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

[Animaniac93-98]

Massive fumble by Sony to sell their entire IP to Netflix. This is why you don't have old world thinking in 2025.

Pixar complaining about how no one supports originals while this movie becomes a viral hit for Netflix

To illustrate how big, the official Sony Pictures Animation upload of the song "Golden" (the one they're submitting for award season) has over 117 million views on Youtube to date. The other songs are also doing well:

How it's Done: 88 million views
Soda Pop: 77 million views
Your Idol: 66 million views

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Superman will be available on digital August 15, just 35 days after its theatrical release.

 

[Disney Irish]

Superman will be available on digital August 15, just 35 days after its theatrical release.

That hasn't been confirmed yet, right now its just available for "pre-order" with no actual date. The reports of August 15th are based on some screen shots that aren't 100% verified.

 

[Wendy Pleakley]

That hasn't been confirmed yet, right now its just available for "pre-order" with no actual date. The reports of August 15th are based on some screen shots that aren't 100% verified.

Not to mention Tuesdays are the norm for digital movie releases.

Not to say they couldn't try a Friday release, but it would be unusual. I imagine there's an agreement amongst movie studios not to potentially undermine theatrical releases with Friday digital releases.

 

[Disney Irish]

Not to mention Tuesdays are the norm for digital movie releases.

Not to say they couldn't try a Friday release, but it would be unusual. I imagine there's an agreement amongst movie studios not to potentially undermine theatrical releases with Friday digital releases.

I wasn't even looking at the day of the week when responding, but yes you're correct a Friday drop for a digital release would be unusual. If I was to guess the earliest would be the 26th, which would be 46 days after release.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

Saw Fantastic Four, thought it was well done. The visuals didn’t look like the same old thing. CGI was very good. Cast was good, Pedro was a good choice. I enjoyed it more than Superman, not as much as the dinos.

 

[DKampy]

Pixar complaining about how no one supports originals while this movie becomes a viral hit for Netflix

To illustrate how big, the official Sony Pictures Animation upload of the song "Golden" (the one they're submitting for award season) has over 117 million views on Youtube to date. The other songs are also doing well:

How it's Done: 88 million views
Soda Pop: 77 million views
Your Idol: 66 million views

It’s not that people will not watch originals….it’s that people will more often then not wait till those originals hit streaming/VOD

Plus KPop has a huge market share these days whose fan base will follow towards any movement in that genre

 

[Disney Irish]

It’s not that people will not watch originals….it’s that people will more often then not wait till those originals hit streaming/VOD

Plus KPop has a huge market share these days whose fan base will follow towards any movement in that genre

I think its kind of telling that the biggest new original movie is a streaming original.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Plus KPop has a huge market share these days whose fan base will follow towards any movement in that genre

This is overly dismissive. The movie has reached an audience beyond die-hard Kpop fans.

There was no guarantee it would be as well received as it has been.

Netflix wanting this to be their Frozen reminds me of Disney getting caught off guard to how popular that movie became.

 

[coffeefan]

Pixar complaining about how no one supports originals while this movie becomes a viral hit for Netflix

To illustrate how big, the official Sony Pictures Animation upload of the song "Golden" (the one they're submitting for award season) has over 117 million views on Youtube to date. The other songs are also doing well:

How it's Done: 88 million views
Soda Pop: 77 million views
Your Idol: 66 million views

There's a lot to unpack with the comparison to Pixar. In short, Sony Animation has more creative freedom to experiment. If Pixar made KPDH the usual suspects and entertainment "news" outlets would come out calling it a girlboss movie. Spiderverse would be called woke.

Anyway, my main point was how Sony made a horrible business move.

 

[Tha Realest]

Uhh…66% drop off of a so-so start is not good.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Ouch…something to keep an eye on…until Sunday

 

[DKampy]

This is overly dismissive. The movie has reached an audience beyond die-hard Kpop fans.

There was no guarantee it would be as well received as it has been.

Netflix wanting this to be their Frozen reminds me of Disney getting caught off guard to how popular that movie became.

The movie found an audience on streaming…. Would it have done the same if it was released only in theaters….I am not so sure

As far as the downloads go….KPop has some very rabid fans… the BTS army has been known to continuously stream songs to goose the numbers

 

[Tha Realest]

Friday’s Fantastic Four came in below expectations. An 80% drop from last Friday’s numbers (Superman had a 70% drop between first and second Fridays).

 

[Serpico Jones]

Yikes.

 

[Tha Realest]

Yikes.

And here’s Collider, suggesting the glide path now looks similar to Captain America 4.

'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' Falters at the Domestic Box Office Amid Tough Competition

Three highly anticipated movies are breaking into an already packed box office this weekend, leading to some lower numbers for The Fantastic Four.

collider.com

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Muppets of marvel

Tag it and bag it

 

[Serpico Jones]

Budgets need to come down considerably and the distribution of content also needs to change.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Budgets need to come down considerably and the distribution of content also needs to change.

And we all want a toilet made of solid gold…

When have prices ever gone down?

On the list of issues they have…cost is not the #1

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Considering the hype and positive word of mouth from both critics and audiences, a 66% drop is awful.