Wish (Walt Disney Animation - November 2023)

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DKampy

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For those that claim there is no buzz for Wish… what family film do you think will be a hit through the holidays… there usually is one… Trolls, Migration… I am surely feeling more buzz for Wish than those… or do you think nothing will hit this year?
 
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Miss Rori

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DKampy said:
For those that claim there is no buzz for Wish… what family film do you think will be a hit through the holidays… there usually is one… Trolls, Migration… I am surely feeling more buzz for Wish than those… or do you think nothing will hit this year?
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I think there is some buzz for Wish, if only because there aren't a ton of other options right now and after it opens, there's that 2-weekend stretch with no new wide-release options aside from the Beyonce concert film (and if that plays like the Taylor Swift one, it will be big but won't suck all the air out of the room either). So if people, especially teens and adults, take to it - or at least the kids go nuts for it as happened with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, meaning a lot of repeat business - it could well be a real blockbuster. But if adults and teens who go the first weekend aren't sufficiently impressed, and kids are all "once is enough", it will do numbers closer to Elemental.

Another issue that might affect repeat business is what's on offer once the wide releases kick in again with Wonka on the 15th of December. That movie's still largely under wraps - none of the songs have been previewed as yet, even though this is a full-on musical like Wish - and people seem really skeptical about it, but if it exceeds expectations (which in this case amounts to "That wasn't as bad as the trailers made it look!", pretty much what happened with Elemental) and posts a big opening weekend, it could be the kind of long-term performer The Greatest Showman was. If the opening isn't big though, everybody's ready to pounce on it.

Migration has had its trailer attached to virtually every even vaguely family-friendly film since late spring, and Illumination/Universal is coming to this from a place of strength. The Sing movies were both significant, leggy theatrical successes with Christmas week openings; the second outgrossed Encanto by $150 million when international grosses were factored in, never mind the Omicron wave! (There's a question - how much interest is there in Wish internationally?) Not to mention Illumination films have much smaller budgets to make back. They don't make sophisticated animated movies, so they don't get talked up the way Disney and Pixar films do, but they know what kids really like.

If Wish ends up a blockbuster, it could well ride out the season in style, but if it opens soft and word of mouth is mid, that opens a path for Migration to take the holiday crown.
 
Prince-1

Prince-1

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imagineer97 said:
Wish hasn't risen from the dead yet. At this point, I'm more like a Nicodemus watching the whole thing go down, ready with my spices to anoint the body.

Strange semi-religious metaphors aside, it could be a smash hit, but that won't necessarily make it a good movie.
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I have a crazy idea....go see it and determine if it is a good movie. You can even rub your spices all over your body while doing it.
 
Disstevefan1

Disstevefan1

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Chi84 said:
That also strikes me as an odd thing to say. If there’s one thing Disney tries to do it’s make movies that appeal generally to families.
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Back to LB's original question to me. There is a TV series The Orville . At my first glance, I really though this was NOT written for me and it was going to be a silly space comedy. This series won me over and not only do I love it, but I truly think The Orville was written for ME.

And I know, there are folks reading this who do not like The Orville, or never heard of it and that's FINE!

Wish does not look like it was written for me or my family, we are all adults, we are not fans of princesses. If I had little girls, this movie would be written for hem and therefore for my family too.

Will we rent or purchase to watch at home? Maybe, I am a no, but if the rest of the family wants to, then yes. Will we purchase merch? No.

Its OK to want Wish to successful while at the same time realize its not written for me and my family.
 
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Chi84

Chi84

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Disstevefan1 said:
Back to LB's original question to me. There is a TV series The Orville . At my first glance, I really though this was NOT written for me and it was going to be a silly space comedy. This series won me over and not only do I love it, but I truly think The Orville was written for ME.

And I know, there are folks reading this who do not like The Orville, or never heard of it and that's FINE!

Wish does not look like it was written for me or my family, we are all adults, we are not fans of princesses. If I had little girls, this movie would be written for hem and therefore for my family too.

Will we rent or purchase to watch at home? Maybe, I am a no, but if the rest of the family wants to, then yes. Will we purchase merch? No.

Its OK to want Wish to successful while at the same time realize its not written for me and my family.
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As one who is currently watching The Walking Dead, I totally get that!

Then again, my daughter has a family of 5 and they live in Denver. So I suppose WDW is curated specifically for her.
 
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Sir_Cliff

Sir_Cliff

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imagineer97 said:
Wish hasn't risen from the dead yet. At this point, I'm more like a Nicodemus watching the whole thing go down, ready with my spices to anoint the body.

Strange semi-religious metaphors aside, it could be a smash hit, but that won't necessarily make it a good movie.
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How delightful.

Waiting to celebrate a film you haven't seen failing but preparing to declare it a bad movie even if it does succeed.
 
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TP2000

TP2000

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Miss Rori said:
I just don't see what the hook is for Wish appealing to adults who aren't really, really into Disney -- going by the previewed material, the songs sound canned, the jokes are Shrek-lite, the animation is nothing special, and it's not a particularly sophisticated story premise.
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They should have added more fart jokes to Wish. That really sells tickets.
 
Dranth

Dranth

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TP2000 said:
They should have added more fart jokes to Wish. That really sells tickets.
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You have brought this up multiple times now. Is it just unacceptable to you? Too lowbrow? Are you the one guy who didn't laugh at the bathroom scene in Dumb and Dumber or is it just in animation? If so, did you have a problem with The Lion King? Shrek? Sing? Nearly anything with Minions? Finding Nemo?

All of those had fart jokes. Others have pee jokes (like Moana or Monsters Inc.), sometimes it is flinging feces like in Madagascar, sometimes a laxative prank like Iron Giant but it really hasn't been uncommon for animated movies to throw in some toilet humor for many decades now.
 
TP2000

TP2000

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Dranth said:
You have brought this up multiple times now. Is it just unacceptable to you? Too lowbrow?
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Yes, I think it's tacky. I get that it's funny for 9 year old boys, but that was a long time ago for me.

Dranth said:
Are you the one guy who didn't laugh at the bathroom scene in Dumb and Dumber or is it just in animation? If so, did you have a problem with The Lion King? Shrek? Sing? Nearly anything with Minions? Finding Nemo?
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I never saw those movies. I have been on the Finding Nemo Submarine ride at Disneyland a few times though, that's as close as it gets. There aren't any fart jokes on that ride. Somehow they thought better on that.

Dranth said:
All of those had fart jokes. Others have pee jokes (like Moana or Monsters Inc.), sometimes it is flinging feces like in Madagascar, sometimes a laxative prank like Iron Giant but it really hasn't been uncommon for animated movies to throw in some toilet humor for many decades now.
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And suddenly I'm reminded why I rarely go to movies. 🤣

Thank God that Barbie didn't have fart jokes, it would have put a damper on my one night at the movies this year.
 
Dranth

Dranth

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TP2000 said:
Yes, I think it's tacky. I get that it's funny for 9 year old boys, but that was a long time ago for me.



I never saw those movies. I have been on the Finding Nemo Submarine ride at Disneyland a few times though, that's as close as it gets. There aren't any fart jokes on that ride. Somehow they thought better on that.



And suddenly I'm reminded why I rarely go to movies. 🤣

Thank God that Barbie didn't have fart jokes, it would have put a damper on my one night at the movies this year.
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Fair enough. I get it if it is just one of those things that doesn't sit well with you but you are missing a lot of pretty good to great movies over relatively minor moments.
 
LittleBuford

LittleBuford

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Disstevefan1 said:
What makes you think it was written for your family?
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I think it was written for general audiences, without a specific sort of family in mind. You seem to feel otherwise, which is why I asked you to expand on your comment. Are you able to do so? [ETA: I see you already have. I’m sorry you feel that way. Princesses aren’t just for little girls.]
 

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