Phroobar
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Mega Mind made $321million.
Monsters vs Aliens made $381 million.
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Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs
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Monsters vs Aliens made $381 million.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
And how much did either do at the US box office?
Disney Irish
Premium Member
There are always exceptions, but by and large its not a genre that had been popular with kids animation. Even then they didn't do that well at the US box office either.
Phroobar
Well-Known Member
They weren't released in the states. They were brought over by Disney on DVD in eight years ago.
Castle in the Sky made $20million in 1986.
Howe's moving castle made $239million world wide in 2004 on a production budget of $24million.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
And when finally released into the US its only made $524K in its lifetime, this is even after all the animefests over the years -
That $20M was outside the US. These are not popular products for the US general audiences, and anime in general up until recently.
The biggest hit I can come up with is actually a Disney/Pixar film…. WALL-E
Disney Irish
Premium Member
I think that might be the biggest hit, thank you. So we have 3 movies so far with varying degrees of success, and a handful of anime movies that didn't perform well overall (again up until recently).
Not quite the shining beacon of hope for a genre's success if you ask me.
Phroobar
Well-Known Member
You need to broaden your movie viewing knowledge a little more. Or at least define you parameters better.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Tell me what I'm missing then. Because looking at the data, up until the mid-2010s anime has not by and large performed very well in the US/Canada domestic market at the box office. And the examples you provided didn't change any of that.
So again tell me what I'm missing? That they do well outside the US/Canada domestic market? Ok, but what does that prove? We've been told over and over that unless a movie performs well here in the US/Canada domestic market, well quite frankly that its a loser. So are we now saying that isn't the case?
Also just so you know I have no issues with anime, so if it does well then it does well.
TP2000
Well-Known Member
Oh, thank God! It's just a play. I was afraid it was an actual movie remake of that wonderful classic.
Let her act to her heart's content in plays for the rest of her life. Just don't let her near another classic movie ever again.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
You all are over exaggerating, she is fine and by all accounts talented. And obviously her career is just fine as well as she has already booked a new movie and now her second play. So those that claim her career was going to be ruined from the fall out clearly didn't understand how things really work in the entertainment industry.
Phroobar
Well-Known Member
$21.1Billion isn't an niche market.
The Anime Industry Just Hit New High As Special Report Details Its $21.27 Billion Reach
Anime's growth knows no bounds.
screenrant.com
Phroobar
Well-Known Member
He last on stage musical with showing to nearly empty audiences.
Chi84
Premium Member
That’s excellent to hear. I finally saw Snow White and she was perfect for the role. Gal Gadot not so much lol.
She definitely has the voice for Sound of Music.
Chi84
Premium Member
Which musical?
Breaking Baz: Red-Hot Rachel Zegler Soars In ‘Evita’ London Palladium Previews, Heating Up The Box Office As Chatter Turns To Broadway Transfer
The Rachel Zegler-led 'Evita' is a smash hit in London, and now the production is eyeing a possible Broadway transfer in 2027, Deadline's Baz Bamigboye writes.
deadline.com
Disney Irish
Premium Member
So $21B in overall product sales for the entire industry worldwide, but not at the box office. So niche in terms of the box office (which is what we’re talking about), especially in the US/Canada market, ie it still hasn’t penetrated the overall box office. Also you missed or ignored the part where I acknowledge that it’s a recent change where it’s become more popular even here in the US in the last decade. So yes the overall industry isn’t niche anymore, but that isn’t what we were talking about.$21.1Billion isn't an niche market.
The Anime Industry Just Hit New High As Special Report Details Its $21.27 Billion Reach
Anime's growth knows no bounds.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
What did you say to me… oh yeah you need to broaden your broadway knowledge as there have been no empty shows.
brideck
Well-Known Member
Which musical?
Breaking Baz: Red-Hot Rachel Zegler Soars In ‘Evita’ London Palladium Previews, Heating Up The Box Office As Chatter Turns To Broadway Transfer
The Rachel Zegler-led 'Evita' is a smash hit in London, and now the production is eyeing a possible Broadway transfer in 2027, Deadline's Baz Bamigboye writes.
That is a wild way to stage a big musical number in the theater -- singing to a random thousand people out on the street.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
If you think about it and the number being performed it actually is exactly what Eva Peron would do, take from the rich and give to the poor. Which I think is exactly why the director staged it that way. I've seen so many online try to blame Zegler for that, "how can she perform the plays most pivotal scene to non-paying crowds and not the guest paying to see her", but its not her call, its the directors.
Agent H
Well-Known Member
For good reason.