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

[Tony the Tigger]

“First 10 million days of streaming?”

 

[coffeefan]

Confirmed! I knew Disney was gonna keep working with them!

 

[Phroobar]

“First 10 million days of streaming?”

It's a really old movie. Superman is celebrating it's 27,397 anniversary this year.

 

[Phroobar]

Confirmed! I knew Disney was gonna keep working with them!

So is Pascal a contract actor for Disney now? It's like the old days when Walt only knew a handful of actors like Ed Wynn and Kurt Russell.

 

[Disney Irish]

So is Pascal a contract actor for Disney now? It's like the old days when Walt only knew a handful of actors like Ed Wynn and Kurt Russell.

He probably has a multi-picture deal with Disney, as he is starring in a bunch of Disney stuff. But its not exclusive like back in Walt's day, as he still does other work with other studios.

 

[Wendy Pleakley]

He probably has a multi-picture deal with Disney, as he is starring in a bunch of Disney stuff. But its not exclusive like back in Walt's day, as he still does other work with other studios.

I imagine there's also elements of fostering relationships and even indirectly compensating actors for their overall contributions.

See the Haunted Mansion movie. I think everyone in that was in another Disney show or movie at the time, so it can be a way to provide a "bonus" acting job to certain people.

 

[Phroobar]

I imagine there's also elements of fostering relationships and even indirectly compensating actors for their overall contributions.

See the Haunted Mansion movie. I think everyone in that was in another Disney show or movie at the time, so it can be a way to provide a "bonus" acting job to certain people.

Just like how DCA opened with lots of rides that have images of celebrities that were on ABC at the time. Rosie O'Donnell, Drew Carey, Woopie Goldberg, Neil Patrick Harris to name a few. Almost everyone on Super Star Limo was currently associated with Disney in some way.