At this point we have to stop breaking out 20th Century (not that many are still doing that anymore) as if it doesn't count, its all one under Disney even if using different studio "labels". It would be like breaking out Pixar, Marvel, Lucas, etc., or back in the day Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures, just doesn't make sense.
As a wholly owned subsidiary though even under a separate label it still counts in my opinion. Its like now Hulu content is all counted toward D+, its all under the same umbrella.
What frustrates me about the whole ordeal is the fans mocking Zegler over her acting ability and claiming Gadot is better. I think criticizing Zegler's statements and personality is fair game, but I'm sorry, I'm not going to play along with this alternate reality where we pretend she's a bad actress and that Gadot is the next Meryl Streep. Clearly, not enough people saw Spielberg's version of West Side Story.
Notably, in the video, the host mentions that he texted someone that was invited to the premiere but has been hating on this movie and strongly dislikes Rachel Zegler.
West Side Story made $76 million worldwide (on a $100 million budget). So, I’d say you’re right.
Likely true, Avatar is a crazy outlier though, with a $400 million budget the first billion will go to breaking even, then since it’s a joint venture with Cameron Disney (Fox) only gets about half the remaining profits, which insanely enough could still lead to as much as a billion in profits for Disney alone.
The budgets are actually shared across multiple films as they've been shot back-to-back.
I mean at least she's honest about it. But then again she did go to the Hogwart's School of Wizardry, so who knows.
Agreed. I would expect this first round of reviews for it to be extremely positive. Campea is very rarely against Disney. As I'd guess most of the first look reviewers are. So I would take it with a big fat grain of salt. Hey, it might be good. But like you, I've been bamboozled before. That's why I just wait for streaming.
This is why I typically wait for the audience score over early previews and critics, unfortunately I think the audience score is going to be worthless on this one due to trolling.
It's fine if few saw the movie, people like what they like. What's not fine is people making definitive statements on her acting ability when they've never even seen her breakout performance.
Dune Part 2 is a much better movie than Mufasa, but glad to see Mufasa prove that movies can still have legs in this day and age even after a weak opening weekend.