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I know I may be in the minority but this is one of my most anticipated movies of the year to see. I enjoyed the 2019 Lion King and have re watched it multiple times with enjoyment. Is it as good as the animated, no but I do like the technology and there still is nostalgia for what is one of my favorite movies. I am looking forward to the first trailer and learning more about the plot.

Is Disney having a brand problem? Probably a little but the stock price has almost nothing to do with said problem. For starters, last quarter, Disney made nearly $2B in profit. The number you are referencing was two quarters ago. That number, as well as the quarter prior, we're intentionally bad as Disney accelerated certain depreciation and amortization from shutting down the Galactic Star cruiser and taking content off of Disney Plus. This was a calculated move in order to start a new for this fiscal year and allow the streaming numbers to show better financials. It worked, as the stock soared during the quarter release thanks to the positive outlook on streaming. Also, while Disney stock has underperformed the market and has not been the best investment, it would be better to show other sector specific stocks as well. Some stocks over the last 5 years: Disney - (6.4%) Comcast - 7.55% Warner Discover - (60.75%) Paramount - (77.15%) Lionsgate - (41.12%) Disney's brand may have taken a hit but Disney's brand is also what has kept it afloat compared to the rest of the sector as linear television is continuing to see declines and streaming service start ups are a money hole. Disney is far from going broke and are in continuing to position themselves for the foreseeable future, whether you agree with their ways or not.

In addition to releasing in 2021, it released on Disney + premiere and made a good chuck of money that way as well. Looks like it was reported $66M in the first 30 days. While it still no doubt lost money, at least it is not as bad as just lookin at the box office amounts.

This is one of the biggest issues for me and my wife. We currently have a 120 inch 2K projector for our living room TV and surround sound. Where we live, there is only 1 IMAX screen and 1 RPX Screen. We have gone to see multiple movies not on those screens and have come out telling ourselves it doesn't feel worth it. As a couple without kids, we have time to go to the movies but find ourselves waiting more often now. If it wasn't for my work union getting us cheap tickets, I don't know if we would go to the theaters.

I agree with this. There will be some people canceling services but I don't think there will be a noticeable dip in subscribers. I do think getting new subscribers will be harder but for the people who are signed up for Peacock or Paramount, I can't imagine they were signed up because new content was coming out. Also, while not originals, movies will help add in new content to the services. Mario, ATSV, GOTG3, TLM, Flash, etc. It's not like new stuff won't come to these services.

I saw elemental opening day and this was one of the trailers that we saw.

I have been watching anime for awhile and while there are some very unique and amazing stories, there are a lot of anime that are formulaic as well. Most of the bigger anime in the U.S, Dragonball, My Hero, Demon Slayer, etc. run very formulaic as well as a lot of isekai but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Its familiar for the audience and casual fans can get into it with ease.

I skimmed the youtube video where he shows off his charts and numbers and he only does the last 8 movies not 11. Quick summary - Movie, Cost, Theatrical Revenue, Profit/Loss Lightyear - $300M, $108M, -$192M Thor 4 - $400M, $368M, -$32M Strange World - $200M, $34M, -$166M BPWF - $400M, $418M, $18M AM3 - $350M, $217M, -$133M GotG3 - $400M, $378M, -$22M TLM - $400M, $271M, -$129M Elemental - $300M, $63M, -$237M Based on his numbers, the only movie currently profitable out of the last 8 Disney movies is BPWF, though Thor 4 and GotG3 are close. Final Totals are $2.75B in production and advertising and $1.86B in theatrical revenue for a loss of $890M at the box office over those last 8 movies.

I wouldn't say original animated is DOA but i would say original animated right now does not warrant anything over $120M budget. I'm not sure how Pixar is able to chop their budgets to that amount as they have not really had a movie that low in cost in over 15 years. If Pixar can't reign in their budgets than we could see them spit out more sequels to cover the originals. Obviously not every original would be a loss but if they are consistently having around $500M breakeven on every movie than I would assume most will be.

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All the schools by me have this week off and I believe most schools here in New York have off this week as well. That's a lot of schools and a lot of people that have this week off.

I am not sure if this is 100% true. I know more families who know the Disney or Pixar brand more than Illumination. I think it will be telling with how well migration does. Illumination has not come out with an original movie since Sing in 2016. It has been all sequels and established IPs, whereas Disney and Pixar has only done originals since the start of 2020.