Californian Elitist
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Lame.
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Rich T
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Finally saw the live-action Aladdin remake. Flawed but fun. Definitely the least-awful remake so far. Will Smith was charming. Jasmine, the Sultan and the CGI tiger were great. If they’d only cast a better Jafar and made the many political agenda moments just a BIT more subtle, it would have been even better. Teared up at the end—That was a very well-directed close. The ending Friend Like Me Bollywood celebration was the best part of the whole movie.
Suspirian
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Are we counting on this to flop? Also why is it mistress of evil when they made her good in the 1st movie?
Sharon&Susan
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I mean, the first movie was written by someone who apparently didn’t know the definition of the word maleficent.
Animaniac93-98
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TROR
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Literally no doubt. I'm sure there's some small cult following for the first movie that'll turn up opening weekend, give it a good $20m, then a steep dive to $5m the second weekend.
Animaniac93-98
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Mac Tonight
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That kind of describes every movie that isn't a factual documentary.
Travel Junkie
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The first one did $750 million globally. I'm not a fan either, but it will do much more than $25 million over its first 2 weekends.
Mac Tonight
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You ever had a dream that you consciously didn't want to wake up from because you just knew there was ZERO way it would ever happen in real life? Yeah...
Anyway, Happy Monday!
Anyway, Happy Monday!
TROR
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How did Alice 2 compare the first?
Kate F
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I’ve only seen three remakes: first Alice, The Jungle Book, and Maleficent, all three in theaters. But now that they’re just churning out remake after remake when it’s clear that they’re essentially just inferior versions of the animated classics, I don’t know why people keep paying to see them. The Lion King in particular is just sad when you look at its success at the box office and what you’re actually paying to see.
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Anjin
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Oh wow. I just looked. $334,191,110 vs $77,041,381, domestic gross.
Alice in Wonderland vs. Looking Glass
www.boxofficemojo.com
Kate F
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Doesn’t surprise meOh wow. I just looked. $334,191,110 vs $77,041,381, domestic gross.
Alice in Wonderland vs. Looking Glass
Phroobar
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Great article on 10 Disney Mountains that were cancelled. I wish we would have gotten a few of these instead of cheap ToT clones and other things.
https://www.themeparktourist.com/fe...bilityland-never-built-disney-parks-mountains
https://www.themeparktourist.com/fe...bilityland-never-built-disney-parks-mountains
Mac Tonight
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The entire idea of remaking old classics for profit is dumb. This applies to studios outside Disney as well (I'm looking at YOU Princess Bride remake people 
).
What would probably make studios just as much if not more money (once you take out the production budgets, etc.)
would be to just re-release their old movies in theaters. I'd much rather pay money to see the original versions of
Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, etc. in theaters again versus a CGI filled remake.
). What would probably make studios just as much if not more money (once you take out the production budgets, etc.)
would be to just re-release their old movies in theaters. I'd much rather pay money to see the original versions of
Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, etc. in theaters again versus a CGI filled remake.
George Lucas on a Bench
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The first Alice in Wonderland was awful and made me feel almost sickly, but even I saw it. I can't recall why. I guess there was nothing better to do.
That is a massive drop-off in earnings for the sequel. Iconic Disney stuff is guaranteed to make big bucks these days regardless of its quality, which we know all too well, but I think the box office return for #2 shows that not everyone had a good time with the first travesty.
That is a massive drop-off in earnings for the sequel. Iconic Disney stuff is guaranteed to make big bucks these days regardless of its quality, which we know all too well, but I think the box office return for #2 shows that not everyone had a good time with the first travesty.
Travel Junkie
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Apple and Oranges.
I'll bet you Maleficent 2 does better than $25 million after 2 weekends, which is what you predicated.
Phroobar
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Yet people seem to love them. If they kept crash and burning, Disney would get off that kick.The entire idea of remaking old classics for profit is dumb. This applies to studios outside Disney as well (I'm looking at YOU Princess Bride remake people
What would probably make studios just as much if not more money (once you take out the production budgets, etc.)
would be to just re-release their old movies in theaters. I'd much rather pay money to see the original versions of
Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, etc. in theaters again versus a CGI filled remake.