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Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs
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Disney Irish
Premium Member
Well since they were a studio long before they were a Parks company that is a little hard for that to happen now.
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Parks Fans: We wish Disney would just sell the Parks to another company like OLC.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Not that that was ever in doubt, but yeah. And that indicates that in the end Wall St doesn't really care if any Disney movies "fail" at the box office.
I hate to use the word... but synergy. Do they not realize the synergy that Disney leverages within the different sectors of the company?
Tony the Tigger
Well-Known Member
Nobody 2 is already on PPV.
Wall Street: Get rid of the studios, they're holding back the parks.
Reality: The studios kept TWDC afloat during the pandemic shut-downs of the parks.
Wall Street: But we want dividends *now*!!
Just watched Lilo and Stitch (finally) and it was very cute! Even got me feeling a bit emotional by the end.
The craziest thing to me is that it hit a billion, and is still the only billion dollar movie this year. If the IP was never a Disney animated film first, that had decades of nostalgia built, it would never have made so much money.
It’s a cute, family film, but it certainly felt like something made in a “straight to dvd” way. Not a billion dollar box office fare.
Just goes to show how wilds things are these days. Movies that feel like a billion dollar entry aren’t making a splash, and then something like this does.
The craziest thing to me is that it hit a billion, and is still the only billion dollar movie this year. If the IP was never a Disney animated film first, that had decades of nostalgia built, it would never have made so much money.
It’s a cute, family film, but it certainly felt like something made in a “straight to dvd” way. Not a billion dollar box office fare.
Just goes to show how wilds things are these days. Movies that feel like a billion dollar entry aren’t making a splash, and then something like this does.
Tony the Tigger
Well-Known Member
And Jaws was the number two movie of the weekend. Wild.
I saw it yesterday in 3-D. The 3-D was mildly successful, sometimes distracting. Still, it was good to see the film in theaters for the first time since I originally saw it as a kid. Despite many, many viewings over the years, it never gets old.
I saw it yesterday in 3-D. The 3-D was mildly successful, sometimes distracting. Still, it was good to see the film in theaters for the first time since I originally saw it as a kid. Despite many, many viewings over the years, it never gets old.
I have never seen the box office so unpredictable as it is now…. The Conjuring is now looking to post a franchise best opening weekend…I never saw that coming…. The franchise has been on diminishing returns the past few movies….And The reviews have not been great… at This point I have no idea what Tron is going to do…it could either fail miserably or over perform greatly
Serpico Jones
Well-Known Member
Wall Street does not care about the theatrical business, just look at WBD. For all of WBD’s perceived success in theaters their stock is still trading at a paltry $11 a share.
Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
Conjuring estimate up to $83 million domestically, 3rd highest for a horror movie behind It Chapter One and Two
With Sinners, Final Destination, Weapons and this it's been a banner year for horror movies in terms of box office
With Sinners, Final Destination, Weapons and this it's been a banner year for horror movies in terms of box office
Odd. Weren’t people just discussing horror fatigue as others didn’t do well? I swear there was discussion not that long ago…
Not just Horror Movies… but WB horror movies specifically… whatever Warner is doing it is working
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Yes and I still believe it whether you guys don’t or not doesn’t matter to me. A few movies doing well in this landscape doesn’t prove that audience tastes haven’t shifted away (fatigue) from the genre overall. As there is still more that failed this year than were successes.
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Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
A sharp contrast to a couple years ago
Phroobar
Well-Known Member
Gee, I wonder by who?
Disney Irish
Premium Member
I don’t care, I’ll be the canary in the coal mine here trying to warn people about the situation. If people don’t want to believe it’s fine by me.
Some people don’t like the “fatigue” word. So maybe I’ll start using “audience tastes have shifted” instead. Maybe that’ll go over easier and be more accepted.
