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The LA premiere is this coming Tuesday, so we should probably see a ton of reactions by then. https://www.averagesocialite.com/la-events/2018/12/25/toy-story-4-premiere-la-1

Yikes for the "big" openers this weekend. Dark Phoenix is burning down quite rapidly. I don't think Apocalypse's 4-day OW ($79M) may happen by the end of its run. Heck, if this legs out more like BvS, Apocalypse's 3-day OW might be in jeopardy as well. I don't think this would have done well in any of its previous release dates either. Altogether a terrible performance. SLOP2 will most definitely be profitable, but it's all together a pretty sloppy result. Had this been Dumbo instead with the same $80M budget we'd be singing a much different tune here, but this is a sequel to a movie that opened to $104M and broke records just 3 years ago, so alas, here we are. Given Illumination's track record, a 50%+ drop next weekend is certainly in the cards, and Toy Story 4 will only make things worse for it. $150M seems somewhat reasonable here, but a run similar to Cars 3 (or worse, Dumbo) would put it even closer to holding the title of the lowest grossing Illumination film adjusted for inflation. Probably would have been equally bad (if not worse) if this kept its original date releasing alongside Far From Home.

Moana's was the first teaser. Coco had it's teaser in early March and Ralph's was in late February. Then again, Coco and Ralph both had their June trailers be glorified teasers, so I wouldn't be too surprised if Frozen 2 had the same thing happen to it. The proper story-focused trailer will probably come in mid-late September as it has for the other three, with another trailer in early November being a possibility (but unlikely).

Ralph Breaks the Internet: June 4 (Monday) - 11 days before Incredibles 2 Coco: June 7 (Wednesday) - 9 days before Cars 3 Moana: June 12 (Sunday) - 5 days before Finding Dory So the earliest we're probably getting it would be this coming Monday, and I'm expecting the trailer sooner rather than later.

I'm enjoying this trailer, but is anyone else getting Diary of a Wimpy Kid vibes when the van pulls up?

Just saw this last night. While I don't think all of the changes work, most of them do and I think it helps this one have a different feel from the 1992 classic. Is it as good as the original? No, of course not. But I enjoyed it quite a bit. With that... I guess I should update my preferences of Disney's live-action remakes/reboot-sequels/films based on their classic IP (the ones I've watched): 1) Aladdin 2) Cinderella 3) Christopher Robin 4) The Jungle Book 5) Mary Poppins Returns 6) Beauty and the Beast 7) Maleficent

That one would be an interesting one to redo. I still think it's a little soon to remake it (it's only been 10 years), but it would probably be a successful venture (though not as much as Tangled, Frozen or Moana)

Which makes the wait for D23 all the more agonizing right now, but still exciting. They're incredibly tight lipped about everything coming after Onward (which we'll probably get a trailer for in a few weeks) - now that I think of it. maybe Pixar and WDAS are keeping everything close to themselves after what happened with Newt and Gigantic. As someone who's been underwhelmed by every Pixar sequel that doesn't have "Toy Story" in the title, I really can't wait for their next slate of films, especially after Coco and Inside Out.

Wait it's not showing up on Cinemascore... did you take the original film's cinemascore and copy paste 😂

Huh, I didn't know that. Must have gone even further back then.

This being the first Disney Memorial Day opener to potentially open above pre-release tracking in a very long time, would have been enough on its own. There probably hasn't been this much positivity around a Disney Memorial Day opener since Pirates 3 broke the 4-day record.

All the reviews have been 6/10 though. Despicable Me 3 also had a 92% at the same point and now it's at a 59%. Likewise with Aladdin.

The percentage of users we’ve confirmed bought tickets for this movie who rated it 3.5 stars or higher. is 88% Out of 40 verified users, 35/40 liked it. That's 88%, or 87.5% to be exact. 5/40 didn't like it. That would be 12.5% of verified users.

I've seen all of those except for Alice, but I've also seen Cinderella. If I had to rank them... 1) Cinderella 2) The Jungle Book 3) Beauty and the Beast 4) Maleficent I enjoyed Cinderella. The rest... not as much, though the other 3 have their moments.

I agree. It sounds too bleak.

Consensus is up: Aladdin retells its classic source material's story with sufficient spectacle and skill, even if it never approaches the dazzling splendor of the animated original.

Pet Sematary and The Predator had their consensus rewritten, and I believe The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Man of Steel also had theirs rewritten.

I'm a little surprised there's no critics consensus up yet, especially considering there's over 80 reviews and the average score has barely nudged in the last three hours.

To be fair, it's happened once every summer since 2014 (with the exception of 2017). Transformers: Age of Extinction ($100M), Minions ($115.7M), Suicide Squad ($133.7M), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($148M)

And it happened... TOMATOMETER 59% All Critics | Top Critics Average Rating: 6.1/10 Reviews Count: 58 Fresh: 34 Rotten: 24

Here's what Metacritic has to say about Aladdin (it's been in the high 50s on Metacritic for the last 3 hours, so I don't expect it to nudge too far from the 58 it's currently at): 58 ALADDIN Out Friday, Guy Ritchie's live-action remake of the Disney classic is unnecessary "cinematic karaoke."

71%, so it's a lot rosier than what it's currently at

69% (6.29) from 34 reviews now, the percentage has dropped down a bit, but the average score has nudged up a tad.

That has one of the directors from Pirates 5, so...

RT is really iffy at the start of an embargo lifting... especially when there is a big influx of reviews coming.