It's a bit like someone who doesn't follow football (American or soccer—take your pick!) constantly posting about scores and rankings.
Why do you think it’s a terrible movie that rightfully should have bombed? I mean, not all movies have to be for everybody.
I get that news is news. That’s fine. But I don’t understand wanting a movie to bomb just because you don’t like it. There are plenty of movies and certain genres (like horror) that I don’t like and wouldn’t see. But I don‘t make it a point to go around hoping they fail because they’re clearly something others like.
Honestly, I'd prefer that the tribalism that has overtaken this part of the forum end altogether. I have no problem with negative news or opinions; it's the intention behind some of the posts that bothers me (and yes, certain posters have made their intentions very clear).
As I said, bad news isn’t the issue for me. It’s not like I’ve had any trouble acknowledging Disney’s recent troubles.The solution to getting more good box office news in this box office thread is for Disney to start releasing movies in theaters that at least break even, or perhaps even turn a small profit. Can you imagine?!
You’re joking, right? This thread is practically an anti-Disney troll farm.
We could do what we did in the Reedy Creek thread and just ban everyone who knows what they are talking about from posting here. Then there wouldn't be an disagreement.
I love that people have enough hubris to think they “know what they are talking about” when it comes to Disney at the box office.
I think you answered your own question.
Or, you can go find a new film company to like since you have so much venom for Disney. Turning Red is 95% positive on Rotten Tomatoes and for good reason. Poor Things has won all sorts of awards and is on track to win some Oscars as well. All of Us Strangers is absolutely phenomenal and the reviews reflect it. You have seen NONE of these films and yet you feel qualified to blab endless negative commentary on them and the rest of the Disney films you have not seen. It is quite extraordinary. I have a few other points I could make about your Disney hatred, but I don’t intend on getting a ban because of it, and particularly not on my birthday. But it would be quite refreshing if you would stop posting about films you haven’t even seen and have no intention of seeing.
Especially when they haven’t even seen the films they are posting about.
Also a lifelong Disney fan here... as I would assume most people who take the time to reply on these forums. I care about the "ongoing" health of the company as well, but neither you or I have any effect on decisions Disney decides to make regarding how/when they release films to the Box Office. I enjoyed Turning Red, as did many other people. Box office performance is not solely indicative of how a film was received. Especially since a film like Turning Red never had a proper theatrical release and this new one was barely marketed at all. None of the major studios have been completely profitable post Covid. Films are not doing as well as they once were because of the Studios/Hollywood's incessant need to embark upon the "Streaming Wars". Also D+ lost billions each quarter of 2023.... My point here, is that while we can discuss it here, the need to analyze every single detail of Disney's box office choices is a little ridiculous.
Yawn.I'm not posting commentary about the film's artistic merits in this thread, I'm posting factual box office data that speaks for itself.
If the box office data bothers you because it's so financially damaging to Disney, best to avoid the thread where we discuss Disney box office data and its meaning to the company's financial health and evolving relevance.
How on earth does a grown man get banned from posting on a Disney fan website?
The mind boggles how that plays out.
I will continue posting box office results in the box office thread. I find the topic interesting now.
And after the disastrous year that 2023 was for all of Disney's studios (not a single studio made a profit), their retrenchment and thin release schedule for 2024 will be interesting to observe. They were supposed to be releasing Snow White next month, but Miss Zeigler's horrible instinct for PR put an end to that, and it got sent back for a major rework until 2025.
But, on the bright side, there is Planet Of The Apes in May. And it seems that might be a box office success? That would certainly be a change of pace compared to 2023, that's for sure!
Yeah. A box office thread. Not sure what’s confusing. Maybe I should start a merch and post theater release thread. Anyways, this box office thread will be much more positive when Disney can succeed at the box office again.