of Elio looking at the alien world reminded me of Coco with different lighting. It is like they aren't even trying. This movie was suppose to come out Spring 2024 before Inside Out 2. Maybe they will take the year to modernize it or retool.