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

[Disney Irish]

I understand what I wrote. And looking back at the box office data for Mufasa through today, they appear to be accurate assessments of the box office data.

Mufasa had a comparatively weak opening weekend, and it has not set the box office on fire. It looks like it may not break even, but we'll know more by the end of MLK Jr. weekend on that trend. More time is needed for that.

That said, Mufasa could not be described as a huge hit or a blockbuster.

But it's not a flop, and I never used that word. It's just sort of a... meh. (technical movie industry term)

You're missing the point, and I suspect intentionally.

Also as has been discussed in the Mufasa thread, the one you don't visit, and repeated here, that it will likely breakeven at $500M WW. Something that should happen hopefully this weekend.

 

[LittleBuford]

At that rate domestically and barring some massive overseas demand for it, Mufasa will lose at least $400 Million for Burbank. Perhaps more.

But he didn’t use the word “flop”.

 

[LittleBuford]

Surely they didn't spend $250 Million on production for Mufasa. It seems to be going nowhere, and my recent Target run set off my Popdar alarms that it was not only going nowhere, but going nowhere fast. They can't repeat the disasters of 2022 and 2023 already, they just can't.

If he’d meant to imply it wasn’t going to do well, he would have said so! You guys really shouldn’t put words into his mouth!

 

[Architectural Guinea Pig]

Interestingly enough, in about 20 days Mufasa managed to earn the same amount of box office gross as Elemental’s 200 day run, while also earning about the same amount as the gross of Strange World, Haunted Mansion, AND Wish combined. Pretty successful ngl, even if Mufasa is designed to be a commercial success. Like Moana 2, it’s fighting the tides of negative reviews and still earning a hefty sum.

 

[TP2000]

But he didn’t use the word “flop”.

He also blatantly used the words "at that rate" while discussing the box office performance of its first weekend.

How dare he use 8th grade reading comprehension skills in this thread!

But honestly, we're all sane adults here. At what grade level of reading comprehension should we be posting?

 

[TP2000]

Interestingly enough, in about 20 days Mufasa managed to earn the same amount of box office gross as Elemental’s 200 day run, while also earning about the same amount as the gross of Strange World, Haunted Mansion, AND Wish combined. Pretty successful ngl, even if Mufasa is designed to be a commercial success. Like Moana 2, it’s fighting the tides of negative reviews and still earning a hefty sum.

I smell a comparison chart incoming!

@MisterPenguin and @DKampy, please know I cherry picked this box office data only upon the thoughts of another discusser in this discussion of box office on a discussion forum about box office...

To @Architectural Guinea Pig's valid point, Strange World, Haunted Mansion and Wish were all flops. The first two were epic flops to be buried and cancelled and never spoken of again in Burbank, the third was just sort of an average flop. Elemental was big in Asia, but didn't break even. Mufasa seems... meh. Check back on January 21st and we'll get a better read.

One thing is already certain; I'd rather be the exec who approved Mufasa than the exec who approved Strange World.

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[Disney Irish]

He also blatantly used the words "at that rate" while discussing the box office performance of its first weekend.

How dare he use 8th grade reading comprehension skills in this thread!

But honestly, we're all sane adults here. At what grade level of reading comprehension should we be posting?

Guess you missed the sarcasm, you must have been using 7th grade skills when reading those posts.

 

[TP2000]

Guess you missed the sarcasm, you must have been using 7th grade skills when reading those posts.

I got the sarcasm easily, which is why it was odd because it took the statement out of context even though it included my phrase "at that rate".

Which tells me that poster has very mature reading skills; he just chose to ignore those three words for some reason.

 

[Disney Irish]

I got the sarcasm easily, which is why it was odd because it took the statement out of context even though it included my phrase "at that rate".

Which tells me that poster has very mature reading skills; he just chose to ignore those three words for some reason.

Or they put it into context with your other posts on the subject in addition to your particular posting style and commentary regarding this topic and put two and two together to form an opinion.

You have a habit of calling movies failures prematurely before they have completed their theatrical run, which is why its not one but now multiple posters who are calling you out on this. So this isn't just a reading comprehension issue on a single post with a single poster.

 

[LittleBuford]

I got the sarcasm easily, which is why it was odd because it took the statement out of context even though it included my phrase "at that rate".

Which tells me that poster has very mature reading skills; he just chose to ignore those three words for some reason.

You wrote, “If I had wanted to claim that Mufasa had flopped, or was going to flop, or will bomb, or has bombed, I would have said that. But I didn't.” You did claim the bolded, as my quotations of your posts demonstrated.

This’ll be my last reply to you on the matter. I’m not into disingenuous word games.

 

[DKampy]

On one of these threads, I pointed out the similarities. Christmas releases with disappointing openings, but good films with legs, probably partly due to word of mouth.

I saw your post as pointing out the common nature of both films being released in the holiday season…he flipped the narrative to create a competition between the 2… anything to thread a needle towards disparaging Disney Films(noticed he stays quiet about Moana now that it is apparent it will cross the billion dollar threshold)and as you pointed out Mufasa is ahead of Wonka at this point in their respective runs…. If I had to guess Wonka will still gross more in the end( as I believe it had more repeat viewings) but at this time it’s still too early to call

Still Mufasa has earned more than most thought at the beginning of it’s run