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Wish (Walt Disney Animation - November 2023)
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BrianLo
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Ya, Theatrically. Don’t make me reopen the can of worms.
At the end of the day Elemental is probably around a positive net 100-150 million already this year.
Animaniac93-98
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I don't think anyone, even the most pessimistic of us, expected the opening financial and critical reception to be this bad.
Years later there will likely be a reevaluation where people question what about this particular movie caused such a reaction, and look at it in a kinder light, but for right now this is an abject failure. No ifs, ands or Valentino butts about it.
Years later there will likely be a reevaluation where people question what about this particular movie caused such a reaction, and look at it in a kinder light, but for right now this is an abject failure. No ifs, ands or Valentino butts about it.
networkpro
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- In the Parks
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Most were Wishing that the movie would be the best thing since sliced bread.
Disstevefan1
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Yes, I used wrong word. I am sure they have their reasons. Let me say it “feels random” when they is no explanation. No big deal. With every day there are new discussions to participate in.
Vegas Disney Fan
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Hopefully we’ll have another “renaissance” and these can become largely forgotten movies.
There will always be fans of movies like treasure planet, Atlantis, etc but most won’t reevaluate them, they’ll just forget they exist.
It was way too subtle, but her clothes became sparkly.
Jedijax719
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So, now that Wish made less than $20 million this weekend (WOW!!!), what does that say for future Disney princess movies???
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Farerb
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I think Disney should take a break from princess movies. They've made nine in the last 15 years, enough! They already have two Frozen movies planned.
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Vegas Disney Fan
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What would they make instead?
The MCU is on life support, Star Wars is on life support, the live action remakes are on life support, the few original movies they try (Tomorrowland, Haunted Mansion) don’t connect… they have nothing left.
Farerb
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They can make animated movies not about princesses.
Vegas Disney Fan
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Even that’s struggling though, Pixar and Disney animation movies have been losing money also, Elemental is the lone exception that “likely” broke even.
Phroobar
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Disney could use the money.
Animaniac93-98
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Movies about or played by animal characters?
There's more of those in the Disney canon than Princess movies.
Haymarket
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Maybe they need to buy something new and squeeze again. Bluey's Ludo Studio, Lionsgate, etc.
TP2000
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Agreed. There is no spinning this mega-budget bomb that got a lavish marketing campaign and the most number of theater slots and a failproof calendar position for the Thanksgiving Weekend holiday.
The weather was crisp and clear for 85%+ of the US population for the past few days, so you can't blame the weather. You can't blame Covid any more either. You could put some of the blame on the disastrous Disney+ strategy, but other than that.... you can only blame the product itself why the free market of 335 Million Americans ignored it in the marketplace.
TP2000
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It makes you wonder what their strategy will be now.
I still think that Walt Disney Animation and Pixar Animation need to be merged and brought under one roof on the Burbank campus. Brand the different animated movies as either "Walt Disney" (musicals, Princesses, fairytales) or "Pixar" (contemporary stories, SciFi, non-musicals).
I just think their collapsing box office no longer justifies having two lavishly funded animation studios 400 miles apart.
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TP2000
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Here's how Wish fared compared to the past five Thanksgiving Week debuts for big budget animation from Disney.
Wish is in 4th place, just above Strange World. Wish had a weaker opening weekend than Encanto in '21.
All numbers are adjusted for inflation to 2023 dollars.
www.tmz.com
Wish is in 4th place, just above Strange World. Wish had a weaker opening weekend than Encanto in '21.
All numbers are adjusted for inflation to 2023 dollars.
Disney's Latest Movie, 'Wish,' Flops Over Thanksgiving Weekend
Disney has another flop on their hands -- this time coming from their animated studio in their latest original feature, 'Wish,'
www.tmz.com
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aladdin2007
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agree, how about going back to actual retelling of tales like they use to do. Also getting tired of the boring/lazy one word titles.
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DisneyHead123
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I think they should focus on smaller paid specials for D+. The pay-per-individual-content thing is going to have to happen anyways, they might as well rip the bandaid off. I’d love some new seasonal classics in the style of Merry Christmas Charlie Brown, but featuring the Fab 5, muppets, or even new characters. Kids today are going to the theater less and less, and I don’t see that trend reversing. Anecdotally, it seems to me that going to the movies isn’t a treat in and of itself for many kids, the way it was when I was young. Rather, it’s something you might talk them into if they already like the IP well enough. Theaters are cold, dark, loud, have overwhelmingly large screens… it’s a lot for little kids, especially when they have flatscreens at home. Smaller features they could really make into quality productions with a far smaller budget, and it would let them build popular IP for potential movies in the future.