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Elio (Pixar - June 2025)
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DisneyWarrior27
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Whatever.Fine! Consider yourself ignored! Bye!
Usually, I find it dubious when sites claim that "sources say..." without naming those "sources.' Oh, really, you're just some Disney park fan site/blogger, and you have multiple sources in Pixar? Ok...
And then whoever initially makes that claim gets it repeated over and over again in the blogosphere echo chamber, with everyone else's "sources" being that first person who said what their "sources say."
However, it's clear Elio's production was prolonged and the movie was significantly reworked with a new team. This makes the $300M budget plausible.
Pixar movies have regularly been hitting the $200M mark. (Partly because Pixar includes the expense of running their whole studio into the budgetary figure, and not just the expense of the team working on the one movie.)
With Elio being one and a half movie's worth of work, $300M is not crazy. Disney will take a loss. But they were going to take a loss anyway with having to decide to scrap the movie and eat the loss, or, try to fix it... and eat a loss.
And then whoever initially makes that claim gets it repeated over and over again in the blogosphere echo chamber, with everyone else's "sources" being that first person who said what their "sources say."
However, it's clear Elio's production was prolonged and the movie was significantly reworked with a new team. This makes the $300M budget plausible.
Pixar movies have regularly been hitting the $200M mark. (Partly because Pixar includes the expense of running their whole studio into the budgetary figure, and not just the expense of the team working on the one movie.)
With Elio being one and a half movie's worth of work, $300M is not crazy. Disney will take a loss. But they were going to take a loss anyway with having to decide to scrap the movie and eat the loss, or, try to fix it... and eat a loss.
DisneyWarrior27
Well-Known Member
Sorry but I don’t believe this at all.
The Good Dinosaur is a film that cost $175-$200M and that was delayed 3 months longer than Elio from May 2014 to November 2015 after they showed footage from that movie in 2013 at Disney’s D23 Expo.
Elio probably cost $200M like that one film too.
I'm sorry you don't believe it. Have a good day.
DisneyWarrior27
Well-Known Member
Oh you would rather believe lying grifters over reliable trades, wouldn’t you.
Unsurprising.
This is just further proof about how media literacy is dying in our world, if it isn’t already dead.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
I think its time to take a break and breathe my friend. This panicking that you're doing is not good.I guess Elio is going to be a flop! Looks like it’s sequels and remakes forever! The end of the originals!
Elio will do whatever its going to do. But as mentioned elsewhere Disney already has other original movies that will be released in the next 9 months. So its not sequels and remakes forever.
DisneyWarrior27
Well-Known Member
Exactly.
Do they forget Hoppers comes out March 2026 and that’s another original from Pixar?
Obviously they do.
I said, "Good day."
DisneyWarrior27
Well-Known Member
WHATEVER.
Damn fools falling for bait every time that one would consider true and it turns out to be manufactured BS.
Nevermore525
Well-Known Member
Yeah its budget probably would’ve been closer to $200M if it released last year as originally intended. A year of delay and reworking certainly could put it closer to $300M without breaking a sweat
Disney Irish
Premium Member
I know just like similar films you're trying to defend and champion this one too, but you're going a bit overboard here. I think you need to calm down as well before the mods end up banning you for violating site rules, such as for name calling.
So the same advice I gave Wade, just breathe, it'll be ok.
DisneyWarrior27
Well-Known Member
I really doubt it cost $300M.
Only people who are not understanding about how movies are made would believe this BS.
Realistically speaking, it probably cost $150M or $175M, like Soul, Turning Red, or Luca, but the film now probably cost $200M like Good Dinosaur did.
DisneyWarrior27
Well-Known Member
I’ll calm down when this site vets reporting from what are real sources/reliable trades and separates them from fake sources.
Nevermore525
Well-Known Member
That’s great that you doubt it. It could cost what you suggest. I don’t doubt that as a possibility
It could also cost more than $200M because of a year+ delay of changing things following internal screenings post teaser release in June 2023.
DisneyWarrior27
Well-Known Member
The Good Dinosaur had a similar delay like Elio, even after showing footage at D23 in 2013, and that film still cost $175M-$200M.
This will likely be the same thing.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Its a fan forum, not a movie news site. There is no vetting of "sources", its up to each poster to determine how much they want to believe something.
And as I always say take everything that doesn't come directly from the studios with a huge truck load of salt.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Different time, things cost more now.
Something that cost $175-200M in 2013 would be between $213-275M today.
DisneyWarrior27
Well-Known Member
The difference is Pixar doesn’t outsource like DreamWorks is now doing.
I highly doubt it cost that high
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Pixar adds in additional costs to their films that other studios don't such as administrative costs for running the studio.
So yeah it could be that high, or even higher. Disney and Pixar are notorious for having high budgets, so I don't know why you think its hard to believe that they can have over a $200M film.