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I don't think Frozen and Encanto are fully comparable just due to the differences with how music was consumed in 2014 vs how it's consumed now. If we're just going by Hot 100 hits, Encanto did have the scales tipped in its favour. Disney released all the MVs for the songs not too long after release and had lyric videos when the soundtrack first hit, and it's a lot easier to chart all of your tracks from an album with how big streaming was in 2022 compared to 2014. Frozen has longevity in it's favour though. Frozen's songs didn't peak as high, but on average they actually stayed on the charts for longer than the songs on Encanto did (Bruno did 20 weeks, but Let It Go did 33 weeks, First Time in Forever did 19 weeks, and Do You Want To Build A Snowman charted for 18 weeks). Frozen's soundtrack sales completely dwarf that of Encanto's, but the former came out at a time when album sales in general were much more favourable.

This has more negative reviews registered on RT in 90 minutes that Moana did in the last 7 years, and we haven't even hit 40 reviews yet. GA will probably be warmer to this than critics, but this is pretty awful start in reviews for WDAS.

2 reds would do that. 63 was right off the first 4 reviews (2 green, 1 yellow, 1 red). edit: ... and its down to 51

63 to start on Metacritic, which I guess could be worse.

Eh, looks like it's gonna hit higher than 2%, so that's a start. But also the first review uploaded to Metacritic is a 38, so uhh...... (edit: also looks to be the same person who also gave Strange World a 38 though, so there is that.)

Was way more optimistic based on the reactions from last week, but I think Strange World/Elemental level reviews might actually end up being the ceiling for this one critically, and I wouldn't be surprised if this ends up being closer to Mario. Kind surprised how many of the big releases this month are going to end up whiffing critically. The Marvels and Thanksgiving came in higher than I expected, but Trolls, Wish, Hunger Games, and Napoleon were all movies I was expecting to be in the low 70% range on RT at worst, and yet here we are with at least 3 of these probably ending up rotten.

First off, about time the official accounts put 4K trailers up. This one doesn't suffer from compression anywhere nearly as badly as Wish even at 1080p, but it's nice to see the option there now. Animation looks fantastic as usual though. I'm cautiously optimistic about this - I like the trailer, but I'm usually underwhelmed by Pixar sequels, so we'll see.

I think this movie's outlook is pretty good if this is the least positive reaction thus far. Opinions on song and animation choices are probably as subjective as you can get, and the praises here are still consistent with a lot of the other reactions. Should be primed for a leggy run through the holidays if word of mouth is a strong as these reactions might indicate. Might just be able to hit $200M DOM.

Well that was fast rotten. I think even Quantumania still had a fresh tomato for a brief moment before it sank down.

It just launched in September, so it's very new. This Is The Thanks I Get is also at #20. Also LOL at Bruno being back at #6.

BvS already set a precedent with March DCEU releases going sub 2x, so it Fury of the Gods just made it 2 for 2. I feel like WW84 is a reasonable baseline target for Aquaman's legs. That wasn't well received, opened on Christmas Day with a dual release on HBO Max and still managed to hit 2.80x. I don't think The Marvels is going sub 2x. It's not impossible, but I think Thanksgiving week is going to help get it to at least double its opening weekend.

As a side note, I have seen my first reel with This Wish playing in the background, and it was absolutely cursed.

I do quite like this one, but having also listened to This Wish and This Is The Thanks I Get, I feel like this gives away a bit more than I thought.

Me hearing this for the first time: "Welcome to the family Madrigal Rosas!"

Technically was hampered by the pandemic and HBO Max, but Wonder Woman 1984 has an even bigger drop from $412M to $46M.

Weren't a lot of Encanto's songs also trashed here when its OST first came out? I think the songs in Disney musicals generally hit better once you understand it in the context of the film. I remember not liking Where You Are when I first listened to it, but it grew on me a lot once I actually saw Moana. Waiting on a Miracle also grew on me more after watching Encanto.

Just from the promotion I believe we've heard snippets of three of the songs so far. And it's not too hard to match them up.

Tickets already being on sale surprises me somewhat. I might be wrong on this, but Wish is getting more days of presales than Frozen 2, Encanto, and Strange World did combined.

1080p Premium does almost nothing for the trailer on the WDAS account. It looks a little bit sharper, but a lot of the detail is still lost compared to the 4K trailer or even the teaser on Disney+.

Saw this over the weekend. I did enjoy it and a a lot of the changes that came with it. Felt too long though. Also The Scuttlebutt's instrumental is actually quite nice.

That's pretty neat. Would have liked to try it out if this had happened while I was in Tokyo. 5 stations sounds about right considering the Tokyo Metro system looks like this: Feels like this is more promo than we've seen for a lot of stuff from WDAS/Pixar as of late.

Looks like this is a thing too: https://pressroom.toyota.com/toyota-tacoma-shifts-into-high-gear-in-blue-beetle/

Maybe, maybe not. Seems plausible enough though. Flash, Elemental, and Indy are all roughly at the same level (or even slightly under) from when they each first hit industry tracking, and I don't really think there's been anything particularly favourable or unfavourable to drastically affect tracking since. That's not a great number for No Hard Feelings, especially if that budget is actually closer to the $70M that was thrown around earlier. Ruby Gillman's early numbers almost make Elemental's opening look good... almost. Nice to see Elemental shoot up a bit now on RT as it approaches release. Still nowhere near what would be considered encouraging for the film's financial prospects, and Metacritic still has this at 27 out of 27 Pixar films on their site, but 78% on RT is a lot better than whatever it was at last week.

They're trying to pull a Zootopia again. There's a Soil poster too.