frozen was lucky back in 2013, walking with dinosaur was bombed badly.....so that allow frozen is dominating christmas and new year season....moana won't have that luck
well, I never consider Japan as one of the asian country, Japan rarely considered as Asian country if in economics term......but of course they are geographically asia~
there are still different of style between pixar and WDAS, you've need to search that feeling, feel it, WDAS have frozen, big hero 6 and zootopia keep performing above pixar, meaning that two studio still differentiating themselves in the way many people not having notice it.....
I think Pixar's movie doesn't fare well in china because of cultural factor, the pixar formula never work in china, and not only china, several asian country also display the same condition, just china is too big and hence, get attention
I,too, doubt the performance of Fantastic beast in japan, remember how far is the difference between the lord of the ring 3 and hobbit trilogy?
the last LOTR earned more than ¥10b yen in 2004 but Hobbit only got ¥1b+..........
I wonder why there are so much superhero film in one year, and along with other big-budget blockbusters, all these blockbuster are cannibalising each other......
japanese doesn't fond with superhero films....it's widely known, and piracy is not a concern, Frozen released in japan after nearly 4 month of worldwide debut, but eventually become the most successful film in 12 years.....
11/8, japan national holiday, it appear that SLOP's first day is higher than dory's first day, illumination is indeed a great alternative for disney-pixar foreign animation in japan
if those acting pulling factor and pushing factor were interacting, the net effect would almost none....making direct comparison between nemo and dory possible