But we'll blame the lousy numbers on Covid.
Posted on 11/25/2022 12:28:21 PM PST by Drew68
Disney’s “Strange World,” an animated adventure about a family of legendary explorers, is having trouble discovering a great deal of treasure.
The well-reviewed film grossed a disappointing $800,000 in Tuesday previews, which likely means that initial estimates that “Strange World” would pull in between $30 million to $40 million over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday may prove to be overly optimistic.
That all comes with important caveats. Animated fare doesn’t usually do explosive business in previews, with families usually seeking out earlier showings. That said, “Strange World’s” Tuesday preview number is less than the $1.5 million that Disney’s “Encanto” generated in previews last Thanksgiving. That film went on to make $40.3 million over the extended holiday frame. “Strange World” will play in 4,174 locations across the U.S. and Canada.
The soft initial numbers are bad news for “Strange World,” which carries a steep $180 million price tag. They also continue the theatrical challenges of animated fare in a post-COVID landscape. Animated features like “Lightyear” and “Encanto” have struggled to match the pre-pandemic grosses of other Disney and Pixar films. Only “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” which was produced by Illumination and Universal and grossed $937.8 million globally, has managed to buck the trend and reach blockbuster status.
“Strange World’s” top competition over the holiday should come from another Disney release, the Marvel adventure, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which is expected to top box office charts with more than $40 million over the holiday period. There’s also Sony’s “Devotion,” an aerial war drama, and Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans,” which will expand to 600 theaters after debuting in a handful of screens two weeks ago. “Devotion” made $615,000 in Tuesday previews and should earn $7 million to $8 million over the five-day frame.
In milestone news, “Wakanda Forever” crossed the $300 million, earning $9.5 million on Tuesday. The superhero sequel’s domestic gross stands at $303.7 million.
But we'll blame the lousy numbers on Covid.
woke . . . is dead asleep.
STRANGE WORLD
PG 2022, Kids & family/Action, 1h 42m
TOMATOMETER 73%
AUDIENCE SCORE 56%
Is the film trimmed in gold?
I want to move to a country full of only white people.
Nice spelling. “If you though ...”
But like Billy Eichner’s “Bros”, many don’t want to watch WOKE garbage. If you want to be gay, be gay. But don’t rub my face in it.
I will not be seeing “Strange World.”
To this very day, I don’t understand the theory behind Rotten Tomatoes. At this point, I don’t care anymore. I rarely go out to the movies anyway nowadays, so I suppose it doesn’t concern me.
“Even the Dog is disabled!”
Sweden?
On the up-side, they have Sabaton.
On the down-side, they have Greta Thunberg.
They also have Malmo.
I liked Iceland, but it’s crazy expensive.
P.S. Can I listen to ABBA in Sweden?
It’s got a lot of Muslims!
It’s got a lot of Muslims!
Is it weird to like both Sabaton and ABBA?
.....growing up in the late 50’s & 60’s us kids would wait all day for Walt to come on the Philco TV. Great adventure stories, great animated stories, Mickey Mouse, cartoons and so on. All just wonderful, fabulous, world class, CLEAN stuff.
Just under 2/3 of the stock in Disney today is owned by large financial institutions enabling Liberalism to take root in management. Next year, 2023 will be Disney’s 100th anniversary. Recently, it has lost 40% of it’s value due to the liberal a holes running the company who conflate sex with children instinctively and cannot restrain their perversions.
Meanwhile, millions of us hope Disney continues it’s financial path to oblivion so that hopefully by it’s 100th anniversary the company liquidates and is no longer able to pervert children. Maybe Elon will buy it and fire the managers.
I can’t answer because I’m too weird to classify other weird people...
I’ll go out on a limb here and suggest that liking Greta Thunberg is weird.
People from Philly use a different word, but she’s “different” or “touched”.
I find their reviews useful. If the critics hate a movie but the audience love it, I might give it a try.
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