Mojoguy Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Pixar's First Flop is Being Quietly Swept Under the Rug http://blogs.indiewire.com/animationscoop/pixars-first-flop-is-being-quietly-swept-under-the-rug-20160126 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK007 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 On January 24, 2016 at 3:43 AM, TalismanRing said: I have a very difficult time believing that Spot alone would put a dent in the food supply for 5 enormous dinosaurs. He could eat his weight in food every day and it wouldn't make a difference. It would be like us complaining about a single mouse. Finding a new family for Spot doesn't do anything to get rid of any other critters. The amount of food Arlo should have helped reap should have been far more than he should also have eaten during the period and in still doesn't compensate for the loss of their biggest and strongest family member. rlo blowing on Spot to revive him was a beautiful moment. If you stop to think about the Good Dinosaur it just gets worse and worse. How utterly sad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK007 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 On January 23, 2016 at 10:55 PM, goldenstate5 said: If you watch the BTS featurettes for Inside Out it was ~this~ close to getting the same treatment as TGD in the development process. It took a miracle, that of Pete Docter coming up with the message of the current existing movie right before the critical screening. Much of that version prior, in which Fear and Bing Bong are revealed to be antagonists and try to destroy Joy (yes... it's that bad) is on the Blu-Ray. The Good Dinosaur just never had that miracle happen. It's a hot mess and audiences rejected it. Pixar protects their people... while Sohn will likely never direct a feature again, they'll remain employed. Honestly this film most likely spells the death forever for animated talking dinosaur movies, that's what will really suffer. I can live with that. Son did very well with Partly Cloudy, I think it would be unfair to lay this mess solely at his doorstep. I think that Pixar should have gone bold, as they used to do, and experimented with a edgier PG-13 movie about finding oneself in the vein of movies like Wild, Into the Wild and Tracks. This was just safe and pretty pathetic considering not much is learnt, convenience, inanity and all kinds of other problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Pixar’s ‘Good Dinosaur’ Tops Home Video Sales Charts https://t.co/5eK6FS82Pb — Variety (@Variety) March 3, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 So Pixar's #1 HV streak is still alive (Can't verify that, but I'm assuming they've all been #1 at some point) Probably would need to at least double Inside Out's sales for it to mean anything, though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 It's a consolation this has crossed 300 M worldwide. I didn't think it would make it at first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 Seems it fared best in Brazil and France, where it's earned more than half of Inside Out's gross Still has Japan left to go, which will probably add another 10-15 mil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beals Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Of all the Pixar films in the pipeline, this is the one that I would never have foreseen as their first true flop, especially after Jurassic World made dinosaurs popular again. I just saw the film and it's ok. Nothing awful but nothing spectacular. Kinda like Brave. and yet that was a hit. What happened here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 Can't ignore it had weak wom. Worst legs for any Pixar movie. Probably not helped by the presence of Star Wars but if it had the must see status of Pixar's better received films it would've been able to withstand it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
langer Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 10 hours ago, tribefan695 said: So Pixar's #1 HV streak is still alive (Can't verify that, but I'm assuming they've all been #1 at some point) Probably would need to at least double Inside Out's sales for it to mean anything, though All Pixar movies since Cars have been #1 on their first week of HV sales. Before that, charts are not available. We can pretty much assume that Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc. and Toy Story 2 were also #1. That leaves A Bug's Life and Toy Story in doubt. Pretty good track record if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxmatrixdt Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 (edited) In conclusion, is there any silver lining for this films performance for BO history? INSIDE OUT Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $356,461,711 41.6% + Foreign: $501,149,463 58.4% = Worldwide: $857,611,174 THE GOOD DINOSAUR Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $123,087,120 37.1% + Foreign: $209,120,551 62.9% = Worldwide: $332,207,671 FINDING DORY Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $486,295,561 47.3% + Foreign: $542,093,766 52.7% = Worldwide: $1,028,389,327 Edited April 9, 2017 by Matrix4You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlborn Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 3 hours ago, Matrix4You said: In conclusion, is there any silver lining for this films performance for BO history? INSIDE OUT Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $356,461,711 41.6% + Foreign: $501,149,463 58.4% = Worldwide: $857,611,174 THE GOOD DINOSAUR Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $123,087,120 37.1% + Foreign: $209,120,551 62.9% = Worldwide: $332,207,671 FINDING DORY Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $486,295,561 47.3% + Foreign: $542,093,766 52.7% = Worldwide: $1,028,389,327 No, sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 TGD has been unfairly treated, I liked it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 How have the video sales been? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hades Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 One of the biggest box office mysteries of all time. I have yet to hear a proper reason why this flopped. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxmatrixdt Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 1 hour ago, kayumanggi said: How have the video sales been? http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Good-Dinosaur-The#tab=video-sales I would estimate about 3 million units sold thus far, but I never knew what any of these numbers meant (or how to interpret the home video life) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 4 hours ago, Hades said: One of the biggest box office mysteries of all time. I have yet to hear a proper reason why this flopped. Star Wars on the horizon is one of the main reasons. Not to mention Pixar just failed to sell it as appealing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannastop Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 4 hours ago, Hades said: One of the biggest box office mysteries of all time. I have yet to hear a proper reason why this flopped. The trailers sucked, and the movie looked too kiddy. And Star Wars. Those are my best guesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainbug Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I know a lot of Pixar loonies (one of them even likes Cars 2!) and none of them went to see this. The main reason was the difference in animation of the nature and landscapes (which were amazing) and the dinosaurs. They looked incredibly fake in a weird way. I think that turned some people off and the fact, that nothing about the story was in any way interesting or fresh, judging by the trailers. It was the first time that Pixars Marketing team failed big time. I saw the movie a few months ago and it was solid. It just pales in comparison with other Pixar masterpieces. Unlike them, this film will be forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goffe Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 This flopped because Pixar doesn't have the benefit of the doubt like they had with MU and Brave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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