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

TP2000

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Because people can not go back and watch older movies

No, I get that. It was just the specific reference to the giant Chicken Little inflatable balloon at the entrance to DCA in '05.

That surprised me that a 17 year old kid would know that was a thing for one month in 2005. It probably just showed up in his 8 second Google search though. It just threw me for a loop because I had forgotten about it myself, but then it all came flooding back how stupid that tacky stunt was at the time. 🤣
 

Agent H

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No, I get that. It was just the specific reference to the giant Chicken Little inflatable balloon at the entrance to DCA in '05.

That surprised me that a 17 year old kid would know that was a thing for one month in 2005. It probably just showed up in his 8 second Google search though. It just threw me for a loop because I had forgotten about it myself, but then it all came flooding back how stupid that tacky stunt was at the time. 🤣
I learned about it in a yesterworld entertainment video.
 

TP2000

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I learned about it in a yesterworld entertainment video.

Ah, okay! There was the whole era in the early to mid 2000's when Pressler and Harriss and their TDA holdouts were just throwing anything at DCA to see if it could fix it. Nothing worked. And often, it further damaged an already failing product. It seems impossible, but the gimmicks often made DCA feel even cheaper and tackier than it already was.

I think the tackiest and cheapest thing they did was the X Games summer. That was very poorly designed and implemented. About the best thing was the Rockin' The Bay concert series in '02, because that actually had some good bands as I remember. But even then, it was a County Fair concert type setup and vibe. :rolleyes:
 

Agent H

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Ah, okay! There was the whole era in the early to mid 2000's when Pressler and Harriss and their TDA holdouts were just throwing anything at DCA to see if it could fix it. Nothing worked. And often, it further damaged an already failing product. And it seems impossible, but it often made DCA feel even cheaper and tackier than it already was.

I think the tackiest and cheapest thing they did was the X Games summer. That was very poorly designed and implemented. About the best thing was the Rockin' The Bay concert series in '02, because that actually had some good bands as I remember. But even then, it was a County Fair concert type setup and vibe. :rolleyes:
The x-games are real?! I just thought they were from an extremely goofy movie.
 

TP2000

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Speaking of DCA, since it was fixed and rebranded in 2012, they've had movie premieres there using the 2,000 seat Hyperion Theater as the venue, with associated parties in the Hollywood Backlot. Buena Vista Street has been the placement of the Red Carpet, leading up to the Carthay Circle Restaurant complex.

Here's pics from The Lone Ranger (a huge flop!) movie premiere at DCA in 2013, which included live horses and a giant 1880's steam locomotive parked on Hollywood Blvd for the party for no apparent reason than Instagrammable Moments.

Why the heck they didn't use this location and event footprint for the Snow White premiere with the iconic Carthay Circle as the backdrop is beyond me! :banghead:

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TP2000

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The x-games are real?! I just thought they were from an extremely goofy movie.

It was real. And tacky. And dusty. And shadeless. And it could only happen at DCA when Cynthia Harriss was in full panic mode.


Then about six months later, Cynthia resigned suddenly to "spend more time with family" (They actually used that line! How embarrassing!) as a childless single woman who a month later announced she was taking a job with The Gap up in San Francisco. Apparently the "family" only needed about 30 days of her time, then she moved out of town. 🤔
 
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Phroobar

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The x-games are real?! I just thought they were from an extremely goofy movie.
I went to it. They threw a bunch of dirt in the parking lot and setup a few chairs. It was out the gate next to the tortilla factory where Carsland is now. No shade and very dusty. Just a guy on a megaphone announcing each trick. It was very county fair feeling. The stores next to Golden Dreams had snowboarding video games.

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brideck

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The x-games are real?! I just thought they were from an extremely goofy movie.

The X Games are still a thing. (Generally speaking, not in a DCA context.) A lot of those sports have found acceptance in one way or another in the Olympics because of the influence the X Games have had over the last 30 years.

Total aside, but one of my favorite X Games tie-ins is the PlayStation game that came out alongside the initial iteration (back when they were the Extreme Games). Then ESPN reporter Suzy Kolber has all of these hilarious in-game videos where she more or less mocks the player for being terrible at the game.
 

TP2000

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Hollywood industry media is now doing post-mortems on Snow White. They fall into two basic camps, as per usual in the mid 2020's; a hoping against hope things will turn around suddenly camp, and a Go Woke, Go Broke camp.

Articles today where Maybe There's A Silver Lining And Box Office Can Turn Around And Things Aren't That Bad?

 

Disney Irish

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I heard that Mattel is angry at Disney because the Snow White dolls are already going on sale.
Yeah they were so angry they just renewed the contract for Toy Story, that'll show Disney how angry you are that products aren't selling -

 

TalkingHead

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coffeefan

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The article feels like a hit job entirely focused on torching Zegler's career even though all the reviews said she was the only consistent bright spot of the film and how awful Gadot's performance was. I wouldn't be surprised if the source was Gadot's camp trying to do damage control.
 

Tha Realest

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Tha Realest

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The article feels like a hit job entirely focused on torching Zegler's career even though all the reviews said she was the only consistent bright spot of the film and how awful Gadot's performance was. I wouldn't be surprised if the source was Gadot's camp trying to do damage control.
Gadot hasn’t publicly commented on her costar at all. She had to get security; Zegler had to get a social media watcher. And you think this suggests Gadot is the irresponsible one here? She’s worked on countless large casts over the last 15 or so years and there’s never been a problem like this coming out from her cast mates.
 

Vegas Disney Fan

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“You’ll never work in this town again” was made for times like this
I suspect her future will be largely in theater where talent is more important than public image, I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s her choice also, her movie career can’t have been very fun for her. If I were her I’d enjoy a couple years of being praised for singing and acting rather than scrutinized over every word spoken.
 

Disney Irish

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I suspect her future will be largely in theater where talent is more important than public image, I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s her choice also, her movie career can’t have been very fun for her. If I were her I’d enjoy a couple years of being praised for singing and acting rather than scrutinized over every word spoken.
I would agree with this in general, however I suspect she'll be up for more movie roles in the near future. As external "drama" for this single movie aside, she is still fairly well praised in this movie and the several others she's been in.
 

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