Phroobar
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I doubt it. IMHO the Steve Urkel kid kind of kills it.
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Haunted Mansion
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Does he though?!
(read in his voice. The trailers reveal too much of that crap for me)
That and the terrible writing.
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Here are a few Haunted Mansion reviews.
collider.com
comicbook.com
deadline.com
variety.com
www.hollywoodreporter.com
thehollywoodhandle.co
www.pastemagazine.com
www.indiewire.com
‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: Justin Simien’s Spooky Comedy Is a Ghoulish Delight
An excellent ensemble that includes LaKeith Stanfield, Owen Wilson, and Rosario Dawson makes 'Haunted Mansion' a happy haunt.
collider.com
Haunted Mansion Review: The Grim-Grinning Good Time Fans Have Been Asking For
20 years after its first attempt, Disney finally gets a Haunted Mansion movie right.
‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: How The Live-Action Film Compares To The Disneyland Attraction
Disney's Haunted Mansion film is a ride that is less of an enchanting journey and more of a haphazard tour through a dilapidated amusement park.
deadline.com
‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: Disney Horror Comedy Channels Its Spooky Illusions From Original Ride
Justin Simien's reboot of the Disneyland attraction, 'Haunted Mansion,' features decent laughs from Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson and Danny DeVito.
variety.com
‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish and Owen Wilson in Justin Simien’s Deja Vu Disney Ride-Based Film
Rosario Dawson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jared Leto and Danny DeVito also appear in this latest movie inspired by a theme park attraction.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: A Spooky Entertaining Ride - The Hollywood Handle
Justin Simien's 'Haunted Mansion' is a spooky, enjoyable adventure flick that brings the ghostly fun of the original Disney ride.
thehollywoodhandle.co
There’s No Life To Be Found in Disney’s Family Horror Haunted Mansion
The lore of the Disney World dark ride provides about as much creativity as this lifeless commercial can hold. Our Haunted Mansion review:
www.pastemagazine.com
‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: Jared Leto Plays a Headless Ghost in Sleepy, Hollow Movie Based on Classic Disneyland Ride
"Dear White People" creator Justin Simien brings some big ideas to a tween-friendly horror-comedy that finds the right tone but never the right shape.
www.indiewire.com
TP2000
Well-Known Member
I still don't get the Sound of Freedom thing. But what is clear to all of us now is that Disney just walked away from a lot of profit from that movie by not releasing it themselves. And where Haunted Mansion can manage to claw a spot for itself in all that is just as weird and unknown to me.
Here's yesterdays box office, a weekday. Where does Haunted Mansion go into that if it's only making $30 Million in its debut weekend?
Jedijax719
Well-Known Member
This movie seemed to ever only be about a fun movie to watch on TV around Halloween. That's about it.
Phroobar
Well-Known Member
I hear the movie feels like a cheap tv movie when they outside the mansion. Inside the mansion it feels like a set but with really good production design. It's also supposedly very sad because it deals with grief, loss and death. Curtis phones it in. Stanfield does a great job but everyone else is dead weight. There are some great elements and shot outs. I haven't heard any political messages in this one. It is suppose to be good but not blockbuster billion dollar great. Basically a good solid Disney movie.
TP2000
Well-Known Member
Just Googled...
Haunted Mansion had a production budget of $155 Million. It had a reported marketing budget of $100 Million, but I find that estimate suspiciously high.
That would mean it needs $510 Million at the global box office to break even, give or take based on domestic/overseas mix.
Personally, I would imagine their marketing budget for Haunted Mansion was more modest and closer to $75 Million. If that's the case, it needs $460 Million at the global box office to break even. Something tells me it's not going to make it.
Haunted Mansion had a production budget of $155 Million. It had a reported marketing budget of $100 Million, but I find that estimate suspiciously high.
That would mean it needs $510 Million at the global box office to break even, give or take based on domestic/overseas mix.
Personally, I would imagine their marketing budget for Haunted Mansion was more modest and closer to $75 Million. If that's the case, it needs $460 Million at the global box office to break even. Something tells me it's not going to make it.
Yeah. This was intended to very much be a blockbuster. When something costs over 150 million in production budget they want profit. It is wild as the remake just did no favors as the original HM movie with Eddie, with inflation had the same or less budget at 75 million.
I think I would rather watch the Muppets HM a few times than this once. And I have already seen the Muppets one a couple. It is a fun Halloween family love letter, but this one, wanted to be a theatrical hit to synergize back itno the parks as well. Make no mistake about that.
I think I would rather watch the Muppets HM a few times than this once. And I have already seen the Muppets one a couple. It is a fun Halloween family love letter, but this one, wanted to be a theatrical hit to synergize back itno the parks as well. Make no mistake about that.
TP2000
Well-Known Member
Here are a few Haunted Mansion reviews.
‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: Justin Simien’s Spooky Comedy Is a Ghoulish Delight
An excellent ensemble that includes LaKeith Stanfield, Owen Wilson, and Rosario Dawson makes 'Haunted Mansion' a happy haunt.
Haunted Mansion Review: The Grim-Grinning Good Time Fans Have Been Asking For
20 years after its first attempt, Disney finally gets a Haunted Mansion movie right.
‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: How The Live-Action Film Compares To The Disneyland Attraction
Disney's Haunted Mansion film is a ride that is less of an enchanting journey and more of a haphazard tour through a dilapidated amusement park.
‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: Disney Horror Comedy Channels Its Spooky Illusions From Original Ride
Justin Simien's reboot of the Disneyland attraction, 'Haunted Mansion,' features decent laughs from Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson and Danny DeVito.
‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish and Owen Wilson in Justin Simien’s Deja Vu Disney Ride-Based Film
Rosario Dawson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jared Leto and Danny DeVito also appear in this latest movie inspired by a theme park attraction.
‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: A Spooky Entertaining Ride - The Hollywood Handle
Justin Simien's 'Haunted Mansion' is a spooky, enjoyable adventure flick that brings the ghostly fun of the original Disney ride.
There’s No Life To Be Found in Disney’s Family Horror Haunted Mansion
The lore of the Disney World dark ride provides about as much creativity as this lifeless commercial can hold. Our Haunted Mansion review:
‘Haunted Mansion’ Review: Jared Leto Plays a Headless Ghost in Sleepy, Hollow Movie Based on Classic Disneyland Ride
"Dear White People" creator Justin Simien brings some big ideas to a tween-friendly horror-comedy that finds the right tone but never the right shape.
Of all those reviews, I think this paragraph from the appropriately named Deadline is the most prescient...
"Disney’s Haunted Mansion is a fair enough choice for a family night in, experienced from the comfort of your couch, where the flaws are less glaring and the price of admission for Disney+ is cheaper. It has its moments, especially if you are a fan of the original Disneyland ride."
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
It’s 50% on the tomato meter…
Excellent job trying to ignore that - so far…
I will still see it. But it’s going nowhere
Excellent job trying to ignore that - so far…
I will still see it. But it’s going nowhere
TP2000
Well-Known Member
Agreed.
To be completely accurate, the reported production budget for Haunted Mansion was $157.8 Million, but I rounded down to $155 even though I should have rounded up to $160.
Then I took a huge markdown on the marketing budget to only $75 Million.
But even then, with all the rounding down and pretend budget slashing, this one will likely lose at least another $100+ Million for Disney at the summer box office. A hundred million per movie here (Elemental, Haunted Mansion, Mermaid), a few hundred million there (Indy 5), and pretty soon that's gonna add up.
Agreed.
To be completely accurate, the reported production budget for Haunted Mansion was $157.8 Million, but I rounded down to $155.
Then I took a huge markdown on the marketing budget to only $75 Million.
But even then, with all the rounding down and pretend budget slashing, this one will likely lose at least another $100+ Million for Disney at the summer box office. A hundred million per movie here (Elemental, Haunted Mansion, Mermaid), a few hundred million there (Indy 5), and pretty soon that's gonna add up.
Yes, and that 9 billion to comcast is looming with the writer's strike not really giving them much income.
GimpYancIent
Well-Known Member
Welllll one thing is now glaringly clear. Disney damaged its own possible theater films success's with D +. The popularity of waiting out the theater runs for Disney movies and then watching them at home at less cost and greater comfort is being echoed obver and over. Disney has, yet again, successfully shot itself in the foot.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
They’re gonna be a billion dollars under covering production and marketing…Agreed.
To be completely accurate, the reported production budget for Haunted Mansion was $157.8 Million, but I rounded down to $155.
Then I took a huge markdown on the marketing budget to only $75 Million.
But even then, with all the rounding down and pretend budget slashing, this one will likely lose at least another $100+ for Disney at the summer box office. A hundred million per movie here (Elemental, Haunted Mansion, Mermaid), a few hundred million there (Indy 5), and pretty soon that's gonna add up.
The losses are racking up and the excuses are becoming thin
Good movies sell tickets. They’ve released one good movie this year…and a bland cartoon remake
They literally sponged the IP for a Disney Plus original two years ago with the Muppets Haunted Mansion. So like Star Wars, Marvel and other properties, they milked this one and oversaturated fast.
And they did so with no effort to give this one anymore quality or love letter than Baretta and the team did at Henson.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
So many things to look forward to as an investor:
1. Box office losses
2. Park bleed
3. Subscriber loses
4. Slash and burn layoffs
Hell…they’re not even selling Halloween tickets
TP2000
Well-Known Member
What they should do is keep doing the same thing. Double down on the strategy even, by bringing back the retired 72 year old CEO who came up with all of it in the first place.
Whatever you do, Disney, don't stop doing what you've been doing with all the same people. Cause this is going great. Right?
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
He didn’t even bother to fire his human shield at lucasfilm yetWhat they should do is keep doing the same thing. Double down on the strategy even, by bringing back the retired 72 year old CEO who came up with all of it in the first place.
Whatever you do, Disney, don't stop doing what you've been doing with all the same people. Cause this is going great. Right?
The word is “hubris”
Nothing else fits
Wait those are still not for sale?
Tha Realest
Well-Known Member
It’s getting a pretty tepid reviewer response so far (56%) so doubtful it’ll have much legs