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

[Serpico Jones]

There’s no way you spend $330m on an Indiana Jones movie. That type of budget is completely ridiculous for anything outside of Avatar or maybe Marvel.

 

[Jedijax719]

I had no idea The Haunted Mansion movie cost Disney $150 Million to produce. Why???? Barbie only cost Warners $100 Million, even with all the big name cross-generational stars in it and lots of digital effects.

What is Disney spending this money on with these bloated budgets??? Or is it something we don't want to know, or at least get the kids out of the room before we discuss it? Seriously, where does all that money go in Burbank???

Disney's Final Summer Box Office Bet Has Something To Fear From Barbie

Disney should be worried about Barbie, not Nolan

screenrant.com

Digital effects? You mean making everything pink?

 

[LittleBuford]

@Jedijax719, I didn’t mean to shock you. It was a lighthearted joke made by a member of the community in question (though I’m not of the West Hollywood clan).

 

[TP2000]

Digital effects? You mean making everything pink?

Well, that and the high heel special effect must have cost a small fortune. I read somewhere that Warner Bros. prop department had to order so much pink paint that it caused a global supply shortage for it during production.

In box office news, the numbers are all in from yesterday now, and it gives us a sneak peek at this weekend. I don't think anyone expected Sound of Freedom to come in the top 3, did they? Indy 5 barely nudged out the summer scary movie Red Door in previews yesterday.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/barbie-pink-paint-scli-intl/index.html

 

[Trauma]

Disney’s Harsh New Reality: Costly Film Flops, Creative Struggles and a Shrinking Global Box Office

Disney, once the theatrical gold standard, is experiencing a turn in box office fortunes.

variety.com

 

[Tha Realest]

I had no idea The Haunted Mansion movie cost Disney $150 Million to produce. Why???? Barbie only cost Warners $100 Million, even with all the big name cross-generational stars in it and lots of digital effects.

What is Disney spending this money on with these bloated budgets??? Or is it something we don't want to know, or at least get the kids out of the room before we discuss it? Seriously, where does all that money go in Burbank???

Disney's Final Summer Box Office Bet Has Something To Fear From Barbie

Disney should be worried about Barbie, not Nolan

screenrant.com

Hey it’s not cheap to displace a multigenerational business or culturally appropriate Native Americans

‘F*** Mickey’: New Orleans shop accuses Disney of putting it out of business

‘Thanks Disney and NOLA Film Office for putting me out of business after 37 years at this location,’ reads a sign in the window of a French Quarter boutique

sports.yahoo.com

Natives Speak Out Against Cultural Appropriation in 'Haunted Mansion'

One detail in the 'Haunted Mansion' poster plays into a long history of the appropriation of Native traditions.

www.themarysue.com

 

[TalkingHead]

Hey it’s not cheap to displace a multigenerational business or culturally appropriate Native Americans

‘F*** Mickey’: New Orleans shop accuses Disney of putting it out of business

‘Thanks Disney and NOLA Film Office for putting me out of business after 37 years at this location,’ reads a sign in the window of a French Quarter boutique

sports.yahoo.com

Impossible to take that article seriously when it includes this:

Joyride is 1) Lionsgate, not Disney and 2) is a sex comedy about a group of girl friends on a trip to Asia which 3) isn’t the basis of the Haunted Mansion ride.

 

[Casper Gutman]

Hey it’s not cheap to displace a multigenerational business or culturally appropriate Native Americans

‘F*** Mickey’: New Orleans shop accuses Disney of putting it out of business

‘Thanks Disney and NOLA Film Office for putting me out of business after 37 years at this location,’ reads a sign in the window of a French Quarter boutique

sports.yahoo.com

Natives Speak Out Against Cultural Appropriation in 'Haunted Mansion'

One detail in the 'Haunted Mansion' poster plays into a long history of the appropriation of Native traditions.

www.themarysue.com

This post is in breathtaking bad faith. Just have the guts to be explicit about why you want Disney to fail.

 

[Tha Realest]

Impossible to take that article seriously when it includes this:

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Joyride is 1) Lionsgate, not Disney and 2) is a sex comedy about a group of girl friends on a trip to Asia which 3) isn’t the basis of the Haunted Mansion ride.

Hi! Are you familiar with working titles? The working title for the production was “Joyride”

New Orleans store owner slams Disney for putting him out of business

The store owner claimed her shop had previously survived hurricane Katrina, an oil spill, an armed robbery, and more - just to get 'taken down' by Mickey Mouse.

www.dailymail.co.uk

1) “Joyride” was the working title during the production of “Haunted Mansion” (2023). 2) “Joy Ride” is the film you’re referring to.

 

[Tha Realest]

This post is in breathtaking bad faith. Just have the guts to be explicit about why you want Disney to fail.

Taking offense at cultural appropriation is “bad faith?”

I have big problems with this, and did a year ago when the news about the Tenaya Spa came out. The bigger question is why you’re so reflexively dismissive of this.

Disneyland Just Opened a Wellness Spa That’s Stunning for All the Wrong Reasons

Fodor's provides expert travel content worth exploring so you can dream up your next trip. The world is a weird and wonderful place—we want to show you around.

www.fodors.com

 

[TalkingHead]

Hi! Are you familiar with working titles? The working title for the production was “Joyride”

New Orleans store owner slams Disney for putting him out of business

The store owner claimed her shop had previously survived hurricane Katrina, an oil spill, an armed robbery, and more - just to get 'taken down' by Mickey Mouse.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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1) “Joyride” was the working title during the production of “Haunted Mansion” (2023). 2) “Joy Ride” is the film you’re referring to.

That makes more sense, but the article didn’t say “working title” like the one in your screenshot. Poor writing.

Hope the neighborhood was well compensated but judging from the trailer I’m kinda surprised they did any extensive work on location.

 

[Wendy Pleakley]

Impossible to take that article seriously when it includes this:

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Joyride is 1) Lionsgate, not Disney and 2) is a sex comedy about a group of girl friends on a trip to Asia which 3) isn’t the basis of the Haunted Mansion ride.

Not to mention the following. Garbage "reporting" with zero actual investigating.

 

[TalkingHead]

Not to mention the following. Garbage "reporting" with zero actual investigating.

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Sorta imagine this is what AI-generated articles look like

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

But you can't force a movie to perform. There's no magic formula for that. It used to be that certain franchises were guaranteed to perform. That is not the case now. And I think it's only slowly sinking in that it's not the case.

Making a movie that will perform is a HELL of alot less complicated than Disney has decided to make it.

Like it’s not THIS hard.

Really awful management. No real excuses. Mistakes building on mistakes.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

It's interesting to see a lot of the armchair quarterbacking in hindsight.

Indy didn't perform, but do people really think making the movie was that bad of an idea?

I can't imagine any movie studio having the option to make an Indiana Jones movie and saying no.

Not to mention it was reported that making it contributed to getting Ford back as Han Solo, and that alone paid dividends.

Support wasn’t strong for this idea from
The start from the 5 guys in moms basement that ruined Daisy Ridley’s career and made JJ abrams a joke…

Me and “the boys” knew they had hatched 3 Star Wars movies…and we knew Harrison ford was 75 and LFL is making terrible story decisions.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Disney’s Harsh New Reality: Costly Film Flops, Creative Struggles and a Shrinking Global Box Office

Disney, once the theatrical gold standard, is experiencing a turn in box office fortunes.

variety.com

I’m gonna file a lawsuit for libel against variety…

It says that the little Mermaid “drastically fell short of expectations”

…how dare they?!?
Don’t they hang out around here?
Didn’t anyone at Disney proof read this before it was printed?

…I won’t stand for this

 

[Casper Gutman]

I’m gonna file a lawsuit for libel against variety…

It says that the little Mermaid “drastically fell short of expectations”

…how dare they?!?
Don’t they hang out around here?
Didn’t anyone at Disney proof read this before it was printed?

…I won’t stand for this

The article says exactly what informed folks here have said - Mermaid underperformed but will make money.

You misrepresent and strawman other posters continuously and don’t actually engage with the substance of what anyone says, instead just shouting the same thing over and over. At this point, how are you not a troll?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

The article says exactly what informed folks here have said - Mermaid underperformed but will make money.

You misrepresent and strawman other posters continuously and don’t actually engage with the substance of what anyone says, instead just shouting the same thing over and over. At this point, how are you not a troll?

I’m actually a Gemini

And if you want some good strawman displays…go to the mermaid thread and pick up the story around page 60/post #1200…

It’s like the international scarecrow convention came to town to PARTY!!

Enjoy. Or get snitty and double down for the 400th time.
Writedown meter is at $110 ish? And sub $1,000,000 a day domestic and sub $10 international…
Keep chugging, choo choo

 

[Chi84]

The article says exactly what informed folks here have said - Mermaid underperformed but will make money.

You misrepresent and strawman other posters continuously and don’t actually engage with the substance of what anyone says, instead just shouting the same thing over and over. At this point, how are you not a troll?

It’s not necessarily a sign of trolling. Why not just stop responding?

 

[Tha Realest]

The article says exactly what informed folks here have said - Mermaid underperformed but will make money.

You misrepresent and strawman other posters continuously and don’t actually engage with the substance of what anyone says, instead just shouting the same thing over and over. At this point, how are you not a troll?

Where does the article say TLM “will make money?”

I see nowhere in there where it says it will turn a profit. The only references I see to it’s box office earnings are how it is a loss leader. There’s no indication this film has moved enough merchandise to offset the box office losses.