Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs

[Sirwalterraleigh]

And who is on your short list of "Star Wars people" who aren't already involved with Star Wars that could do it properly in your opinion?

Please provide actual names, and you can't say George.

Don’t care who the director is

Ron Moore as the writer. When you want character in Sci Fi…you start at the top

George? Oh no.

You know who I’d like to direct? Two of the highest wealth ones out there that might do it for an ego stroke

…no…not Michael Bay

 

[Disney Irish]

Nobody wanted “Mambo #6”

Speak for yourself.... I still rock Mambo #5.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Speak for yourself.... I still rock Mambo #5.

…well that tracks

 

[Disney Irish]

Don’t care who the director is

Ron Moore as the writer. When you want character in Sci Fi…you start at the top

George? Oh no.

You know who I’d like to direct? Two of the highest wealth ones out there that might do it for an ego stroke

…no…not Michael Bay

He's been around Disney working on various scripts in one form or another, including the Swiss Family Robinson D+ show (which who knows where that is in development these days) so they may tap him if they already haven't.

 

[Disney Irish]

…well that tracks

What can I say I like late 90s dance pop, it was rocking in the clubs back in the day......

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

What can I say I like late 90s dance pop, it was rocking in the clubs back in the day......

 

[Disney Irish]

Yep rock them too.

It was even fun when Six Flags used that song for their commercials.

 

[Wendy Pleakley]

And who is on your short list of "Star Wars people" who aren't already involved with Star Wars that could do it properly in your opinion?

Please provide actual names, and you can't say George.

They should get Terry Matalas if he's not being given another Star Trek series. He was responsible for season 3 of Picard which was pure fan service but he made it work. It didn't feel like pandering, every story element was earned and justified.

 

[Basil of Baker Street]

What in the .... did I just watch?

 

[DKampy]

What in the .... did I just watch?

You never bumped it to vengaboys?

 

[Disney Irish]

What in the .... did I just watch?

It was a simpler time....

 

[Basil of Baker Street]

You never bumped it to vengaboys?

Lol. I guess not

 

[Disney Irish]

Lol. I guess not

Maybe you were already out of your club phase by the time they came around?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

What in the .... did I just watch?

The absolute zenith of 90’s dance hit pop

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

They should get Terry Matalas if he's not being given another Star Trek series. He was responsible for season 3 of Picard which was pure fan service but he made it work. It didn't feel like pandering, every story element was earned and justified.

On reflection…I’m not sure Season 3 was that good…
Just the previous we’re so BAD that we all cheered

Not sure I need that kinda vibe in Star Wars?

Oh wait we had it…
It’s in the bloated box office of abrams reboot…a big part of that audience/fan PTSD over attack of the clones

 

[Tha Realest]

Yes, and Actors have been known to pass up large rolls or walk away from major franchises, see Bond, see Tom Cruise turning down Iron Man.

This actually is an easy fix. Focus on Fantastic Four(well done) and Xmen(again well done) and use new promising actors not high paid over priced ones and you easily fix the MCU. Then build stories off of FF, Xmen and Avengers.

There’s never been a good FF film, and the X series was pretty spotty (some great, much not). I agree there’s a lot of potential but shoe-horning into existing MCU comes with its own inherent problems and limitations.

 

[Tha Realest]

He's been around Disney working on various scripts in one form or another, including the Swiss Family Robinson D+ show (which who knows where that is in development these days) so they may tap him if they already haven't.

Also the SEA series

 

[TP2000]

Here's Wednesday box office, and likely our weekend preview now that Ninja Turtles opened yesterday.

It would appear that Haunted Mansion is going to drop down to 4th place in its second weekend. And it's a rather steep drop off from 3rd place (Oppenheimer $5.8 Million) to 4th place (Haunted Mansion $1.8 Million). Watch your step...

 

[TP2000]

And Wikipedia relies on the constantly updated boxofficemojo for its numbers, which shows M:I with $240 million less at the box office then The Numbers.

As of mid afternoon on August 3rd, the box office results for M:I are all in near alignment, with The Numbers capturing an extra million from the domestic US box office that Box Office Mojo hasn't captured yet.

The Numbers 8/3/23:

Box Office Mojo 8/3/23:

Wikipedia 8/3/23:

 

[TP2000]

Indy was fairly well received in terms of audience and critical reaction.

I don't think Mangold is the reason it underperformed.

Whatever the reason that Indy 5 "underperformed" (which is like calling the Titanic a "boating accident") I can not think why the people responsible for the creative impact and disastrous financial results of Indy 5 should be allowed to continue providing their services to The Walt Disney Company.

Disney is on track to lose at least $650 Million at the box office by the end of September. And Indy 5 and its horrifically bad box office performance is responsible for over one third of that loss.

Indy 5: $300 Production, $100 Marketing, Global Box Office $358, Box Office Take $177 = Disney Loss of $233 Million

Whatever the reason it "underperformed", the executives in charge of Indy 5 need to lose their jobs over that type of loss, in my opinion.