Who said it was the reason? The tone of the marketing contributed to the interest it generates.
But, if this is the method that is blamed for a less than stellar product, then how come it didn't drag down all those Pixar movies that people love and laud? Same method for their best and least movies.
I would be interested when this method began and how it was used in different films.
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I’m so happy for your happiness. Continue to gloat away.The latest US domestic box office numbers as of yesterday. Lightyear is done for. It had no legs.
Minions made $1,421 per theater yesterday (Monday) in 4,427 theaters, and Lightyear made $181 per theater in 2,090 theaters. Ouch!
Minions has now made over $400 Million in global box office in 11 days, compared to Lightyear's $205 Million global box office after 25 days. Using @MisterPenguin's "Triple the production budget" scenario, Minions is already raking in Millions of pure profit off it's $80 Million production budget, while Lightyear is bleeding money for Burbank off it's bloated $200 Million production budget.
I continue to be baffled how Burbank can spend $200 Million on an animated movie, while other studios spend less than half that.
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Will Disney just cede theatrical animation domination to Universal's Illumination and DreamWorks releases?
How about a young school age Panda who is dirty-dancing in front of her mom?
Not getting into it again with you. Mother will just delete.I'm not gloating. After I sold the last of my Disney stock in '21, I did gloat a bit six months ago as that stock began it's long slide towards half of it's '21 value.
But now this long after I sold it all off, this is just business discussion at this point.
What's your thought on my opinion that Pixar should be folded into Walt Disney Animation? Why is Burbank funding a lavish, expensive animation studio up in Emeryville when both studios can't make a profit any longer? Pixar seems to have outlived it's usefulness, and that level of expense is no longer sustainable. Should they close Pixar's campus and just use it as a marketing brand for animation produced at the Burbank facility?
And the sooner all the people on here who haven’t seen it but want to trash it will actually see it and maybe even like it.Look on the bright side. The sooner Lightyear fails in the theaters, the sooner it's on Disney+
Ok, I'll bite....I'm not gloating. After I sold the last of my Disney stock in '21, I did gloat a bit six months ago as that stock began it's long slide towards half of it's '21 value.
But now this long after I sold it all off, this is just business discussion at this point.
What's your thought on my opinion that Pixar should be folded into Walt Disney Animation? Why is Burbank funding a lavish, expensive animation studio up in Emeryville when both studios can't make a profit any longer? Pixar seems to have outlived it's usefulness, and that level of expense is no longer sustainable. Should they close Pixar's campus and just use it as a marketing brand for animation produced at the Burbank facility?
PG rated animation set in fictional worlds with musical production numbers is branded "Walt Disney Animation"
PG rated animation set in reality-based worlds without musical production numbers is branded "Pixar".
And it all comes out of the consolidated, and much cheaper, existing production facility in Burbank.
Before Lightyear, the previous Pixar movie that had a wide release and wasn't affected by the pandemic was Toy Story 4, whose Box Office was $1B.
