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I think CinemaScore is more of a test of "did the audience get what they thought they were paying for?" There have been many great movies with bad cinemascores, usually because the movies took bold swings that pushed audiences out of their comfort zone or the movies were mismarketed and the...

Zootopia was acclaimed at the time and is still generally well-regarded, although it's commentary on racism hasn't aged the best in a post 2020 world. I think Zootopia 2 will be a landmine if it's anything like the first movie as we are in a much more politically charged and tense situation...

I think Wicked Part 2 will make slightly more money than part 1, but it will be more front loaded as people won't be "discovering" Wicked throughout the holiday season — the fanbase will be already established. So I think Part 2 will have a much bigger opening than part 1 ($160-$200 millionish...

I think quality has been all over the map since 2020, with an even mix of great, good, mediocre and bad films.

I won't defend Disney as a corporation, but I will defend content I like, and I found Agatha All Along to be excellent. Almost all of the friends in my circles loved it. I think the fact that the show started with somewhat low viewership, but saw its numbers and ratings substantially increase...

I think Mufasa is paying for the sins of the awful 2019 Lion King film. I think Mufasa is "just okay" so I'm not going to mourn its box office failure. However, I will admit I was pleasantly surprised how much I did not hate the movie. "Not that bad" isn't a tagline you want to use in your...

Yeah, if anything I feel Agatha All Along has way too low a score at only 84%. I think it's one of the top 10 MCU projects of all time, and it is my second favorite MCU TV show, behind only WandaVision.

Keep in mind, that the Rotten Tomatoes Scores is simply a reflection of the % of critics who liked (or at least didn't hate enough to give a rotten tomato) a movie. It is NOT a letter grade. For example, a movie could get 100% on Rotten Tomatoes even if most of the critics only gave it a 6.5 or...

I probably agree. I still have yet to see the Broadway show (although I've listened to the cast recording and love it). My ranking of the franchise would be: 1. The Lion King (1994) — 10/10 2. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride — 6/10 — one of the better DTV sequels, but still a drastic drop in...

I think the 2019 Lion King tarnished the brand. The original Lion King is in my top 5 animated movies, but I hated the remake so much that it almost made me question whether the original movie was even that good to begin with. It wasn't until I rewatched the original during the pandemic that...

Idk, I think kids that would have still been engaged without Timon and Pumbaa constantly interrupting the story. And while I did like the inclusion of Kiara (The Lion King II is one of the few direct-to-video sequels that isn't awful), I think she only needed to be in the opening 10 minutes of...

Well, I didn't hate Mufasa, which is itself a miracle, as the 2019 remake of The Lion King is one of my most despised films of all time. The biggest advantage Mufasa has over its predecessor is that it's an original story, so it's easier to judge on its own merits. In contrast, the 2019 Lion...

Yeah I don't get where TP2000 is coming from, besides possibly trolling. I REALLY don't like Moana 2 and what its success means for the future of Disney animation, but even I can't deny it's a major success from a financial perspective.

While Moana 2 is undeniably a financial success, I believe if it were actually a good movie with great songs that people would want to sing and re-listen to, it could have made around $1.5 billion. Between this and the unnecessary remake coming out next year, I think the Moana brand will be...

I am curious how the writers will handle the flashback episode of Win or Lose when we learn how the characters' lives were impacted by ARPA funds. It seems unrealistic that the children on the team would be informed enough to debate the benefits of ARPA versus its potential impact on inflation...

This is why I have some hope that the Japan release will do well. Ah, I see now. I was responding to the TP2000's general sentiment about the international box office and wasn't exactly paying attention to his inaccurate statements about the UK box office. Also, I apologize for my "back off"...

More than half of the countries Wicked has been released in are overseas. :rolleyes:

Maybe I should have just said "international box office" instead of "overseas," but I wasn't expecting my comments to be nitpicked to death, especially when I haven't attacked anyone in this thread. Back off. While the UK performance is pretty good, overall, Wicked's overall International...

I'm mainly talking about countries not in the anglosphere and looking at the international box office as a whole — not country by country. Most big movies make more money overseas than they do domestically, and Wicked is different in that regard. I WISH Wicked was doing better internationally...

I think the Wizard of Oz and the Wicked musical are simply much more popular in America than overseas, which is why Wicked is a phenomenon in the U.S. and flopping/underperforming in overseas countries. Similar thing happened earlier this year with Twisters doing great in the U.S. but poorly...