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PIXAR: PIXAR Films, Opening Weekend / Final Gross: #1. Toy Story 3, $11.1 million / $130.7 million #2. Finding Nemo, $8.4 million / $102.44 million #3. Monsters University, $8.37 million / $91.3 million #4. Monsters Incorporated, $4.5 million / $76.8 million #5. Up, $7.2 million / $60.5 million #6. The Incredibles, $7.3 million / $51.1 million #7. Wall-E, $4.8 million / $44.2 million #8. Cars 2, $4.9 million / $39 million #9. Ratatouille, $4.2 million / $36.3 million #10. Inside Out, $3.3 million / $33.6 million #11. Toy Story 2, $29.9 million #12. Cars, $3.5 million / $19 million #13. Toy Story, $17.1 million #14. The Good Dinosaur, $2.1 million / $15 million #15. Brave, $1.9 million / $11.9 million #16. A Bug's Life, $8.3 million PIXAR Films Gross in Yen, Opening Weekend / Total Gross: 1996, Toy Story - Y1.5 billion 1998, A Bug's Life - Y1.15 billion 1999, Toy Story 2 - Y3.45 billion 2002, Monsters Inc. - Y9.37 billion 2003, Finding Nemo - Y898 million / Y11.0 billion 2004, The Incredibles - Y751.9 million / Y5.26 billion 2006, Cars - Y381.2 million / Y2.23 billion 2007, Ratatouille - Y504.9 million / Y3.9 billion 2008, Wall-E - Y449.6 million / Y4.0 billion 2009, Up - Y627.7 million / Y5 billion 2010, Toy Story 3 - Y977.3 million / Y10.8 billion 2011, Cars 2 - Y458.2 million / Y3.01 billion 2012, Brave - Y147.8 million / Y930 million 2013, Monsters University - Y847.4 million / Y8.96 billion 2014, N/A 2015, Inside Out - Y406.0 million / Y4.04 billion 2016, The Good Dinosaur - Y237.1 million / Y1.69 billion

Top Animation Opening Weekends 2016: 1. Finding Dory, $135 million 2. Secret Life of Pets, $104.3 million 3. Zootopia, $75 million 4. Kung Fu Panda 3, $41.2 million 5. Angry Birds, $38.1 million 6. Sausage Party, $34.2 million 7. Ice Age: Collision Course, $21.3 million 8. Kubo and the Two Strings, $12.6 million Average: $57.7 million Top Animation Multipliers 2016: 1. Zootopia, 4.55x 2. Finding Dory, 3.57x 3. Kung Fu Panda 3, 3.48x 4. Secret Life of Pets, 3.45x 5. Kubo and the Two Strings, 3.03x 6. Ice Age: Collision Course, 2.95x 7. Angry Birds, 2.82x 8. Sausage Party, 2.67x Average: 3.31x Top Yearly Gross for Animation: 1. 2013, $1.7 billion 2. 2016, $1.6 billion 3. 2010, $1.5 billion 4. 2012, $1.5 billion 5. 2015, $1.4 billion 6. 2014, $1.2 billion 7. 2011, $1.2 billion 8. 2009, $1 billion 9. 2007, $990,7 million 10. 2008, $973 million

The marketing campaign for the new Pokemon film, the 19th film in the 20 year old franchise has seen a clear dip compared to the previous campaign for the Hoopa and the Clash of Ages film. The film, however, seems to be faring much better critically than the previous two X and Y films, but when in competition with Pixar's most beloved creations, Pokemon's opening weekend will suffer quite a large blow not only in attendance, but gross as well. Last year's marketing campaign was by far the most extensive and expensive ones (even beating out the likes of the first Black and White film) and in the franchise's history and the Hoopa film failed to garner much box office success. Budget cuts resulting in a muted marketing campaign, Dory opening during the same weekend, and the relative weakness of the ANIME brand of Pokemon (Pokemon Go has taken the world by storm and Sun/Moon are expected to outsell X/Y to become the No. 1 bestselling 3DS games of all time), one can expect Dory to open anywhere between the Y750 million - Y1 billion. If the upper estimates reign true, then 2016 will garner a staggering FOUR Y1 billion openers, a record if there ever was one! On the other hand, the better than expected critical reception for the Pokemon film coupled with the hype surrounding the 7th generation of Pokemon and the 20th anniversary (the anime's 20th anniversary is actually next year), the 19th film in the franchise could potentially hang in much longer and finish with better legs than the average Pokemon film of this decade. All in all, the consensus seems to be that Dory will open massive, Pokemon sub-par to normal, and the Japanese summer box office scene will begin to truly get fired up!

No. Finding Dory will fin-slap Pokemon and then more. Ever since the second film of the Black and White series of Pokemon, the franchise has been entering a gradual downward spiral in terms of both admissions and gross at the Japan box office scene. The most recent film: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages managed to grab the dubious honor of being the lowest grossing film in the franchise. Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, the first film in the XY series was unable to gross over Y3 billion and Hoopa and the Clash of Ages dropped below a disheartening Y2.5 billion. If the trend continues, Pokemon may not even be considered apart of the Top 4 annual film franchises in the Japan box office scene, defeated by the likes of Crayon Shin and magical girls. What's even more lugubrious is the fact that the ratings for the Pokemon anime are no longer strong enough to merit being in the Top 10. Local series YoKai has managed to defeat Pokemon in every medium across Japan and continues to dominate the gaming, television, film, merchandise, and polling scenes where it has managed to dethrone Pokemon in every aspect locally. The only quirk Pokemon has going for its brand is the global population which continues to strengthen Pokemon's popularity (continued growth even after 20 years!) and sales: the top selling 3DS game is Pokemon X and Y and the 3rd best selling 3DS game is Pokemon Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby. Label the Volcanion film a success if it manages to open above Y250 million which is a considerable 44% drop from the opening weekends of Pokemon's heydays! However, the anime and films are meant to act as nothing more than marketing caricatures for the Pokemon brand and the higher ups can decide to discontinue the franchise any time if deemed nonprofitable. Hopefully the film team have learned their long-due lesson and begin churning out quality films relatable to today's audience and things can take off for the anime/film department of Pokemon because the games are leaving them in the dust as X/Y, OR/AS, and Pokken have sold over a staggering 27.5 million copies worldwide! The Pokemon mobile scene continues to grow as well as Pokemon Shuffle, Pokemon Go, and other titles have amassed over 2 million downloads and Pokemon Go helped Nintendo's stocks to surge by a whopping 13%!

We could possibly have 4 animated features earning $300+: Zootopia, Finding Dory, Secret Life of Pets, and Moana! That is to my knowledge the largest amount of animated features earning above $300 million and three of them are original films! Amazing! 2016 is truly the biggest year for animation thus far!

2nd Update: Major Animated Films of 2016: - Kung-Fu Panda 3, $143.5 million / $518.9 million WW - Zootopia, $341 million / $1.02 billion WW - Angry Birds, $106.1 million / $341.6 million WW - Finding Dory, $425.6 million / $647.5 million WW - Secret Life of Pets, $116 million / $158.8 million WW Total: $1.1 billion / $2.68 billion WW Averages: $226.4 million / $537.68 million WW Upcoming Major Animated Films: - Ice Age: Collision Course, July 22nd - Sausage Party, August 12th - Kubo and the Two Strings, August 19th - Storks, September 23rd - Trolls, November 4th - Moana, November 23rd - Sing, December 21st

More like Disney Ft. Illumination.

I like the aspect of telling the story from three different and may I add mature perspectives whilst integrating not only their personal lives, but their dreams and backstories. How often is it that an animated feature deals with housewives and a main character that has a father as a criminal and was also apart of the crime? Hopefully this delivers because it has a lot of potential in terms of storytelling and themes.

Wreck-it Ralph 2 could so amazing numbers and between it and Gigantic, Disney is basically printing money at this point. ~ 2018: Wreck-it Ralph, $225 - 275 million / $750+ million WW and Gigantic $175 - 250 million / $625+- million WW ~ 2019: Frozen 2, $450 - 500+ million / $1.3+- billion WW I think Walt Disney Studios' first "flop" could come in the form of an original animated feature and not a sequel since all of their original animated features since Meet the Robinsons have been received very well. Additionally, I could not be happier! Out of all the original animated features, Wreck-it Ralph seems "sequel made!" Frozen 2 I could do without and Big Hero 6 II I could live without. But Wreck-it Ralph?! This film should have already spawned its own universe! The original film is one of the best animated features of recent times and if it were released during this day and age, I think it could do numbers that far outmatch its 2012 gross. PS: Wreck-it Ralph was snubbed for Best Animated Feature at the Academy! Should have won over Brave.

Disney probably chooses teenagers because they're the bulk of the world's population and your teenage years are the years where you're beginning to develop many of your traits and molding yourself into the adult you want to become. It's actually a really interesting concept if you want to read about it. They're the perfect, "guinea pigs" so to speak and Disney knows how to milk them.

$250 - 325 million / $450 - 550 million OS Total: $700 - 875 million

1st Update: Major Animated Films of 2016: - Kung-Fu Panda 3, $143.4 million / $518.6 million WW - Zootopia, $339.7 million / $1.012 billion WW - Angry Birds, $104.1 million / $328.6 million WW - Finding Dory, $195.9 million / $246.5 million WW Total: $783.1 million / $2.105 billion WW Averages: $195.7 million / $526.4 million WW Upcoming Major Animated Films: - The Secret Life of Pets, July 8th - Ice Age: Collision Course, July 22nd - Sausage Party, August 12th - Kubo and the Two Strings, August 19th - Storks, September 23rd - Trolls, November 4th - Moana, November 23rd - Sing, December 21st

Trust me, it will!

A few of the records Dory could possibly break: ~ Become the first animated film to have an opening day above $50 million ~ Become the first animated film to open above the $125 million mark and at tops, the $150 million ~ Become the first animated film to break the $500 million mark ~ Become the first animated film to gross more than $200 million in its first week of release

June 17 - 19: 1. Finding Dory, $125 - 130 million 2. The Conjuring 2, $20 - 21 million 3. Central Intelligence, $20 - 23 million 4. Now You See Me 2, $11 - 13 million 5. Warcraft, $8.4 - 9 million

Every time Fandango releases statements such as these, the movie under-performs. ~ "Kung-Fu Panda 3 in line with Kung-Fu Panda 2" ~ "Allegient outpacing Insurgent" ~ "Batman VS Superman breaking records" ~ "Alice Through the Looking Glass in line with Alice in Wonderland" ... Hopefully Finding Dory doesn't fall under the same category! I do believe this film will do great/huge business worldwide and could possibly defeat Frozen as the top grossing animated film of all time worldwide.

Certainties: - Zootopia: amazing film with an exceptionally timely theme to boot, will definitely receive a nomination and has the highest chances of it winning the award - Finding Dory: receiving great critical reception, but not on the level of Zootopia and will surely receive a nomination due to its reception, exposure and publicity - The Red Turtle: critics from Cannes were RAVING about the film and how spectacular it was and this could fill the usually Ghibli or foreign animated feature spot Possibilities: - Kubo and the Two Strings: the Academy LOVES stop-motion and Kubo seems to be one of, if not the most beautiful and thematic of all stop-motion animated features to date - Moana: Disney is on FIRE after a string of hits beginning with Bolt and have yet to had a rotten apple in their Resurgence Era pantheon, so hopefully Moana will follow suit - Kung-Fu Panda 3: overall a solid film and one that truly resonates with the rest of the trilogy - The Secret Life of Pets: looks to be a solid and great pop-corn film, but may fall short due to how competitive the year is, but no one can judge until the film is actually out - Sing: I have a feeling this film could surprise many of us... but my gut feelings usually turn out to be wrong And finally... - The indie flicks nobody sadly cares for

Finding Dory being the No. 1 hit of the summer seems more and more likely.

Finding Dory, One Piece Film Gold, Shin Godzilla, and The Secret Life of Pets will probably demolish Zootopia at that point in its run. By that point, Zootopia will be nearing the end and will have banked maximum capacity. Finding Dory and The Secret Life of Pets will surely take a huge amount of screens from Zootopia and the latter is surely to be a gargantuan hit considering how popular and loved Finding Nemo was but as we saw this year, nostalgia isn't everything. The Secret Life of Pets is the oddball as animated features outside of the Pixar/Disney duo have never done well, but as we saw with Minions last year, nothing is certain! Pokemon XY & Z is basically a walking corpse to its graveyard as the last two were some of the lowest grossing films in the franchise to date and it's only looking to go downhill from there unless Arceus somehow makes a miracle happen. If legends duking it out and one of the most expansive/expensive marketing campaigns couldn't save the last film from the dubious honor of being the lowest grossing film in the franchise's history, then Volcanion and Magearna won't save the franchise unless the film proves to be great and word of mouth loco-motes the film. One Piece Film Gold is highly anticipated and considering the amount of hype, it may very well live up to its predecessor's record breaking run! Considering the amount of competition, I don't think Zootopia will be that heavily influenced unless it proves otherwise which it has been doing on multiple accounts.

Hopefully with this type of staying power, Zootopia can trudge on through August to take advantage of Obon and become the first $100 million grossing film in Japan since Frozen. 2016 could potentially be a record year for the Japan market with Star Wars, Yokai, Pokemon, One Piece, Finding Dory, and other high profile releases all vying for some of that gold! The stakes are high for all of the films since Pokemon has to either prove everyone wrong by doing amazing business (due to its recently highly publicized decline in terms of box office impact) or failing to do so, One Piece might or might not match its predecessor, and Finding Dory will vie for the Finding Nemo numbers.

In a matter of a few weeks, Zootopia will make history by becoming only the 4th animated film in history to pass the coveted $1 billion mark worldwide. However, that's not where the record ends: Walt Disney Animation Studios will officially become the only animated studio in history to boast two animated films grossing over $1 billion worldwide and to add to the already immensely historic achievement, it will accomplish this feat with TWO original films. Walt Disney Animation Studios has always had a rough time adapting to change early on, but once it does, it will not only be a beast but prove to everyone why it's considered a legendary studio. Zootopia was such an iffy and often under-estimated release that any thought of the film crossing the $1 billion mark was void let alone passing Big Hero 6, but here we are: Zootopia not only outperformed even the most optimistic of predictions but will heap over Big Hero's gross by more than $300 million! What a great time for animation! An advance congratulations to Disney and the creators of Zootopia who dedicated their passion into creating a classic animated film for the 21st century! Thank you! And may more success for animation follow! PS: We all a BP nomination for animation is LONG WAY OVERDUE!

Japan is not a front-loaded country in terms of box-office. Unlike other countries where films dissipate after opening weekend, films usually gain traction and go on to gain phenomenal legs. Yes, Zootopia's opening was quite low for such a branded and eventful film but keep in mind, Zootopia's opening was in line with the opening weekends of other hit animated films. Additionally, no other branded animated film has ever opened before Golden Week, so no one (even Corpse) was able to determine any of the factors that would come into play when Zootopia did eventually release. To add to the already immense bowl of "iffy" factors, Conan had opened to record shattering numbers and due to the highly front-loaded characteristic (one of the few film franchises in Japan that can boast about being front-loaded outside of superhero flicks and that's with a stunning 5x - 6x multiplier) of that particular franchise, no one expected Zootopia to topple the giant anyways. I don't understand why people were expecting Big Hero 6 opening weekend numbers: Big Hero 6's marketing campaign was much more broad and extensive, the goodwill of Frozen carried very well onto Big Hero 6, and it opened during a very good of the year. Zootopia on the other hand was slapped onto a time frame no other animated film had opened to, had a weak marketing campaign, and had to deal with the most front-loaded anime franchise. In terms of opening weekends for Studio Ghibli, Pixar, and other Disney animated films, this is where Zootopia stands: Top Opening Weekends: 1. Howl's Moving Castle, $14.0 million 2. Toy Story 3, $11.1 million 3. Arrietty, $10.3 million 4. The Wind Rises, $9.8 million 5. Ponyo, $9.8 million 6. Spirited Away, $8.9 million 7. Finding Nemo, $8.4 million 8. Monsters University, $8.37 million 9. Tales From Earthsea, $7.9 million 10. Frozen, $7.5 million 10. The Incredibles, $7.3 million 11. Up, $7.2 million 12. Princess Mononoke, $6.1 million 13. Big Hero 6, $5.2 million 14. From Up on Poppy Hill, $4.9 million 15. Cars 2, $4.9 million 16. Wall-E, $4.8 million 17. Monsters Inc., $4.5 million 18. Ratatouille, $4.2 million 19. Zootopia, $4.0 million 20. Memories of Marnie, $3.7 million 21. Wreck-It Ralph, $3.7 million 22. The Cat Returns, $3.5 million 23. Cars, $3.5 million 24. Inside Out, $3.3 million 25. The Tale of Princess Kaguya, $2.9 million 26. The Good Dinosaur, $2.1 million 27. Brave, $1.9 million 28. Tangled, $1.7 million Average: $6.1 million However, keep in mind that the average final gross is around $86.9 million but Zootopia is expected to make $90+ million which would put it on track for the Top 10.

Pray to the Box Office gods above that Zootopia has a single digit hold!

Okay, I guess I spoke too soon. This trailer should have been first but still, too many plot details revealed. We don't want your entire movie scrunched and summarized in 3 minutes, give audiences something new to look at. Of course this trailer is going to get a better reaction from me after that horrendous teaser.

HIGHEST GROSSING WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS FILMS: 01. ¥25.48 billion ($249.5 million) :: Frozen 02. ¥9.16 billion ($77.7 million) :: Big Hero 6 03. ¥4.5 billion ($42 million) :: Zootopia 04. ¥4.90 billion ($40.2 million) - Dinosaur (2001) 05. ¥4.05 billion ($37.2 million est.) - Aladdin (1993) 06. ¥3.20 billion ($31.7 million est.) - The Lion King (1994) 07. ¥3.00 billion ($32.3 million est.) - Wreck-It Ralph (2013) 08. ¥2.91 billion ($24.5 million) - Lilo & Stitch (2003) 09. ¥2.80 billion ($26.2 million) - Tarzan (2000) 10. ¥2.68 billion ($23.1 million) - Chicken Little (2006) 11. ¥2.60 billion ($20.2 million est.) - Beauty and the Beast (1992) 12. ¥2.56 billion ($32.1 million) - Tangled (2011) 13. ¥2.30 billion ($19.3 million) - Peter Pan 2: Return to Neverland (2003) 14. ¥1.95 billion ($18.4 million est.) - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) 15. ¥1.65 billion ($17.4 million) - Bolt (2009) 16. ¥1.60 billion ($14.7 million) - Brother Bear (2004) 17. ¥1.28 billion ($10.6 million) - Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2002) 18. ¥1.20 billion ($8.9 million est.) - The Little Mermaid (1991) 19. ¥1.10 billion ($9.3 million est.) - Hercules (1997) Still in release