Posted on 12/12/2022 1:18:26 PM PST by Red Badger
For three years running, Universal animated movies for families have trounced Disney movies targeting the same demographic. In fact, Universal has grossed double what Disney has.
Here's a breakdown of the numbers from the Wrap:
From Pixar's "Onward," which opened to a disappointing $39 million in March 2020 to Walt Disney Animation's "Strange World," which barely cracked $25.5 million in its first 12 days of domestic release, Disney's theatrically released animated films have grossed just over $1 billion worldwide.
Meanwhile, in that same period, with the same burdens of COVID and on much lower production budgets, Universal's combined theatrical output from Illumination and DreamWorks Animation have earned $2.06 billion worldwide from a series of animated hits like "Trolls: World Tour," "The Croods: A New Age," "Spirit Untamed," "The Boss Baby: Family Business," "Sing 2," "The Bad Guys" and "Minions: The Rise of Gru."
The contrast in box office performance has been stark. Disney's "Encanto" ($256 million) earned one-third less in late 2021/early 2022 than Universal's "Sing 2" ($407 million), while Disney/Pixar's "Lightyear" ($226 million) eventually earned less than both of Universal animated films from this spring and summer: Illumination's "Minions: The Rise of Gru" ($937 million) and DreamWorks Animations' "The Bad Guys" ($250 million).
I mean it's insane that "The Bad Guys," a little known newcomer beat out "Lightyear" part of the "Toy Story" franchise, which is one of the top ten highest grossing animated franchises ever.
The feat has Hollywood asking the question: How is Universal doing it? How is this animation David slaying the animation giant?
It's certainly not their budget. Disney has outspent Universal at every turn. Nor is it their animation talent; Disney's movies look much better.
Here's a crazy idea: maybe it's because Disney keeps inserting its political and sexual agenda into every stinking story it puts out: things that parents don't want their children seeing and that they don't want to see themselves.
Get woke go broke.
I heard Disney is doing Avatar part 2. Lots of money
December 16, The next Avatar: The Way of Water.
Basically Dancing with Dolphins..............
The Croods are very funny
Cameron has already been stated as saying he doesn't think it is going to break even. It is way too late for a part 2.
I cannot believe a “Spirit” movie would be untainted by PC.
My husband loves movies, period. Does not censor them like I do….I’m disgusted by PC, potty humor, sex all over, etc.
He will watch just about any movie. Few he hasn’t seen.
He said he turned off Spirit way back. It made him angry the way they presented the US Army, etc.
Mind you too, my hubby has some Indian ancestry. More than Liz Warren.
This one will be woke on steroids.
Maybe rather than simply having gay child characters, they should show them in explicit sex scenes to regain the trust and devotion of parents
It’s already problematic since the male is depicted as taller and more muscular than the female.
It’s not a good idea to fight your customers.
The Return of Iger - is this new sequel going to fix the problem?
My thoughts exactly. It took too long for the sequel to come out and people have moved on. I am willing to bet the graphics are awesome, But the whole story has gone stale.
Tell me more about Aquaman 2 which they’ve already shot. Then did a re-write and shot some more. I want to hear more about it and the hundreds of millions they’ve wasted on it.
I’d fire the CEO of Disney . . oh wait! They already have and replaced him.
Who has been crying out for an Avatar sequel? No one. I think it's going to bomb.
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