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

[Sirwalterraleigh]

As I said we'll see, its possible to still get there. As even you acknowledge international its a hit and box office is weird this time of year.

Since my post wasn't about Mufasa not sure why bring that up now. But yes its fairly predictable that it won't be a success overall. Don't know what crossover you're talking about, but whatever.

This is still a good year for Disney with almost every single release minus Mufasa being a hit. So no matter what happens in the final numbers for Moana 2 they are extremely happy with its results even if it doesn't cross a Billion.

What’s the title of the thread?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I’d be pretty surprised if it only posts a 2.25-2.5X multiple of what it did last week with a 10 day holiday window thrown into the mix to juice things.

This is like week 5

 

[BrianLo]

This is like week 5

Ya… a 2.5X multiple of week 4, not week one.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

My convictions on the end point over 1B hasn't really changed, I think that's going to look a little more clearly with where we're landing in the 900 spectrum post holidays. It seems to be limping, versus sprinting over 1B though.

What is clear to me is that every DIS movie the last 2 years has been under-called by 10-15% as people really don't seem to get how things slowly chug along for months. Stop writing post mortem's on movies still adding 100M WW per week...

Does that include the 9 flops last year?

Quite the slate of thoroughbreds.

They had a good year this year…though other than inside out…I can’t remember what else they had?

..:forgot Deadpool

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Ya… a 2.5X multiple of week 4, not week one.

Oh right…yeah…still some work to do

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

You can read can’t you?

Your random non sequitur posts as always brings things to a grinding halt.

State of affairs at the box office

You can handle a global comment

 

[DKampy]

Does that include the 9 flops last year?

Quite the slate of thoroughbreds.

They had a good year this year…though other than inside out…I can’t remember what else they had?

..:forgot Deadpool

Not the blockbusters inside out and Deadpool were but Aliens and Apes did ok too

 

[Disney Analyst]

Well since the thread is still locked…



This is the first preview to really make me excited for the film. She sounds incredible.

 

[brideck]

This is the first preview to really make me excited for the film. She sounds incredible.

She is a really great singer. Loved her take on Appalachian folk in the Hunger Games prequel last year, too.

 

[Ghost93]

Well since the thread is still locked…



This is the first preview to really make me excited for the film. She sounds incredible.

I hope the song is in addition to, and not "instead of" "I'm Wishing" from the original fim.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

Massive Christmas day rebound for Mufasa. 100% increase over yesterday which is good news following an insanely good hold yesterday.

Now that Sonic’s core audience has seen it, the gap between the two movies has been closing daily. Now Mufasa’s posting a $15+ million Christmas Day domestic, potentially looking to have an above $30 million domestic second weekend. With international doing well, I think this thing is very safely gonna go $600+ million worldwide.

Everyone counted this thing dead last weekend but it is absolutely back on track to turn profitable when just a few days ago it didn’t look like it would. Christmas box office is always so fun to watch. Things can change dramatically in the span of a few days. Mufasa’s gone from looking dead on arrival to the box office trackers completely changing their tune.

It’s not gonna hit a billion, but it’s going to do significantly better than most (myself included) thought based on opening.

 

[BrianLo]

Definitely turning into a *small* interesting comeback story. We always have one every Christmas. Apparently the soundtrack is hitting very well - which was the missing LMM from Moana 2 secret sauce.

We've left the Alice through the looking Glass and The Marvels comps behind.

 

[Disney Analyst]

 

[TalkingHead]

Wonder if this will be like The Color Purple last year which did big numbers with black audiences at Christmas and sank like a stone afterward.

 

[MagicMouseFan]

Well since the thread is still locked…



This is the first preview to really make me excited for the film. She sounds incredible.

It will be interesting to see how that movie does at the box office. Should be a slam dunk and Disney pushed it back for over a year… but did Rachel Zegler hurt the film?

Time will tell…
This movie should be an easy 1 billion dollar film.
Should be a layup… it’s Snow White.

 

[Disney Analyst]

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Yes, that's the reason why...

"Tony Vinciquerra, the Sony Pictures CEO, acknowledged that Madame Web underperformed at the box office and shared why he thinks it didn’t do well.

In a new interview, Vinciquerra touched on Madame Web‘s dismal results in theaters despite being part of the Spider-Man universe.

“Madame Web underperformed in the theaters because the press just crucified it. It was not a bad film, and it did great on Netflix,” Vinciquerra told the Los Angeles Times.

Vinciquerra also acknowledged that Kraven the Hunter underperformed like Madame Web and suggested, “for some reason, the press decided that they didn’t want us making these films … and the critics just destroyed them.”

Sony Pictures CEO On Why ‘Madame Web’ Flopped At The Box Office; Suggests Shift In ‘Spider-Man’ Spinoffs To Avoid Getting “Destroyed” By Critics

Tony Vinciquerra, the Sony Pictures CEO, acknowledged that Madame Web underperformed at the box office and shared why he thinks it didn't do well.

deadline.com

 

[Farerb]

This movie should be an easy 1 billion dollar film.
Should be a layup… it’s Snow White.

That's what people thought about The Little Mermaid. That was never going to happen, and Snow White has many adaptations, I don't think any of them grossed more than one billion, this remake is not different.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

It will be interesting to see how that movie does at the box office. Should be a slam dunk and Disney pushed it back for over a year… but did Rachel Zegler hurt the film?

Time will tell…
This movie should be an easy 1 billion dollar film.
Should be a layup… it’s Snow White.

There was no universe where this was gonna make a billion. Snow White is not that popular and the film has been met with nothing but negative reactions from day one. No, Zegler didn’t hurt the film (though she will be blamed for it anyway), it’s just that very few people wanted this to begin with. It’s gonna bomb, but it was always gonna bomb. Even without all the controversy, it was never gonna be a billion dollar film.

 

[Disney Analyst]