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

[Disney Irish]

California AG Slams Feds Over Paramount-WBD Deal; Citing Antitrust Concerns, Rob Bonta Says Real “Possibility Of Multiple States Working Together”

EXCLU: $111 billion merger between Paramount & WBD has a long way to go before it’s truly a done deal, California Attorney General Rob Bonta says

deadline.com

 

[Pizza Moon]

Pixar is gonna have a hit!

That’s a really good move.

Their budgets were just totally out of control.

 

[Pizza Moon]

California AG Slams Feds Over Paramount-WBD Deal; Citing Antitrust Concerns, Rob Bonta Says Real “Possibility Of Multiple States Working Together”

EXCLU: $111 billion merger between Paramount & WBD has a long way to go before it’s truly a done deal, California Attorney General Rob Bonta says

deadline.com

I’d be fine with this, or to at least to squeeze legal assurances out of Paramount.

I just don’t want Netflix to own Warner, that was the worst case scenario.

 

[Pizza Moon]

When did China suddenly become anti Statue of Liberty?

There's a popular theme park near Shenzhen called Window Of The World. It has replicas and models of famous landmarks from many nations around the world. For the section representing the U.S., they had no issue placing the Statue of Liberty as a prominent symbol, along with the Washington monument, White House, NYC, Niagara Falls, etc etc.
But they don't like it shown in movies?
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Well they literally have an entire Winnie the Pooh miniland.

It is strange, actually, seems pretty silly to ban that and allow Captain America.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Ran across this today, in an attempt to understand why Netflix would spend so much money to acquire a theatrical movie studio if they don’t intend to make theatrical movies, and found it very interesting.

Interesting to see parallels between how the studios combined with the big TV networks decades ago and how the same thing is happening again with streaming.

Updated with the Netflix, Paramount, WB changes.

 

[Disney Irish]

'Hoppers' Box Office: $3M+ Previews For Disney/Pixar Toon

Pixar Original 'Hoppers' is off to a solid start in previews with $3.2M. Keep in mind that's $2M from Thursday night and the rest from Saturday previews a week ago.

deadline.com

 

[Disney Irish]

Unfortunately I don't think anyone realizes the ship sailed long ago for WB to remain as a solo entity. They should have fought it when WB was merged with Discovery, or AT&T before it.

Coalition Of Public Interest Groups Call For State Attorneys General To Challenge Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

The Center for American Progress and other groups called for state AGs to step in.

deadline.com

 

[TP2000]

Okay gang, here we go! Shake off those winter doldrums, because we finally have a new tent pole movie from Burbank!

Pixar's Hoppers, which reportedly had a comparatively modest production budget of just $150 Million, has debuted in American theaters. Per Social Media, it reportedly did about $3 Million in preview box office yesterday.

Except today, The Numbers site is currently down for maintenance. The moose out front shoulda told ya!

But on Sunday we'll have a new movie to track! What's the buzz on Hoppers? Are the kids talking about it? I actually saw several commercials for it on YouTube this week, and there's Park presence for this movie at DCA. So it appears they are trying to hype it, and Burbank feels good about it!

With a $150 Million production budget, Hoppers will need to reach $375 Million at the global box office to break even, using the Metric system.

 

[Pizza Moon]

Ran across this today, in an attempt to understand why Netflix would spend so much money to acquire a theatrical movie studio if they don’t intend to make theatrical movies, and found it very interesting.

Interesting to see parallels between how the studios combined with the big TV networks decades ago and how the same thing is happening again with streaming.

It was always about buying competition, making them a monopoly.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Okay gang, here we go! Shake off those winter doldrums, because we finally have a new tent pole movie from Burbank!

Pixar's Hoppers, which reportedly had a comparatively modest production budget of just $150 Million, has debuted in American theaters. Per Social Media, it reportedly did about $3 Million in preview box office yesterday.

Except today, The Numbers site is currently down for maintenance. The moose out front shoulda told ya!

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But on Sunday we'll have a new movie to track! What's the buzz on Hoppers? Are the kids talking about it? I actually saw several commercials for it on YouTube this week, and there's Park presence for this movie at DCA. So it appears they are trying to hype it, and Burbank feels good about it!

With a $150 Million production budget, Hoppers will need to reach $375 Million at the global box office to break even, using the Metric system.

This is the first (non sequel) Pixar movie in a long time I have high box office expectations for. I think over $500 million is very likely. Starting off the year with a couple hundred million in profit rather than loss would be a nice change for Disney from recent years, they typically pull out a win by the end of the year but its gotta be a stressful way to run a division.

 

[Disney Analyst]

 

[Disney Analyst]

Good sign for the legs.

 

[BrianLo]

This is the first (non sequel) Pixar movie in a long time I have high box office expectations for.

Elio cries silently in the corner.

 

[BrianLo]

Great film! Thought it was hilarious and it went surprisingly unhinged.

Highly recommend SE Asian theatrical experiences. Somehow they get more over the top.

I was sad “the bed” theatrical time didn’t line up so instead I picked “first class” whatever that meant.

A very upscale lounge, better than North American buisness or certainly plaza premiums pre show lounge with servers. With covered non alcoholic drinks and canapés and dim sum. An included popcorn menu and extremely large lounger seats.

They definitely - one hundred percent, laid up the possibility of sequels towards the end of the film.

 

[Pizza Moon]

Okay gang, here we go! Shake off those winter doldrums, because we finally have a new tent pole movie from Burbank!

Pixar's Hoppers, which reportedly had a comparatively modest production budget of just $150 Million, has debuted in American theaters. Per Social Media, it reportedly did about $3 Million in preview box office yesterday.

Except today, The Numbers site is currently down for maintenance. The moose out front shoulda told ya!

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But on Sunday we'll have a new movie to track! What's the buzz on Hoppers? Are the kids talking about it? I actually saw several commercials for it on YouTube this week, and there's Park presence for this movie at DCA. So it appears they are trying to hype it, and Burbank feels good about it!

With a $150 Million production budget, Hoppers will need to reach $375 Million at the global box office to break even, using the Metric system.

I mean it looks fine, if they want to dominate the box office they need to do better than above average though to drive in lots of demos.

Inside Out back in 2015 was a breakout hit because it was really, really good. I think of the Bing Bong arc and I’m like wow this is a well written movie.

@BrianLo would you say it’s that level? I just need to see it and decide for myself LMAO.

 

[Disney Analyst]

 

[Disney Analyst]

Great film! Thought it was hilarious and it went surprisingly unhinged.

Highly recommend SE Asian theatrical experiences. Somehow they get more over the top.

I was sad “the bed” theatrical time didn’t line up so instead I picked “first class” whatever that meant.

A very upscale lounge, better than North American buisness or certainly plaza premiums pre show lounge with servers. With covered non alcoholic drinks and canapés and dim sum. An included popcorn menu and extremely large lounger seats.

They definitely - one hundred percent, laid up the possibility of sequels towards the end of the film.

Yeah I didn’t mean to say there won’t be a sequel. Just that the story as it was felt very complete to me. Of course pending success any sequel is possible

 

[Tony the Tigger]

Hoppers. But not about bunnies. Right before Easter. Hmm…

 

[Hawkeye_2018]

More like Floppers

 

[BrianLo]

@BrianLo would you say it’s that level? I just need to see it and decide for myself LMAO.

The latter, but don’t go in hoping for pure Pixar sentimentality. It’s no Bing Bong or Carl/Ellie or TS3 Etc. Nor is it trying to be, it very quickly moves on.

More Nemo without the adventure.