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

LSLS

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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.
The one that was sold out Friday? I believe 10 (though not sure how many had which movies, I'd guess 4 and one 3D?). The one we ended up at packed on Saturday I believe has 12, and I'd guess 4 regular, and 1 3D on that one as well.
 

LSLS

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Worse was in quotes - and hey, I’m in the Venn diagram!
Sure, but a lot weren't. I know I wasn't, and neither of my kids were either. It sounds made up, but my 12 year old actually said "UGH, another remake?" Keep in mind, preteen, so she's insanely excited for Lilo and Stich cause logic, but still, she wants something different apparently if she's not obsessed with it (which she is not with Snow White, despite Snow White being her favorite in park character when she was little).
 

Vegas Disney Fan

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There are a lot of times I would say "This movie was not made for me" and this one also qualifies.

That said, I love to see when these "event" type of movies happen. I am happy for the fans, the theaters and studios.

It gives me hope that when a studio creates a movie that is fun and had mass appeal good things can happen.
Same, I have no attachement to the game and no desire to see the movie but it’s nice to see success like this for the fans and for the industry.

I also find it interesting the Jack Black controversy seems to have completely disappeared, probably helps this is a teen flick rather than a kids flick so parents are far less involved in deciding whether to see it in theaters or not.
 

Phroobar

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Same, I have no attachement to the game and no desire to see the movie but it’s nice to see success like this for the fans and for the industry.

I also find it interesting the Jack Black controversy seems to have completely disappeared, probably helps this is a teen flick rather than a kids flick so parents are far less involved in deciding whether to see it in theaters or not.
When I saw it, the theater was full of teenagers having a great time.
 

LittleBuford

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I also find it interesting the Jack Black controversy seems to have completely disappeared, probably helps this is a teen flick rather than a kids flick so parents are far less involved in deciding whether to see it in theaters or not.
I had to look this up. If you’re talking about the controversy I think you are, why would people hold him responsible for something that someone else said and that he quickly disavowed?
 

Disstevefan1

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Same, I have no attachement to the game and no desire to see the movie but it’s nice to see success like this for the fans and for the industry.

I also find it interesting the Jack Black controversy seems to have completely disappeared, probably helps this is a teen flick rather than a kids flick so parents are far less involved in deciding whether to see it in theaters or not.
My only guess is if a movie has so much mass appeal it can survive controversy? 🤷‍♂️
 

DKampy

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I had to look up the controversy as well which shows it has not exactly ignited the pop culture media . Also I failed to see the controversy….unless the fallout falls on us just being in the proximity of someone else’s comments even if it does not align with us…. Don’t see how it is comparable to Zegler or Gadot
 

erasure fan1

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Same, I have no attachment to the game and no desire to see the movie but it’s nice to see success like this for the fans and for the industry.
That's the biggest thing. They made it for the fans, the target group. That's great to see it be successful. It shows that not every ip needs to be changed for every group.
also find it interesting the Jack Black controversy seems to have completely disappeared,
If it's the tenacious D thing, I think he separated himself from that pretty quick. He put the band on hiatus with no plans to start back up, that I know of. He put his money where his mouth is as they say. He made the right choice, so I think people aren't holding it against him.
 

LittleBuford

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It's really funny how different the reactions are on this board when Disney releases a lousy movie that makes a lot of money like Frozen 2 or Moana 2. Not a lot of folks talking about "giving the audience what they want" or being "happy for people who like it."
Although I didn’t really enjoy either nearly as much as the films they followed, I’d put Frozen 2 above Moana 2 in terms of originality.
 

Disstevefan1

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It's really funny how different the reactions are on this board when Disney releases a lousy movie that makes a lot of money like Frozen 2 or Moana 2. Not a lot of folks talking about "giving the audience what they want" or being "happy for people who like it."
Disney converting the Disney+ Moana series which, lets face it, would have been a pure cost to D+, into the Moana 2 movie that made over 1B is pure genius in Disney's part and I have been saying that.

Like Minecraft, it didn't matter if Moana 2 was lousy.
 

LittleBuford

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Disney converting the Disney+ Moana series which, lets face it, would have been a pure cost to D+, into the Moana 2 movie that made over 1B is pure genius in Disney's part and I have been saying that.

Like Minecraft, it didn't matter if Moana 2 was lousy.
I think @Casper Gutman was commenting on how some individuals are framing A Minecraft Movie as if it were performing some noble public service while approaching Disney as a sort of enemy of the people whose box-office successes are rarely deserving of such admiration.
 

easyrowrdw

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The movie underperforming more on the international box office relative to the domestic box office is interesting. We can draw our own conclusions, but I'm sticking with my theory of Gal Gadot having a bigger impact on the film because of her performance (and other reasons we can't discuss).

There are of course other reasons and bigger problems that impacted the movie. But had they cast someone that could act and sing to be the Evil Queen, like say an Anne Hathaway or Nicole Scherzinger the movie would've been better.
I looked up this person, as I wasn't familiar with her. It seems most of her credits are music videos and voice acting. What is the draw for her?
 

DKampy

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I am seeing a lot of give the audience what they want in regards to Minecraft’s success… but did it really… I am hearing that young people went just precisely how bad the film looked from the trailers…. Creating TikToks and Memes with their experience causing a FOMO like mentality from teens and 20somethings…. With one trade comparing it to a modern day Rocky Horror with all the obnoxious behavior in theaters nationwide…. I am sure without the longevity…. It will be interesting what next weekend’s box office does…. As will it be something that translate to multiple viewings
 

Disney Irish

Premium Member
I am seeing a lot of give the audience what they want in regards to Minecraft’s success… but did it really… I am hearing that young people went just precisely how bad the film looked from the trailers…. Creating TikToks and Memes with their experience causing a FOMO like mentality from teens and 20somethings…. With one trade comparing it to a modern day Rocky Horror with all the obnoxious behavior in theaters nationwide…. I am sure without the longevity…. It will be interesting what next weekend’s box office does…. As will it be something that translate to multiple viewings
Yep, I mentioned it earlier in the thread, it'll be interesting to see the drops in the weeks to come. If it drops like Five Nights at Freddy's (a previous meme video game entry) at 70%+ we can conclude it might have just been a meme FOMO event opening.

Of course studios don't care either way as long as it gets people to buy tickets, but I would think they rather have longevity at the box office rather than just one hot weekend and a bunch of mediocre limping along weekends.
 

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