Basil of Baker Street
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Agreed. What a strange release date for haunted movie.
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Ghost93
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And before anyone points to Hocus Pocus as an example of a Halloween movie released in the summer, remember that Hocus Pocus FLOPPED hard on its initial release and only became popular after TV reruns and VHS sales.
yensidtlaw1969
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In fairness, Hocus Pocus didn't have a Disney+ to land on just in time for the Halloween season.
Pretty sure that's what Disney's counting on with this one. It's not gonna make big money at the Box Office, but it'll get streamed a billion times across the month of October. Unless it's that bad.
Seems like that's part of why the release date was moved up - Open in theaters in September and you can't double-dip like that. But if it's in theaters in the summer and then available at home through the Halloween season it'll do numbers you'd never see if it hit Disney+ in, like, January.
MarvelCharacterNerd
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Although I've thought the trailers look terrible, I'll still probably give it a look when it hits Disney+.
I may turn it off after five minutes... or wish I had like with Jungle Cruise.
D23 is offering Gold Members complimentary tickets to the Haunted Mansion World Premiere at Disneyland Resort this Saturday, July 15. Here is the link to sign up for the tickets.
The ticket only includes access to the Red Carpet Premiere and does not include admission to Disneyland Resort or Disney California Adventure Park.
DETAILS
The ticket only includes access to the Red Carpet Premiere and does not include admission to Disneyland Resort or Disney California Adventure Park.
DETAILS
- All D23 Gold Members must register with their own legal name, and the legal name of their guest.
- Check-in for the Red Carpet will begin at 4:00 p.m. at the Disneyland Resort. Exact check-in details, including location for check-in, will be shared at a later date following ticket reservation.
- The World Premiere of the film will be held in the Hyperion Theater at 7:00 p.m., following the Red Carpet event.
- All ticketed D23 Gold Members and guests will be escorted from the carpet to the Hyperion Theater.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Its already sold out....
Try again - looks like it opened back up.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
These type of events usually sell out within minutes since its a limited number.
Phroobar
Well-Known Member
Yup. All five of them.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
What do you mean "All five of them"?
Phroobar
Well-Known Member
The ridiculously low limited number tickets to the event that where mostly sold to bots to be scalped later. It can't be very many.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
I don’t know the actual number but the whole event isn’t huge to begin with, so it makes sense for it to be very limited for even D23 Gold members.
MrPromey
Well-Known Member
There is no hype for this movie, all I'm hearing about is Barbie and Oppenheimer. This should have been delayed.
My guess - and that's all it is: a guess - is they swapped this with The Marvels to give that one a better chance with less competition, essentially sacrificing this one in the process.
They may even be planning a quick trip to D+ in time for Halloween and are probably seeing it as a perennial holiday movie meaning that sooner-or-later, it's sure to turn a good profit where as with The Marvels there is a bigger budget on the line along with not having the potential multi-decade legs that this one might* and of course, on the Marvel side, they're dealing a theatrical audience that seems less excited about super hero movies not featuring Spider Man so I'm sure they're looking for all the help they can get with that one.
So yeah, I think this is a play to save The Marvels which, aside from being a big financial hopeful for Disney in and of itself, is also a piece of a bigger MCU pie they are still trying to nurse back to health.
*assuming it's not dog $h!t like the Eddy Murphy one.
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BrerFoxesBayouAdventure
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I forgot the film was even coming out, I feel like Disney isn't going far enough on promotion for the film.There is no hype for this movie, all I'm hearing about is Barbie and Oppenheimer. This should have been delayed.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
In a little bit of marketing genius in my opinion, Haunted Mansion is listed for sale ahead of movie premiere.
ktla.com
Disney’s Haunted Mansion listed for sale on Zillow
Enter if you dare, foolish mortals. Disney’s Haunted Mansion is looking for a new buyer after the home was listed on Zillow. The 13,195 square-foot property is located in New Orleans Square, just m…
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TP2000
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In a little bit of marketing genius in my opinion, Haunted Mansion is listed for sale ahead of movie premiere.
Disney’s Haunted Mansion listed for sale on Zillow
Enter if you dare, foolish mortals. Disney’s Haunted Mansion is looking for a new buyer after the home was listed on Zillow. The 13,195 square-foot property is located in New Orleans Square, just m…
Okay, now that is clever as hell. I love it.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
See marketing does do some good ones every once in awhile.Okay, now that is clever as hell. I love it.