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

DCLcruiser

Well-Known Member
Is this movie title descriptive enough?

Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil Mutant Hellbound Flesh Eating Crawling Alien Zombified Subhumanoid Living Dead, Part 5​



Rom-com?
 

Disney Irish

Premium Member
You're not thinking anime or Studio Ghibli.

Castle in the Sky
Steamboy
Ghost in the Shell
Cowboy BeBop
Akira


What about the Iron Giant? Heavy Metal?
Up until recently anime had a niche following, and mostly outside the US. Even then very few have been a box office "success".

Heavy Metal was adult, so had a limited audience and failed at the box office.

Iron Giant failed at the box office.
 

DCLcruiser

Well-Known Member
You're not thinking anime or Studio Ghibli.

Castle in the Sky
Steamboy
Ghost in the Shell
Cowboy BeBop
Akira


What about the Iron Giant? Heavy Metal? Monsters vs. Aliens? MegaMind?

To be fair, those aren’t kid’s movies.

Now, if Disney wants to make a Gundam Wing movie, I am all for it.
 

Phroobar

Well-Known Member
Up until recently anime had a niche following, and mostly outside the US. Even then very few have been a box office "success".

Heavy Metal was adult, so had a limited audience and failed at the box office.

Iron Giant failed at the box office.
Mega Mind made $321million.
Monsters vs Aliens made $381 million.
 

Disney Irish

Premium Member
They weren't released in the states. They were brought over by Disney on DVD in eight years ago.

Castle in the Sky made $20million in 1986.
And when finally released into the US its only made $524K in its lifetime, this is even after all the animefests over the years -

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That $20M was outside the US. These are not popular products for the US general audiences, and anime in general up until recently.
 

Disney Irish

Premium Member
You need to broaden your movie viewing knowledge a little more. Or at least define you parameters better.
Tell me what I'm missing then. Because looking at the data, up until the mid-2010s anime has not by and large performed very well in the US/Canada domestic market at the box office. And the examples you provided didn't change any of that.

So again tell me what I'm missing? That they do well outside the US/Canada domestic market? Ok, but what does that prove? We've been told over and over that unless a movie performs well here in the US/Canada domestic market, well quite frankly that its a loser. So are we now saying that isn't the case?

Also just so you know I have no issues with anime, so if it does well then it does well.
 

Disney Irish

Premium Member
Oh, thank God! It's just a play. I was afraid it was an actual movie remake of that wonderful classic.

Let her act to her heart's content in plays for the rest of her life. Just don't let her near another classic movie ever again.
You all are over exaggerating, she is fine and by all accounts talented. And obviously her career is just fine as well as she has already booked a new movie and now her second play. So those that claim her career was going to be ruined from the fall out clearly didn't understand how things really work in the entertainment industry.
 

Phroobar

Well-Known Member
Tell me what I'm missing then. Because looking at the data, up until the mid-2010s anime has not by and large performed very well in the US/Canada domestic market at the box office. And the examples you provided didn't change any of that.

So again tell me what I'm missing? That they do well outside the US/Canada domestic market? Ok, but what does that prove? We've been told over and over that unless a movie performs well here in the US/Canada domestic market, well quite frankly that its a loser. So are we now saying that isn't the case?

Also just so you know I have no issues with anime, so if it does well then it does well.

$21.1Billion isn't an niche market.
 

Phroobar

Well-Known Member
Oh, thank God! It's just a play. I was afraid it was an actual movie remake of that wonderful classic.

Let her act to her heart's content in plays for the rest of her life. Just don't let her near another classic movie ever again.
He last on stage musical with showing to nearly empty audiences.
 

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