Sirwalterraleigh
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On the bright side…stitch Is still chugging in some strong returns…will pass Minecraft and be the first billionaire of the year…
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Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs
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DisneyWarrior27
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Barely, though. And it may hit that mark the same way Universal pushed Jurassic World: Dominion to hit a billion barely before it left theaters.
DisneyWarrior27
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Finding Coral seems more likely since there’s potential in a story where we find out, as I’ve always predicted, that Coral and a couple other of hers and Marlin’s kids survived the barracuda attack since we never saw her body.
And you all know the rules, if there’s no body, that doesn’t mean she’s dead.
TP2000
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Box Office first pass estimate is in for this weekend, and for Elio this one is definitely an Oof!
Elio did below its already modest opening estimates, at $21 Million domestically. It's worse overseas, at only $14 Million from foreign lands. Elio has already opened in all major countries except Japan, Spain, and Finland (Nordic not Scandinavian!) .
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thenumbers.com
Elio did below its already modest opening estimates, at $21 Million domestically. It's worse overseas, at only $14 Million from foreign lands. Elio has already opened in all major countries except Japan, Spain, and Finland (Nordic not Scandinavian!) .
The Numbers - Weekend Box Office Chart for September 5, 2025
Weekend Domestic Box Office Chart for the weekend of September 5, 2025
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TP2000
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Here's how Elio's opening weekend haul of $21 Million domestically compares to recent SciFi animation from Burbank.
Hey, at least Elio beat Strange World's opening weekend!
But for only Pixar movies, Elio just scored the lowest box office debut in Pixar history. And that's unadjusted for inflation over the past 30 years. Oof!
variety.com
screenrant.com
Hey, at least Elio beat Strange World's opening weekend!
But for only Pixar movies, Elio just scored the lowest box office debut in Pixar history. And that's unadjusted for inflation over the past 30 years. Oof!
Global Box Office: Pixar’s ‘Elio’ Craters With $35 Million, ‘28 Years Later’ Awakens to $60 Million
Disney and Pixar's animated adventure "Elio" crash-landed in its box office debut, earning a dismal $14 million overseas and $35 million globally.
variety.com
Pixar's New Movie Suffers Worst Box Office Opening In Studio History
The first Pixar movie debuted in 1995.
screenrant.com
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Sirwalterraleigh
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It’s been 5 weeks
You are excellent at scrounging social media 24/7 to the to find stuff to take and then repost as “news”…
But the understanding of context and details need work
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LittleBuford
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I’m just glad Elio has nothing remotely “controversial” about it that certain posters here might point to as a reason for its failure.
Wendy Pleakley
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Man, the disparity between original content and familiar stuff is really remarkable.
It's not a slight hesitation, it's outright rejection.
It doesn't seem to be a case of quality product either, because Moana 2 was straight-to-DVD mediocrity and people came out in droves.
It's not a slight hesitation, it's outright rejection.
It doesn't seem to be a case of quality product either, because Moana 2 was straight-to-DVD mediocrity and people came out in droves.
Phroobar
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Even Disneyland doesn't seem to care enough about Elio to even put the character in the Pixar parade during its opening weekend.
Disney Irish
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In all fairness when was the last time Disneyland put a brand new movie character in a parade during its opening weekend? The 90s? 80s? I think it’s been a few decades since they’ve done it.
Tony the Tigger
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As we might say to other posters: too soon to call it a failure.
Bad timing against “Dragon” and, to a lesser degree, “Stitch.” Plenty of family fare from which to choose.
Reviews and word of mouth appear above average. School is out; maybe Elio pulls a Mufasa.
Phroobar
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Except it would be ideal marketing to do so now. They can't even bother to put up an advertising sign.
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Phroobar
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Except it should have come out last year. Disney knew the movie schedule and purposely put it there with very little advertising.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Don’t disagree, but it’s not like they do that anymore. This isn’t the 80s or 90s, marketing campaigns like that don’t happen anymore and may never again. Heck we’re lucky if we get a new parade in general let alone one that features any recent characters.
BrianLo
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Re: Stitch
Several weeks ago I said a movie should be expected to add another 2-fold of its prior weeks earnings, as kind of the normal tail.
3 weeks ago - It sat at 772.6M and had earned 161.8 implying 1.096B
2 weeks ago it sat at 858.4M and earned 85.8M implying 1.003B
This week it sits at 910.3M and earned 51.9M implying 1.014B
We can see it’s reasonably on track still. Yes it will probably be quite a while and HTTYD knocked it back a peg, but its recovering trajectory.
Several weeks ago I said a movie should be expected to add another 2-fold of its prior weeks earnings, as kind of the normal tail.
3 weeks ago - It sat at 772.6M and had earned 161.8 implying 1.096B
2 weeks ago it sat at 858.4M and earned 85.8M implying 1.003B
This week it sits at 910.3M and earned 51.9M implying 1.014B
We can see it’s reasonably on track still. Yes it will probably be quite a while and HTTYD knocked it back a peg, but its recovering trajectory.
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Disney Irish
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And despite its outward appearance as being number 1 Dragon is even starting to underperform. It’ll do better than breakeven, but it’s not gonna be a huge hit, may not even bring in as much as the animated movies. I really think it was too soon for Uni to make a live-action version of this franchise.
Ten billion is quite impressive!!
Disney Irish
Premium Member
I was about to say the same thing.
BrianLo
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Half way through the post Iger called me and told me to add in the next 5 years of merch. I was obligated to fulfill my contract.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Really?
Weren’t you lecturing about “inappropriate” 3 days ago?
Should I complain to mom? Who’s turn is it to do that today?