Prince-1
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Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs
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Since when??
Since 2000. With a brief attempt to allow them - which went very badly.
wtyy21
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Barbie-Oppenheimer double feature are set to become profitable as both films will achieve its historic box office openings worldwide and will easily break-even (particularly Barbie). Regarding Oppenheimer, given the budget of $100M (chapter than Barbie $145M), it will be one of most profitable film release by Universal this year alongside The Super Mario Bros. Movie (depending on performance of the Universal/Syncopy film).
Sadly, aside from GOTG: Vol. 3, Disney didn't achieved any profits from films released this year, particularly Indy 5 that may become the Disney's biggest flop (with $295M budget excluding marketing costs). Unless Haunted Mansion is sudden hit at box office or The Marvels and Wish are making similar opening weekend number as Barbieheimer, Disney still expected to lost money at box office.
Sadly, aside from GOTG: Vol. 3, Disney didn't achieved any profits from films released this year, particularly Indy 5 that may become the Disney's biggest flop (with $295M budget excluding marketing costs). Unless Haunted Mansion is sudden hit at box office or The Marvels and Wish are making similar opening weekend number as Barbieheimer, Disney still expected to lost money at box office.
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TP2000
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Mermaid made $10 Million and change on its Thursday preview going into Memorial Day Weekend.
By Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend, Mermaid had made $95 Million.
Let's see where Barbie lands by Sunday, but it's already doing over twice the box office Mermaid did on its opening weekend.
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The Little Mermaid (2023) - Financial Information
Financial analysis of The Little Mermaid (2023) including budget, domestic and international box office gross, DVD and Blu-ray sales reports, total earnings and profitability.
www.the-numbers.com
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TP2000
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Wait, I thought Americans don't go to movies in huge numbers any more?
We'll have to do a box office summary after this weekend to see where Disney's four tentpoles have landed before its final summer movie Haunted Mansion, which is really just a tent peg, comes out next weekend.
This has been one of Disney's biggest money losing summer's at the box office ever. Disney just can't get a film to make a profit this summer. Which makes the fact Disney execs passed up on Sound Of Freedom, a huge profit maker, even more baffling.
donaldtoo
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Mermaid made $10 Million and change on its Thursday preview going into Memorial Day Weekend.
By Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend, Mermaid had made $95 Million.
Let's see where Barbie lands by Sunday, but it's already doing over twice the box office Mermaid did on its opening weekend.
The Little Mermaid (2023) - Financial Information
Financial analysis of The Little Mermaid (2023) including budget, domestic and international box office gross, DVD and Blu-ray sales reports, total earnings and profitability.
Wait………..did Disney pass on Barbie like they did Harry Potter…?!!!!!
TP2000
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Wait………..did Disney pass on Barbie like they did Harry Potter…?!!!!!
Ha, no. But Disney should have snagged Barbie, obviously.
Mattel used to be a big Parks sponsor for years, sponsoring It's A Small World, that horrible stage show at Epcot, etc.
I have to think that Mattel at least reached out to Disney on their new film projects, but maybe not? Warner Bros. has had disastrous box office lately, so Barbie is probably giving them all a huge sigh of relief at the lot just down Riverside Drive from Disney's lot.
wtyy21
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Back to the topic, Variety released an article about the Oscar 2024 nomination predictions. Some of films at the prediction are yet to be released, including Wish (released this November), which predicted will be nominated for the Best Animated Feature.
variety.com
Note:
1. The 96th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
2. The submission deadline for general categories is Nov. 18, 2023 (four days before Wish premiere). Preliminary voting for the shortlists will begin on Dec. 18 with the results announced on Dec. 21. The nominations voting period will run from Jan. 11-16, 2024, with the official nominations announcement on Jan. 23, 2024.
Final Oscar Predictions: Who Will Win and Should Win at the Academy Awards (ARCHIVE)
See Variety's final 2024 Oscars predictions in every category, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and more.
variety.com
Note:
1. The 96th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
2. The submission deadline for general categories is Nov. 18, 2023 (four days before Wish premiere). Preliminary voting for the shortlists will begin on Dec. 18 with the results announced on Dec. 21. The nominations voting period will run from Jan. 11-16, 2024, with the official nominations announcement on Jan. 23, 2024.
I love going to the theater as much as the next person… I go every week to all sorts of movies…not just Disney… but this is a Disney movie sub-forum… there use to be a box office thread for all things film for flops, hits, Barbieheimer or whatever maybe we should resurrect that
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LittleBuford
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I apologise.
The fun loving movie is a popular big hit
The historical biopic is a success
The lower budget indie release is still in third and has done well on its own merits.
Has me thinking the world is healing. We had hits that were not just sequels or spin offs. The big one was based on a toy property and took a fun satire on it.
Its like a slice of the 90s at the box office this weekend.
The historical biopic is a success
The lower budget indie release is still in third and has done well on its own merits.
Has me thinking the world is healing. We had hits that were not just sequels or spin offs. The big one was based on a toy property and took a fun satire on it.
Its like a slice of the 90s at the box office this weekend.
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TP2000
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The box office data from Friday shows just how popular a night at the movies can still be with Americans. But the product that Hollywood is offering has to be worthy of the $12 ticket and the overpriced popcorn.
Imagine that, offering a great product that consumers actually want to buy?
The fun loving movie, the historical biopic, and the low budget indie film are all clobbering Disney's mega-budget summer tentpoles.
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The Numbers - Daily Box Office Chart for Thursday November 21, 2024
Daily Domestic Box Office Chart for Thursday November 21, 2024
www.the-numbers.com
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BrianLo
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Again bringing a whole new dynamic to which studio would you rather be. It’s a wasteland of tent poles this summer with the worst performer of the year (Warner) now having one of the biggest hits.
To answer @Casper Gutman ’s eternal question I think I’d still prefer to be Paramount (simply because they are seen as the bottom rung historically), followed by maybe Universal or Disney this year.
Sony’s not so bad I guess.
To answer @Casper Gutman ’s eternal question I think I’d still prefer to be Paramount (simply because they are seen as the bottom rung historically), followed by maybe Universal or Disney this year.
Sony’s not so bad I guess.
TP2000
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Industry trade papers are trying to figure it all out and revise their projections for this weekend ever upward.
"The summer box office just went nuclear." -The Hollywood Reporter, July 22nd 2023
www.hollywoodreporter.com
"The summer box office just went nuclear." -The Hollywood Reporter, July 22nd 2023
Box Office Stunner: ‘Barbie’ Opens to Staggering $162M, ‘Oppenheimer’ Snags $82.4M
Thanks to the "Barbenheimer" phenomenon, it is the fourth-biggest weekend of all time at the domestic box office.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
I think you can partly thank the (very annoying) Barbenheimer social media influence for some of the big numbers. It turned it into a thing. Maybe Barbie would have done this much but I'm going to bet Barbenheimer benefitted Oppenheimer.
I'd also like to see how many people bought tickets to both but actually only saw Barbie. Because who wants to watch Oppenheimer after that Barbie high!
I'd also like to see how many people bought tickets to both but actually only saw Barbie. Because who wants to watch Oppenheimer after that Barbie high!
I think you can partly thank the (very annoying) Barbenheimer social media influence for some of the big numbers. It turned it into a thing. Maybe Barbie would have done this much but I'm going to bet Barbenheimer benefitted Oppenheimer.
I'd also like to see how many people bought tickets to both but actually only saw Barbie. Because who wants to watch Oppenheimer after that Barbie high!
I don't know. I think Christopher Nolan's film portfolio rarely having a bust is a lot of what sells it. People like well-produced films.
Social Media people are not typically the type to follow through and move onto the next joke. They definitely don't like spending 12 dollars on entertainment they will not use when they can watch Mr. Beast for free.
And besides, they would have done the double feature backwrads. You need an upper after a downer.
No matter, you could cut the attendance in half and both would have still been hits for their weekend and perspective budgets.