"Princess" Tiana is now OFFICIALLY a Disney Princess

[_Scar]

Which means she now will be on all Princess merchandise and she will live on!

And I for one am glad! She's very charismatic in the movie and a teaches a good lesson.

Also, I'd imagine she will be a frequently recurring character in the parks.

And this also means WDC considers this movie a success which makes me happy about the future of hand drawn animation.
:sohappy:


http://eon.businesswire.com/portal/...d=news_view&newsId=20100314005047&newsLang=en

 

[_Scar]

Apparently nobody likes Tiana...

 

[Master Gracey 5]

Renting the movie tonight and I've heard good things, so I'm excited. Like you said Scar, if Disney considers the movie a success then it bodes well for hand drawn animation in the future.

 

[wm49rs]

Good for the character and good for the movie as well. It was pretty successful regardless of the naysayers out there....

 

[Erika]

Great news! I know my daughter will be thrilled :sohappy:

 

[tiaragirl]

I'm glad! Decent movie, and I quite liked the music/storyline/lesson. I miss the olden days, where 2D was the norm.. Looking forward to seeing the stuff that comes out!

 

[Figment632]

Good for the character and good for the movie as well. It was pretty successful regardless of the naysayers out there....

The movie was slightly successful nothing special. The merchandise however was a tremendous success:shrug:

 

[wm49rs]

The movie was slightly successful nothing special. The merchandise however was a tremendous success:shrug:

The movie pulled in almost $250 million between the domestic and international box offices when it was running aginst the most financially successful movie ever in Avatar. For a hand drawn cartoon, that's not bad at all. Add in the DVD sales, and you're looking at nearly $300 million total. On a production budget of $105 million. That's a little better than "slightly successful"....

 

[Figment632]

The movie pulled in almost $250 million between the domestic and international box offices when it was running aginst the most financially successful movie ever in Avatar. For a hand drawn cartoon, that's not bad at all. Add in the DVD sales, and you're looking at nearly $300 million total. On a production budget of $105 million. That's a little better than "slightly successful"....

Not what Disney expected it to be, but like I said anything they didn't make at the box office it made up with merchandise sales.

 

[devoy1701]

The movie pulled in almost $250 million between the domestic and international box offices when it was running aginst the most financially successful movie ever in Avatar. For a hand drawn cartoon, that's not bad at all. Add in the DVD sales, and you're looking at nearly $300 million total. On a production budget of $105 million. That's a little better than "slightly successful"....

Disney did not consider this to be nearly as successful as they were planning/hoping. Not to say it wasn't mildly successful...they were just hoping for more.

 

[wm49rs]

Not what Disney expected it to be, but like I said anything they didn't make at the box office it made up with merchandise sales.

I don't think they had a lot of expectations either way. They were releasing the movie in December, traditionally not the height of the movie season, and again were going up against Cameron's latest. But the movie was critically well received, and had the best opening ever for an animated movie in December. I don't think they were looking for a blockbuster, but rather a movie that could return hand-drawn animation to a state of profitability and respectablity.......

 

[Figment632]

Disney did not consider this to be nearly as successful as they were planning/hoping. Not to say it wasn't mildly successful...they were just hoping for more.

However Disney sold more merch with this movie than they have since Lion King so it well mad up for it.

 

[George]

Here's a dumb question. Can Princess Giselle never be part of the official princess canon since the movie wasn't a traditional animated movie or did Enchanted just not do well enough at the box office?

 

[urbanvegan]

Here's a dumb question. Can Princess Giselle never be part of the official princess canon since the movie wasn't a traditional animated movie or did Enchanted just not do well enough at the box office?

From Wikipedia:
"Disney has since decided not to include Giselle in the Princess line, as they would have to pay for life-long rights to Adams' image, as well as any royalties to James Baxter Animation (who created the animation for the movie)."

 

[camshron55]

After a discussion with my son . . . . Giselle did not become a princess. In an odd twist of fate, Nancy did, as she married the prince in Andalasia.

 

[JWG]

After a discussion with my son . . . . Giselle did not become a princess. In an odd twist of fate, Nancy did, as she married the prince in Andalasia.

I believe Giselle was already a princess who was looking for her prince. Could be wrong.

 

[BrerFrog]

That is good news. I loved the movie and I thought it was a step in the right direction for the studios, now they just need to keep on going on the right track.

 

[_Scar]

Not all the classics we love today were the most successful at the box office.

Fantasia didn't come close. Bambi, Dumbo, Fantasia 2000, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty... decent, but still failures.

Do people automatically assume they're failures, too? Doubt it.



Oh, and so, let me guess... the 9 are

1. Snow White
2. Cinderella
3. Aurora
4. Ariel
5. Belle
6. Jasmine
7. Pocahontas
8. Mulan
9. Tiana

Bingo?

 

[PurpleDragon]

I find the success if this movie rather funny, especially after all the debates on this site about how 2D animation is a dead art.

 

[_Scar]

I find the success if this movie rather funny, especially after all the debates on this site about how 2D animation is a dead art.

True!

I've never seen such beautiful animation- even from Pixar.

Those who criticize 2D as not being art should take a look at the segments Friends on the Other Side, Almost There, and Dig a Little Deeper.