JWR Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Anything in between $400-500M would be a huge success given the state Disney is in right now. A solid OW is possible, but only with a major push in the marketing and strong word of mouth. Â Half of it will depend on reviews and marketing, the other half will depend on luck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoguy Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Disney MUST make it clear this is only coming out exclusively in theaters, say ONLY IN THEATERS in all the trailers and online ads. Otherwise everyone will assume this is another Pixar movie coming out day 1 on D+, and most won't watch it in theaters. Â Yeah, we are in this mess right now. Thanks Chapek. Iger has a lot of work to do to build up the Pixar brand again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWR Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, Mojoguy said: Disney MUST make it clear this is only coming out exclusively in theaters, say ONLY IN THEATERS in all the trailers and online ads. Otherwise everyone will assume this is another Pixar movie coming out day 1 on D+, and most won't watch it in theaters. Â Yeah, we are in this mess right now. Thanks Chapek. Iger has a lot of work to do to build up the Pixar brand again. Â This. Â With Guardians 3 in the rearview mirror, I think The Little Mermaid and Elemental will be the Disney's biggest priorities. And I expect the premiere at Cannes to be the start of their final marketing push. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWR Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Â Â I don't expect the numbers to be big, but this is getting released in China. Â 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP1025 Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Yeah, I would guess maybe $10 million in China since it's coming out same day as The Flash. Western animation usually doesn't play too well, especially original films. Even Mario barely crossed $20 million there despite being big almost everywhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Zootopia did do very well there, though the political landscape has definitely changed in a post-covid environment. In the right circumstances though I could see the immigration themes resonating, and perhaps in other East Asian countries as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 15 minutes ago, AniNate said: Zootopia did do very well there, though the political landscape has definitely changed in a post-covid environment. In the right circumstances though I could see the immigration themes resonating, and perhaps in other East Asian countries as well. Â And COCO as well. I hope the auds relate to the movies' themes the way they did with those aforementioned titles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP1025 Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 37 minutes ago, AniNate said: Zootopia did do very well there, though the political landscape has definitely changed in a post-covid environment. In the right circumstances though I could see the immigration themes resonating, and perhaps in other East Asian countries as well. Â True, there is some precedent for this to break out there. Soul grossed almost $60 million in China despite having a pirated HD copy out Day 1 and releasing in the heart of the pandemic. Probably could have had a Coco/Zootopia-esque run otherwise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannastop Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 On 5/4/2023 at 10:23 AM, JWR said: Â I don't expect the numbers to be big, but this is getting released in China. I think it used to be a big deal to be released the same day as the US as in China... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWR Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 27 minutes ago, cannastop said: I think it used to be a big deal to be released the same day as the US as in China... Â Is it still? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWR Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Careful online: Some of the promotional books are full of spoilers. Just a heads up to anyone curious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cannastop Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 12 hours ago, JWR said: Careful online: Some of the promotional books are full of spoilers. Just a heads up to anyone curious. yeah they'll just tell the whole story in Golden Books no sweat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Â 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froztking Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 10 minutes ago, AniNate said: Â if it's a rom com a good song will be a good boost to create hype nd promote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWR Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannastop Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Will there be any IMAX screenings of Elemental? All other Pixar movies, even Luca and Turning Red have "Optimized for IMAX" in the credits. It would make sense if this one had it too. Â Even Moana had some IMAX screenings, if I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poweranimals Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 11 minutes ago, cannastop said: Will there be any IMAX screenings of Elemental? All other Pixar movies, even Luca and Turning Red have "Optimized for IMAX" in the credits. It would make sense if this one had it too. Â Even Moana had some IMAX screenings, if I remember. Might prove challenging with it coming out the same weekend as Flash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannastop Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 4 minutes ago, poweranimals said: Might prove challenging with it coming out the same weekend as Flash. maybe one screening in the morning a week later or something. I dunno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 I saw the trailer with GOTG3, was not that impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...