Sirwalterraleigh
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Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs
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Sirwalterraleigh
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Don’t you remember? They incinerated the negatives with the tesseract
brideck
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Don’t you remember? They incinerated the negatives with the tesseract
I know this is a joke, but they did actually do a screening of the original cut through BFI earlier this year. If they did ever release that one widely, I have to imagine the curiosity factor would increase the take by some amount. Heck, I'd probably even show up for that, and I generally don't bother with seeing re-releases in the theater.
Sirwalterraleigh
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I know…
Unpopular opinion from a lifelong Star Wars nut: the quality of the original has always ruined my enjoyment of it in many ways. I rarely rewatch it.
The empire look is 10x better…Jedi 20X
I have said (amongst 100,000 things) that the look of the latter two is what I believe made the whole franchise stick longterm and gave it its legs.
And the butchery of the end of empire was the biggest crime George ever committed. I have one dvd with original cut buried somewhere. The way the regussed version throws off the flow of Johnny Williams score should have been prosecuted as a crime at The Hague
Hawkeye_2018
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A re release of the actual original would do huge numbers
Sirwalterraleigh
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Gigantic…
And good side/bad side…
On one hand Disney would tell themselves that they’re just so smart to have the brand…cause they’re always right.
On the other - one would hope - they could perhaps see more evidence that what they’ve done is costing them cash and they need an entirely new direction that figures out how to actually lean in the the nostalgia and its economic girth? Probably wishful thinking though
Animaniac93-98
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BFI showed a 35mm print earlier this year and had no trouble selling tickets
Animaniac93-98
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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
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Superman will be available on digital August 15, just 35 days after its theatrical release.
Disney Irish
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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
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I think its kind of telling that the biggest new original movie is a streaming original.
Animaniac93-98
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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.
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coffeefan
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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
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Uhh…66% drop off of a so-so start is not good.
Sirwalterraleigh
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Ouch…something to keep an eye on…until Sunday
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