MagicHappens1971
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I’m seeing it online that Disney intends to keep Elemental in theaters until Labor Day. Will this be Disneys longest (post-Covid) theatrical window?
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Elemental (Pixar - June 2023)
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wtyy21
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Maybe, but another animated film (Wish) may also getting longer theatrical window, due to disastrous box office flops of Lightyear and Strange World last year (both films are shorter theatrical windows as well as Encanto). However, that's not the case, because the highest grossing film this year (Super Mario Bros. Movie) had shorter theatrical window (41 days).
Jedijax719
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Of course they will keep it in theaters until then. Have you seen how well it's doing? It will be in theaters through September.
The movie will end up with over a 5.0X multiplier and have a domestic run of between $150-$160 million. Pretty impressive coming off the heels of Lightyear and Strange World.
And I'm guessing Wish will have a long box office run as well considering it is a call back to classic princess movies AND the absolutely BLEEK holiday release schedule. They'll want that puppy to be in theaters throughout the holiday haul.
MagicHappens1971
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It’s still at ~$120M domestically, it would be amazing if it could push past $180M domestically, but I think it’s too late for that far of a jump.
Oh I agree, Wish will be in theaters until well into the new year. I think Disney will ramp up its “Disney 100” marketing and focus it into Wish. Hoping Wish can bring in some big numbers for the Mouse. Maybe $600M+ globally. Time will tell. It’s the first real “Princess” movie in ages and the animation looks incredible.
Ghost93
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Avatar was released in December and wasn't on Disney Plus until June.
Vegas Disney Fan
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Is this Disneys choice, the theaters choice, or both?
I can’t imagine theaters would keep a movie if it wasn’t selling tickets but I don’t know how the industry works.
Disney hasn’t had a good year in the theaters but both Elemental and TLM performed better than I expected given their bad starts. I still don’t think Disney is happy but they are probably breathing a huge sigh of relief they did as well as they did.
Ghost93
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Both. Disney is doing longer theatrical windows to prevent people from "waiting till it's free on Disney Plus." Theaters are keeping Elemental because it's continuing to make money for them.
If a movie isn't continuing to make money (like the Flash), the theaters drop it.
doctornick
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I’ve enjoyed most of the original content on D+. I don’t think there’s been enough of it but most series have ranged from “fine” to decent.
National Treasure is the only series I watched that I feel was a waste of time and I regretted it.
Ironically some of the original programming that I really liked and would recommend has been removed from the service (mysterious Benedict society, Earth to Ned, Crater) so it doesn’t bode well for more under the radar but decent stuff to happen. The service can’t be so Franchise/expensive programming based. They need to figure out how to have lower cost quality programming in between the Marvel and Star Wars shows.
It’s a solid movie. Probably deserves a better BO than it will get, and I think some of that is a more negative view of Disney in general right now.
I did not know what the short was going in. That made my heart happy.
Even if Dug’s voice seemed a bit soft/quiet.
Disney Analyst
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Yippee skippy!
Sir_Cliff
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Finally saw Elemental last night and very much enjoyed it.
I will say that I agree with the comments some others have made about a few plot points being resolved a little bit too easily, including the whole set-up in the stadium. In that respect, I think the storytelling could/should have been sharpened up in a way that could have raised this closer to the top tier of Pixar films.
Overall, though, it was an engaging story that moved along very briskly and ultimately left me with a bit of a lump in my throat. I can see why it has been having such great word of mouth as I suspect a lot of people are surprised at the greater level of depth to the story in comparison with most animated films these days. Without spoiling it, I think the ending of the film goes a long way toward making the film ultimately feel satisfying. Wade's family also made me chuckle!
I will say that I agree with the comments some others have made about a few plot points being resolved a little bit too easily, including the whole set-up in the stadium. In that respect, I think the storytelling could/should have been sharpened up in a way that could have raised this closer to the top tier of Pixar films.
Overall, though, it was an engaging story that moved along very briskly and ultimately left me with a bit of a lump in my throat. I can see why it has been having such great word of mouth as I suspect a lot of people are surprised at the greater level of depth to the story in comparison with most animated films these days. Without spoiling it, I think the ending of the film goes a long way toward making the film ultimately feel satisfying. Wade's family also made me chuckle!
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Disstevefan1
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So far: $316,394,602
Disney Analyst
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Is this one of the examples of creating an animated feature on a smaller budget so you can make a profit?
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Should Comcast be purchased by Apple?
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TP2000
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Agreed. I'm retired, I worked hard for decades and inherited a nice bit from successful parents, and I live a very comfy life.
But even I cancel my Netflix subscription once I'm done watching the latest season of The Crown and a few movies/show I want to watch for a month. It takes about 20 seconds work with my TV remote control to do that. Then I patiently wait a year or so for the next season of The Crown to show up and I re-subscribe to Netflix. For a month.
That's the dumbest thing the streamers ever did, make it so easy n' fast to cancel and re-subscribe and cancel again via a remote control.
TP2000
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Nope. That Kraken thing is a bomb.
No, they'll all be Barbie or Kens.
I just can't decide if I should wear my Cowboy Ken costume I bought on Prime Day to pass out candy on the evening of October 31st, or if the sight of that to neighbor kids and their parents might elicit calls to the police, or at the very least the HOA President.
I need to see the movie first next week before I make that decision, so stay tuned.
Probably. Hollywood is going to really be hurting whenever the strikes/box office mess of 2023 resolves itself later in 2024. Ugly times ahead.
No. Apple should focus on phones and watches. I'm kind of cranky about my iPhone 14 right now.