I purposefully show up 15 minutes after announced start time.
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Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs
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DisneyWarrior27
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With Moana 2 and live-action Lilo & Stitch marking 2 for 2 for Disney in terms of movies that were initially planned as series or streaming movies for Disney Plus that got rerouted to theatrical releases that each did or soon will do a billion dollars worldwide, will Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu be the 3rd to follow suit come Memorial Day Weekend 2026?
Guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
Guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
The Mando/Grogu movie was not originally planned as a streaming show. Its taking characters from a streaming show and turning it into a movie, different situation.
Agent H
Well-Known Member
We show up early so we can eat our snacks in peace before the movie starts.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Sacrilege!
You never eat your snacks before the movie starts, and certainly should never finish them before it start. That is the whole point of going to the movies, to enjoy your snacks DURING the movie.
Agent H
Well-Known Member
Great idea until your food falls on the floor when you need to clap or cheer.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Well I don’t go to any theater without lounger seats so my snacks stay on my lap if I need to cheer and clap. So no risk of spilling for me.
DisneyWarrior27
Well-Known Member
Not quite true, I think.
From what various insiders have said, this could have been Season 4 of The Mandalorian as that season was already written before the strikes happened and after the strikes, they reworked it into the script of a movie with only 8, 9, or 10 months before starting filming.
So, I’m not sure that’s entirely true.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Even if true, which I don’t doubt. It’s still a different situation as it’s not taking a whole show that was originally set for streaming and never released and turning it into a movie. It’s still taking established characters from an existing D+ show and move them to the large screen.
So I wouldn’t put it into the same classification as Moana 2 or Stitch. If anything I would put it into the same vein as D+ MCU characters being brought to a movie. We just hope it turns out better than those.
AMC Says New NCM Preshow Ads Don’t “Negatively Influence Moviegoing Habits”
AMC responded to news today that they're running more ads before movies. Essentially, it doesn't impact moviegoing, according to the chain.deadline.com
I have heard AMC runs over 30 minutes before actual showtime at times…I am appreciative Marcus is my local chain…Start time is always 20 minutes after posted time…you can set your clock to it
DisneyHead123
Well-Known Member
AMC Says New NCM Preshow Ads Don’t “Negatively Influence Moviegoing Habits”
AMC responded to news today that they're running more ads before movies. Essentially, it doesn't impact moviegoing, according to the chain.
Showed up 15-20 minutes late to Lilo and Stitch on purpose and still ended up watching 15-20 minutes of previews, it was insane. For kids movies, when commercials run almost 40 minutes and you’ve got previews for scary movies like Sketch, it can be a dealbreaker. They seriously need to get it together with the ad free-for-all.
One lawmaker's war on movie trailers
Movie theaters would have to post the "real" time a movie starts under a state lawmaker's bill. He's tired of sitting through all those trailers.
www.businessinsider.com
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Problem I see is if you do a no ad situation ticket prices will skyrocket even more. I’d imagine that “real” ticket prices are double or triple what they are without the ads. So imagine an average of $23-$34 base price for movies, even more for premium screens which could reach upwards of $50-$60.
So yeah I’d rather them add more ads rather than to pass more costs onto my wallet.
LSLS
Well-Known Member
Nice to see Stich's international box office came in. Selfishly, I kind of wish it wasn't doing as well cause I'm sick of these remakes, but I fully admit I'm in a huge minority on it at this point. Anyone who knows the box office (or has tools I don't) know the chances of it hitting $1 billion? Gotta think that's going to be the big push now.
Nevermore525
Well-Known Member
It’s currently ahead of where Moana 2 was at this point and that finished just over $1B. Moana 2 had some holiday boosts while Stitch could get more summer boosts.
It will lose screens this weekend with HTTYD but will still probably have the second most for the weekend.
Prince-1
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I have the AMC VIP pass and you can absolute guarantee that there is going to be a hard 30 minutes of trailers and ads before the movie starts.
Yes… I have heard there are even ads at an AMC… our Marcus theaters are usually mostly trailers with one promotion for something related to whatever the theater chain is promoting( rewards program, film series etc)before the trailers begin..and one message from the CEO thanking the audience for selecting a Marcus theater just before the movie begins… the other Ads run before the listed start time of the movie
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DisneyHead123
Well-Known Member
I’m not talking about no ads. This was pushing 40 minutes. It was to the point where attendees were looking at each other in disbelief every time yet another ad came on. After paying the exorbitant ticket prices and $50 for nachos, popcorn, a drink and a candy.
Prince-1
Well-Known Member
I don't mind the extra 30 minutes because if my wife and I want to get to the theater later we have that ability to do so.