MovieMan89 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) You can't compare last years box office to this one. Madagascar is opening in June when kids get out of school. It will also be the first big animated film to come out since Lorax (I'm not including the Pirates Misfit movie). KFP I can't explain the opening, but the film was kind of shit so the gross makes sense. This at least looks funny and it looks like it's a film kids will want to see.Lol, KFP2, was not shit. It got great public reception and legs, it was that awful, horrid OW that was the problem. I still have no idea what happened there. Except last year sucked for animation at the box office especially, and DWA really dropped the ball on marketing with it. Edited April 16, 2012 by MovieMan89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 When ICE AGE: CD opens, it's not BRAVE that's going to lose (3D) screens. It's this.Obviously. This year the Summer animation movies are being released very closely or it is just me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Obviously. This year the Summer animation movies are being released very closely or it is just me?Very close. The same in 2013. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) It was usually just DW and Pixar. But now Universal and Fox have joined too. Edited April 16, 2012 by kayumanggi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 The competition is big now between them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 What happened to WB (Happy Feet) and Par.(Rango)? Are they out of the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Really big. It's great though that Pixar still wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 What happened to WB (Happy Feet) and Par.(Rango)? Are they out of the game?Paramount's animation studio has a future IMO, WB's on the other hand is cursed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Paramount's animation studio has a future IMO, WB's on the other hand is cursed.Paramount didn't announced anything after Rango? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Paramount didn't announced anything after Rango?Because they still distribute DW films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iEye Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 There will not be much going on at Paramount Animation because Stainton resigned back in February.http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/david-stainton-resigns-from-paramount-animation.htmlPS: There is talk about a SpongeBob movie but its only talk for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forg Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I'm surprised of the lack of animated/children's movies at this point of time, last year by this time we had Gnomeo, Rango, Hop and Rio. This year The Lorax is the only major release of the genre. They should have move this movie earlier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Maybe studios were cautious after the terrible experience last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I'm surprised of the lack of animated/children's movies at this point of time, last year by this time we had Gnomeo, Rango, Hop and Rio. This year The Lorax is the only major release of the genre. They should have move this movie earlierWhy move a film into a slot where kids are still in school? Why not just release it when they get out? June is a much better slot than anything in May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iEye Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 If the May date was so awesome then why isn't Pixar moving Brave to that date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 If the May date was so awesome then why isn't Pixar moving Brave to that date? Maybe having the 4th of July weekend as its 3rd weekend sounds better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forg Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) Why move a film into a slot where kids are still in school? Why not just release it when they get out? June is a much better slot than anything in May.A lot of animated films were released in May and did fine in the box office plus it will still enjoy good legs in June when the kids are not in school anymore. It's not a bad release date per se but I think they missed an opportunity to have a stronger overall run when they pulled this out in May. But then there's a possibility that with no major animated/children's movie in 2 months, the appetite will be huge when this opens in June and could have a strong OW that could make up in case the legs wont be good Edited April 18, 2012 by forg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 It was usually just DW and Pixar. But now Universal and Fox have joined too. I think ParaNorman's far enough away from everything else that nothing's going to have an effect on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I think ParaNorman's far enough away from everything else that nothing's going to have an effect on it.True. But the demand might be satiated already by the time of its release. In 2013 it's more crowded. You have a Fox film in May, a Pixar one in June, a Universal movie in July and just a few weeks after you have one from DW. These are big ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 http://www.cinemarcado.com.br/2012/04/20/novo-poster-promocional-de-madagascar-3-os-procurados/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
