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Pixar needs a hit badly.

posted 7 years ago by QueenFanUSA (3379)
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In less than two years they have released two hugely expensive flops(The Good Dinosaur and Cars 3), while Universal/Illumination has become the hottest, most profitable studio in the world. The sad thing is that Universal/Illumination seems to satiate the public's endless hunger for cheap, crass crap.

Can Coco turn it around? While it looks fantastic to me, I have the unsettling feeling that this movie won't do well at the box office. Just look at what happened last November when Disney released the magnificent Moana and it was handily beaten at the domestic box-office by the horrible Sing from Universal/Illumination.

Anyone else fear that this will be another costly blunder for Disney?

[–] robocat893 (15964) 7 years ago

I don't know. This movie looks like a copy of The Book of Life (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2262227/) and that movie didn't do too well.

[–] gcarras (2772) 7 years ago

Yeah. But this one's currently the hot item in the theatres.

[–] QueenFanUSA (3379) 7 years ago

I don't know if it qualifies as "hot" box office. It'number one because of little competition.. Something like Secret Life of Pets or Stephen King's It qualify as "hot"...and they were much cheaper to produce. Those fins made tens of millions more in their first weekend than Coco has made in it's first 10 days.

[–] billbrown7071 (3194) 7 years ago

thoughts on JLs 3rd weekend queen?

lol NO Great Hold as you claimed, JL is having the 60% drop I predicted and the 17 million dollar 3rd weekend I predicted(which hilariously is less than Thor 3's 3rd weekend which you claimed was awful)

you've been quite silence the last week when it comes to JL...No "Spite" threads, has it finally Hit you?

have you finally realized Jls box office cant be defended or spun?

PS....the one embarrassing statement you made last weekend is about to fail ....remember when you claimed JL would easily make over 50 Million dollars overseas this weekend....lol well were about 18 hours away from that going out the widow...

also you tried to claim "JL is at 500 Million after only 10 days which means it will EASILY pass 650 Million"

lol thats Pretty much DEAD too...

I must say I'm disappointed, I didnt except you to give up...I thought you would continue making absurd and extremely positive JL threads no matter how HOPELESS the box office got...

did that "Wrap" article make you give up? did reading about the Absurd post production problems of JL finally just make you think "dear god why am I defending these people and this movie" did the revelation that JL was Sabotaged so The Head of WB could get his "Bonus Check" finally just Break you?

EDIT dear god....Even were just checked deadline after posting this....JLs 3rd weekend went from 17 to 15 Million...which is Hilariously the exact same 62% drop that You desperately tried to make fun of Thor 3 for having....talk about a EPIC backfire....I told you queen, I told you it probably wasn't a good idea to make fun of Thor 3s 3rd weekend until you saw JLs 3rd weekend, but you just couldnt help yourself

but seriously where this great WOM? why did JL have A Massive Thanksgiving Drop and NOw A Huge 3rd weekend drop, I thought Audiences were going crazy for JL?

lol its over, lol 15 Million dollar 3rd weekend....

[–] QueenFanUSA (3379) 7 years ago

Well...the first four reviews are out on RT.

One bad review, one tepid/positive, and two glowing.

So fairly positive start.

[–] QueenFanUSA (3379) 7 years ago

Critical reception is now 28 of 29 fresh! Not bad!

Will the same amount of people flock to this like they do a crummy Universal/Illumination film? I'll believe it when I see it.

[–] QueenFanUSA (3379) 7 years ago

Just two more days until we find out if this "Illumination" nation(and world) will give a quality animated film a chance. No...there are no Minions or American Idol auditioning pigs.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

I don't know. This honestly does not look interesting to my 5-yo kid, while Despicable Me 3 and Sing surely did. He didn't even want to watch Cars 3. He did like the Good Dinosaurs though.

I think Pixar has lost connection with their main audience, children. They keep on making movies for... adults? They are too preoccupied by their own artsy artsy ego. Thinking they are Studio Ghibli or something that does not need to conform to public tastes.

Well, let's see how this one will do in the box office.

[–] Otter (24464) 7 years ago

I don't think a five year old would understand this film, although they might enjoy the music and colorful imagination.

Personally I loved it, but I saw it with older relatives rather than children.

[–] ALurker (485) 7 years ago

Good God! You're still alive?!

Seriously....Quit giving Disney fans, DC fans, and box office buffs a bad name in the boards already!