Theaters are not at pre-pandemic levels… not just Disney
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Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs
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Tony the Tigger
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Confirmed! Deadpool 4: Even Gayer Despite The Girl
Disney Leading 2024 Box Office With $3 Billion Worldwide
Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine lead the year's biggest box office haul.comicbook.com
BrianLo
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FYI, not that it really matters, but it was 666 million on their financial reports. Which is certainly another memorable number.
Also 25 wide releases in 2019 versus the 4 so far. But 2019 is the industry high water mark for sure, I’m not sure if that will ever get beaten.
yep…, you know if Deadpool and Wolverine was not a success the anti-Disney brigade would be screaming about some sort of agenda or something
Tony the Tigger
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Kind of interesting: I saw a video this morning of Ryan Reynolds saying he was “proud of Disney“ for allowing him to go as far as he did, what he called “hard R rated.“
I just went to YouTube to try to find that video and share it here. Most of what I found were right wing sources claiming Ryan “exposed woke Disney” lol.
Tony the Tigger
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Ok, I watched one. It was a torturous nine minutes to get to the “point” that Iger held back some scenes he thought were too violent. I guess that’s woke now. 
We don’t just judge movies anymore. We judge what was left on the cutting room floor, and whether or not they were profitable.
We don’t just judge movies anymore. We judge what was left on the cutting room floor, and whether or not they were profitable.
Casper Gutman
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Set the sequel in England. The Twisters go on vacation.
Wendy Pleakley
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They can chase the heroes around the world. Similar to how the shark in Jaws: The Revenge chased people from new England to the Bahamas.
Vegas Disney Fan
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But the post I responded to said specifically that it wouldn’t be a small year for Disney despite their slimmed down lineup, that’s what I was countering. There’s no way Disney will ever come close to pre-pandemic numbers if they’re only releasing a half dozen movies a year, no matter how great those movies are.
As I said I’m sure Disney is happy to be making profit off their movies again but I doubt anyone in the executive suites are thrilled to be making $10 billion less now than they were 5 years ago. The markets changed but that doesn’t make it any less of a loss on the books.
TP2000
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Or, you know, a bunch of us realize that adult subject matter that is genuinely hilarious and fun in an R Rated action movie is likely not appropriate for a G or PG Rated family cartoon aimed at young kids.
You wouldn't take your 8 year old son to a strip club (or at least you shouldn't), so you wouldn't take your 8 year old son to an R Rated movie (or at least you shouldn't).
I'll wait here for someone to chime in that R Rated movies and strip clubs are entirely appropriate now for the 3rd grade class field trip and I should stop being so bigoted and stuck in the past...
Disney Irish
Premium Member
The market cannot sustain the same growth as it did 5 years ago, that is not the fault of Disney. So their books show a profit based on the current market trends, not what the market did 5 years ago. What you're trying to do is attribute market changes that are outside of Disney's control and blame them for making less money than they did when the market was different. That is not only not fair, but its not how the market looks at box office profitability. Again its trying to find something to nitpick about just for the sake of nitpicking.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
What's funny is that I saw a number of kids (more than a dozen) of varying ages (youngest looked around 6-7) in my full theater when I watched Deadpool at the El Capitan.Or, you know, a bunch of us realize that adult subject matter that is genuinely hilarious and fun in an R Rated action movie is likely not appropriate for a G or PG Rated family cartoon aimed at young kids.
You wouldn't take your 8 year old son to a strip club (or at least you shouldn't), so you wouldn't take your 8 year old son to an R Rated movie (or at least you shouldn't).
I'll wait here for someone to chime in that R Rated movies and strip clubs are entirely appropriate now for the 3rd grade class field trip and I should stop being so bigoted and stuck in the past...
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Everyone had a good time, no child was crying or anyone having left the theater.
erasure fan1
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That doesn't mean it's somehow appropriate for them to be there.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
"Appropriate" is in the eye of the beholder. What you find appropriate or inappropriate is different from others, and vice-versa.
erasure fan1
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Sorry, not in this case.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Its up to each parent to parent their own kids, its not up to you or me to tell them what is appropriate or not appropriate for their kids.
As long as the kids are well mannered and not being harmed, I don't care if a parent brings a kid to a rated R movie.
TP2000
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That doesn't make that okay, or appropriate. Children are also being snuck into bars and card rooms and other various houses of ill repute across Los Angeles every day by bad parents, or adult guardians with very bad judgment. And I'm sure there's a few young children tonight who will be hanging out in the back room of strip clubs in LA while their mom works out front. I suppose it's marginally safer in the back room than being left alone in an apartment, but that doesn't make it okay.
That said...
A 6 year old child should not be at an R Rated movie that was labeled by the MPAA as "Rated R for strong bloody violence and language throughout, gore and sexual references."
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) - IMDb
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) Parents Guide and Certifications from around the world.
www.imdb.com
Willmark
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I'm likewise perplexed as to who said it would falter.
Disney Irish
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It is for those parents to decide what is best for their children, not you as a childless man over 60.That doesn't make that okay, or appropriate. Children are also being snuck into bars and card rooms and other various houses of ill repute across Los Angeles every day by bad parents, or adult guardians with very bad judgment. And I'm sure there's a few young children tonight who will be hanging out in the back room of strip clubs in LA while their mom works out front. I suppose it's marginally safer in the back room than being left alone in an apartment, but that doesn't make it okay.
That said...
A 6 year old child should not be at an R Rated movie that was labeled by the MPAA as "Rated R for strong bloody violence and language throughout, gore and sexual references."
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) - IMDb
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) Parents Guide and Certifications from around the world.
No one said it would…. People knew it would succeed…..which is why you did not see such arguments months beforehand