I think Barbie and Oppenheimer doomed Dead Reckoning at the box office. The movie had good reviews even if it not quite as good as Fallout (which was the high water mark for the series). But it lost the imax screens and buzz to those two other movies.
The conversation on the shift in models and its impact on the box office is just as important as the box office results itself, so yes its actually part of the thread topic, thank you. As it has an effect on overall ticket sales, which has been in the decline for over 20 years and is continuing, which has a direct impact on the box office results. So its all correlated back to the whole box office, and its impact on Disney. Its also not happening in a vacuum, so other micro climates such as Disney's favor or not with the public (which has also been discussed in this thread) are also impactful in the overall box office.@Disney Irish
Actually…the conversion is right up in the title thread
It’s performance at the box office
Not “shifting Hollywood models” or “acceptable levels of diminishing returns”
That might be a good thing to go over…but checking the tape here is that the thread coincides with an increase in the frequency or underachieving franchise titles and some downright disasters.
That’s when the goal posts started to sprout legs.
It’s not the end of all discussions…but the benchmark for success is just not really thad debatable.
The product and the performance is down. Just the facts…
And that doesn’t mean all…some have down well or overachieved. Probably 2 for last year…not bad.
May not be a lot of that this year…but stay tuned on that
That’d be quite the feat with a reported budget of $100M and another $100M+ of marketing considering it was projecting around $350M WW this coming weekend before reviews even released.
…umm…it’s shocking that a British review trashed it as “rubbish”
The reviewer being quoted, Jesse Hassenger, is American and based in Brooklyn. He writes for a variety of publications and outlets, The Guardian being just one of them.…umm…it’s shocking that a British review trashed it as “rubbish”
That NEVER happens to American popcorn.
Looks like the home press here is more kind…
It’s a cute remake…it should rake
He seems to be in the minority…so far
Metacritic has it at a 56 at the moment, which is lower than I expected. Here is the full review of the screenshot above in case anyone wants to read it https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/may/20/lilo-stitch-review-disney
I see “it’s just like the cartoon” popping up
Well it has to be a passable diversion …the critical response is “curious” to this point.
I’m confused. Are you trying to make fun of the movie or not?
That doesn’t seem to be the case. I haven’t read his full review (I am seeing the film next weekend and want to avoid reading too much about it beforehand), but from what I can tell, his objection to the remake is that it is a cynical attempt to cash in on the original without being nearly as good as it. That doesn’t seem a highbrow criticism to me; on the contrary, it seems entirely consistent with what most in the forum say about the remakes as a general category. I find it puzzling that the reaction to Lilo & Stitch has been so different here. Why are people so welcoming of and excited for it, in contrast to nearly all the other remakes?
The point is according to some people here the only path to profitability is through box office…. Even for a film that is close to breaking even like Cap 4…. Well Netflix literally grosses next to nothing at the box office while still spending billions on some of the worst reviewed movies of any studio
The original…honestly…wasn’t that great. Remember, it wasn’t a huge hit.
, while we wait for the real things to ripen to perfection next month on the lower slopes of Mount Rainier...
No…I think it will perform well…no matter what. It would have to be pretty terrible to collapse.