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

[Tony the Tigger]

Side note: has AMC changed their popcorn refill policy?

We always split a bucket of popcorn, and usually Brian goes to get a refill sometime in the middle of the movie. (I don’t leave movies while they’re playing lol.)

Those refills are supposedly a benefit of Stubbs membership. The last two times we went, his refill was in a (smaller) bag, rather than refilling our bucket.

Now that it’s happened twice in a row, we’re wondering if that’s a new policy, or just something that one theater is doing? We didn’t want to ask on our way out the door, there was a line at the counter.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

The Distortus Rex looks like Nessus:

 

[Hawkeye_2018]

I’ve been hearing good things about the new JP movie. Skull Island vibes, which I like. I just still can’t get over those early trailers with ScarJo and all the cheesy one liners.

 

[Phroobar]

I've had a cold this weekend so I didn't see JW or F1. I hear, if your up for a dinosaur monster movie without thinking too hard, this is the ticket. That is what summer movies are for.

 

[Fox&Hound]

Do we think Stitch will cross a billion?

Saw Elio and liked it. Disney was foolish to release it over the summer. It is a much smaller story and would have done better in like Jan or Feb.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Saw F1 tonight, and liked it far better than Jurassic, which I saw last night.

 

[FrontierSpirit]

Kids want to see Dinosaurs so taking them today.. I would rather see F1.

 

[Prince-1]

Side note: has AMC changed their popcorn refill policy?

We always split a bucket of popcorn, and usually Brian goes to get a refill sometime in the middle of the movie. (I don’t leave movies while they’re playing lol.)

Those refills are supposedly a benefit of Stubbs membership. The last two times we went, his refill was in a (smaller) bag, rather than refilling our bucket.

Now that it’s happened twice in a row, we’re wondering if that’s a new policy, or just something that one theater is doing? We didn’t want to ask on our way out the door, there was a line at the counter.

The popcorn refill might be a local thing for you because I am a Stubs A-List member and I still get a full bucket refill every time.

 

[Prince-1]

I've had a cold this weekend so I didn't see JW or F1. I hear, if your up for a dinosaur monster movie without thinking too hard, this is the ticket. That is what summer movies are for.

Jurassic World was a really entertaining summer blockbuster movie. It felt more like the original movies than what we have been getting from the last two films. Now with that being said, I totally think this is a franchise that needs to be put out to pasture because these movies are becoming repetitive.

 

[Nevermore525]

Lilo and Stitch up to $972M after another $13.7M over the weekend globally.

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[John park hopper]

Yes, Disney/Pixar's "Elio" is considered a box office bust. It had the worst opening weekend of any Pixar film ever, earning only $21 million domestically and $35 million globally against a $150 million production budget.

 

[Miss Rori]

Checking up over at Deadline, the toll for Elio in the U.S. is looking to be $55 million after 3 weeks. The word of mouth never kicked in on this one.

In the U.S. Elio can at least claim it will probably outgross Wish, but the international take has been much, much poorer than that film's; looking at Box Office Mojo it opened in third place in China the last week of June (where the How to Train Your Dragon remake has been doing decently), and the only major international markets left for it to open in are Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan. Unless Japan is really receptive to it when it opens on August 1, Elio will struggle to get past $100 million total, and it will have undergrossed the Snow White remake significantly, the only compensation being that Snow White had the larger budget and thus lost more.

 

[Nevermore525]

Sci-Fi animated originals from the Mouse have a solid history at failing at the box office, with the exception of Wall-E and then The Incredibles which sometimes get classified as Sci-Fi

 

[FrontierSpirit]

Checking up over at Deadline, the toll for Elio in the U.S. is looking to be $55 million after 3 weeks. The word of mouth never kicked in on this one.

In the U.S. Elio can at least claim it will probably outgross Wish, but the international take has been much, much poorer than that film's; looking at Box Office Mojo it opened in third place in China the last week of June (where the How to Train Your Dragon remake has been doing decently), and the only major international markets left for it to open in are Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan. Unless Japan is really receptive to it when it opens on August 1, Elio will struggle to get past $100 million total, and it will have undergrossed the Snow White remake significantly, the only compensation being that Snow White had the larger budget and thus lost more.

The name Pixar isn’t must see TV anymore, but there popular IP names still bring a crowd

 

[MisterPenguin]

Kids want to see Dinosaurs so taking them today.. I would rather see F1.

Brad Pitt is 61, so, both have dinosaurs!!

 

[Miss Rori]

The name Pixar isn’t must see TV anymore, but there popular IP names still bring a crowd

It's not the whole problem, but Pixar actually becoming Must/Only Stream TV thanks to the run of films sent to Disney+ is part of it...

 

[FrontierSpirit]

Kids enjoyed New Jurassic, it was entertaining and did what it needed to do.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

JW numbers keep getting revised upward.

I remember reading one article that said it would never catch dominion’s 145 million. It did.

I’m going to say this was easily my favorite movie of the year so far. I am plotting when I can go see it alone in a premium theater. I think the only movie with a chance of topping it is the Mandalorian.

 

[FrontierSpirit]

JW numbers keep getting revised upward.

I remember reading one article that said it would never catch dominion’s 145 million. It did.

I’m going to say this was easily my favorite movie of the year so far. I am plotting when I can go see it alone in a premium theater. I think the only movie with a chance of topping it is the Mandalorian.

I want to say there are scenes from the original book in the film but it’s been a moment.

 

[Miss Rori]

News coming in from the weekend now has the total take of Elio so far at $96 million ($55 million in the U.S., $41 million internationally). So it will cross the $100 million mark at least, but it's still lagging far behind pretty much every would-be Disney tentpole released since Haunted Mansion in August 2023, which wrapped up at $117.5 million total. Pretty grim.