Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs

[Tha Realest]

I am waiting for when its "free" on D+

At the rate its going, its going to be sooner rather than later.

The “no ads” version of D+ costs substantially higher. How much more will they charge for the premium version where you’re not subjected to Snow White (2025)?

 

[Tha Realest]

wife and granddaughters and daughter in-law saw it on Sunday she said the theater was packed and they never laughed so hard. Said it was great movie

I thought this was a “meme movie” that only appealed to disaffected young men that ironically wanted to see a video game they played?

 

[LSLS]

I thought this was a “meme movie” that only appealed to disaffected young men that ironically wanted to see a video game they played?

Yeah, guy at work's daughter INSISTED they had to go opening night, so they had tickets for a while.

My take on it. It was a really dumb movie, but dumb in the best possible way. It was EXACTLY what it should be, and that was silly, ridiculous, and a TON of fun. And I'd say the box office combined with the viewer reviews vs the "Critics" kind of shows that out. If your top priority going to a movie is just to laugh and enjoy the film, this is for you. If your top priority is to analyze the use of a camera angle and single line in the movie, this is not for you.

 

[Agent H]

I thought this was a “meme movie” that only appealed to disaffected young men that ironically wanted to see a video game they played?

I mean it did suck. People were just happy to see characters they liked. That’s all wanted apparently. It’s sad cinema has gotten to this point but here we are.

 

[Disney Irish]

I thought this was a “meme movie” that only appealed to disaffected young men that ironically wanted to see a video game they played?

We'll see what 2nd weekend hold are, if it drops hard like Five Nights at Freddy's (70%+) then its possible it is just a "meme movie". If it has good holds however then it might be something more, ie its the right movie at the right time.

 

[Agent H]

If people want an actual reason to complain about Snow White here you go.

 

[Andrew C]

If people want an actual reason to complain about Snow White here you go.View attachment 852153View attachment 852154

This makes me want to go see it now.

 

[Agent H]

This makes me want to go see it now.

Why?

 

[Phroobar]

Not to mention all the gas Zegler spewed online.

 

[erasure fan1]

If people want an actual reason to complain about Snow White here you go.View attachment 852153View attachment 852154

Sorry to say, there's a lot of actual reasons. You can just add this one to the list.

 

[donaldtoo]

This makes me want to go see it now.

Not unless you’ll be going to see it in an EV…otherwise, you’ll just be contributing more to the problem.

 

[Andrew C]

Why?

I really like movie theater popcorn.

I am just joking...

 

[DisneyHead123]

I thought this was a “meme movie” that only appealed to disaffected young men that ironically wanted to see a video game they played?

Minecraft is huge with kids, so they would’ve gotten the family crowd for sure.

I think it would be a really interesting study to see if games like Minecraft and Roblox represent a psychological shift in Gen Alpha. I don’t really get them - it seems like you spend a lot of time wandering around in random fever dreams. So sometimes I wonder if this generation, raised on a super fast rate of input and electronics, just thinks differently. Other times I think it’s the equivalent of wandering around in the forest making up random games that we had in the 80s and 90s, except now kids wander around a digital world. Sometimes I think all these slapstick kid’s movies mean that kids are losing the skills to understand more nuanced stories, sometimes I think they harken back to the days of The Three Stooges and the OG Donald Duck.

Random musings, but I’ll be curious to see what takes off in film with the current generation of kids.

 

[Phroobar]

Minecraft is huge with kids, so they would’ve gotten the family crowd for sure.

I think it would be a really interesting study to see if games like Minecraft and Roblox represent a psychological shift in Gen Alpha. I don’t really get them - it seems like you spend a lot of time wandering around in random fever dreams. So sometimes I wonder if this generation, raised on a super fast rate of input and electronics, just thinks differently. Other times I think it’s the equivalent of wandering around in the forest making up random games that we had in the 80s and 90s, except now kids wander around a digital world. Sometimes I think all these slapstick kid’s movies mean that kids are losing the skills to understand more nuanced stories, sometimes I think they harken back to the days of The Three Stooges and the OG Donald Duck.

Random musings, but I’ll be curious to see what takes off in film with the current generation of kids.

My kids use it to build huge models or environments in creative mode. They never play battle mode.
Because of Minecraft my youngest is studying CAD designed architecture and mechanical design.

 

[brideck]

For what it's worth, it was absolutely true for us. We do have much smaller theaters (they are all recliner style), but my son was dying to go to Minecraft, and we could not get in on Friday night to any showings (maybe the late showings had room, but not good for a kid). And when I purchased Friday night for Saturday afternoon (actually at a different theater that is not reclining because we were going out of town for the day anyways), there were only 6 seats left at our showing (and I'd be shocked if those weren't gone). You have to remember that a lot of theaters went to the reclining-style theaters that can have a lot less people.

Interesting. I'm curious as to how many screens your theater has overall and how many Minecraft was playing at. It's playing at ~4 screens/theater (including premium formats) near me, and although well-attended they definitely weren't sold out that I could see.

 

[Willmark]

Yeah, guy at work's daughter INSISTED they had to go opening night, so they had tickets for a while.

My take on it. It was a really dumb movie, but dumb in the best possible way. It was EXACTLY what it should be, and that was silly, ridiculous, and a TON of fun. And I'd say the box office combined with the viewer reviews vs the "Critics" kind of shows that out. If your top priority going to a movie is just to laugh and enjoy the film, this is for you. If your top priority is to analyze the use of a camera angle and single line in the movie, this is not for you.

So what you are saying is that they knew their customer and gave them what they wanted?

What a strange concept.

 

[TP2000]

The first pass at foreign box office is now in from this latest weekend for Snow White; right around $91 Million now.

The overseas box office is flatlining as quickly as it is domestically. Currently, the split is surprisingly even; about a 46% Domestic and 54% Overseas split. Foreigners are just as unimipressed with Rachel Zegler's Snow White as Americans are.

Will it get to $200 Million globally by the first of May?

It should make it, barely, but it's incredible to think that's now even a question.


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[Phroobar]

Minecraft was fun and entertaining. It did exactly what it was supposed to do. Just be a Minecraft movie. Just like how the Super Mario Bros. Movie accomplished it's purpose. Theater was full of kids and everyone enjoyed themselves.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

Worse films is subjective, and I think you need to factor in when they were released.

I just think the Venn diagram of this movie had it doomed. You need people who are not sick of the remakes, that are Ok with the lead seemingly taking some shots at the original and wading into political commentary, who will ignore the critic reviews, and are so excited they will spend money to see it in the theater as opposed to waiting for D+ in a few months. You also don't have the nostalgia button to push on this remake (come relive the magic of this movie in theaters with your kids like you got to do).

Worse was in quotes - and hey, I’m in the Venn diagram!

 

[Tony the Tigger]

You haven't seen Snow White yet? Are you waiting for the crowds to die down?

If you paid attention, you’d know I’ve seen it.