SchumacherFTW Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 To be fair, the third was pretty awesome fun.The first is excusable since it actually tried.The second and the fourth were dire. The third had dinosaurs so that can explain some of its BO, but the 2nd and 4th? Dirty amounts of undeserved money. Dinosaurs are more important than Dragons in BO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vc2002 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 It's a perfect animation film for kid, you know. Got all the cute talking animals in a adventure of a world like a theme park. If you look at Madagascar, that seris did quite well OS as well. OS audience love this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I love you patronizing tone about all this.OS audience love this ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vc2002 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I love you patronizing tone about all this.OS audience love this ...I'm one of the OS audience, so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I'm one of the OS audience, so?Nevermind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snitch Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Well Ice Age might be the best comedy animation franchise out there unlike Pixar's mostly overrated (and sometimes even boring ,Brave) movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 (edited) Pixar's movies aren't really comedies, at least not in the sense that Madagascar and Ice Age are.I feel a little patriotic thinking about this. Nice to know America still sticks with Pixar for the most part. Edited August 26, 2012 by tribefan695 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Why are Ice Age movies popular OS? Well, first of all, they're 3D. We OS-people eat that shit up unlike you smart americans. Also they're easy to comprehend, flashy and colorful. We are easily distracted by moving colors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 It's a perfect animation film for kid, you know. Got all the cute talking animals in a adventure of a world like a theme park. If you look at Madagascar, that seris did quite well OS as well. OS audience love this.it can't be the talking animals alone in 2006Over The Hedge 53% OSIce Age2 70% OSthe Over The Hedge characters were lame and boring, if my memory serves me right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Why are Ice Age movies popular OS? Well, first of all, they're 3D. We OS-people eat that shit up unlike you smart americans. Also they're easy to comprehend, flashy and colorful. We are easily distracted by moving colorsIA2 was not in 3DMad2 was not in 3D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Over the Hedge had a suburban American setting. That probably doesn't translate as well overseas as a prehistoric world inhabited almost entirely by talking animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Over the Hedge had a suburban American setting. That probably doesn't translate as well overseas as a prehistoric world inhabited almost entirely by talking animals.I recently saw Up again. At the begning it is one of the best animated movies ever made. With the advent of the "talking" dogs it becomes mediocre at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem2x3 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I'm really dumbfounded by the success of the Ice Age series overseas. The newest one in the series was one of the worst excuses for family entertainment i've seen. The last one was bad enough so i was shocked that so many people came back for another one.Culturally neutral family friendly tale about animals that takes audiences on big spectacle adventures. Make sense? I don't know how much bad scripts matter when you're dubbing new languages in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem2x3 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I recently saw Up again. At the begning it is one of the best animated movies ever made. With the advent of the "talking" dogs it becomes mediocre at best.To some of us, the talking dogs made it epic. Up was probably the best animated movie since Finding Nemo in terms of hitting all audiences as strongly as it did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Talking animal films tend to do well, when you consider that the most popular non sequel animated film is Finding Nemo and way before that it was The Lion King says it all really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFanaticGuy34 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Well...they increased with each film, OS-wise...even if IA4 had a small increase from IA3. Now with the 5th one coming next year, and with China as an advantage....it could likely have a considerate increase again. There is something about this franchise that keeps them coming back....and one of them is Scrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinaTakla Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 IA5 prediction: 150 DOM 750 OS Total: 900 WW The increase from IA4 will not be that much IMO, maybe 70 million more max (if not a decline DOM) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 One word: SCRAT That really is the answer as far as I can tell, crazy as that may be. The character just has universal and mass appeal like few other characters in animated feature history. His popularity is more akin to a classic cartoon Looney Tunes or Disney character like Mickey or Bugs. Aside from that, the movies are decent (except the 2nd) and have pretty relatable stories for all cultures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFanaticGuy34 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 IA5 prediction: 150 DOM 750 OS Total: 900 WW The increase from IA4 will not be that much IMO, maybe 70 million more max (if not a decline DOM) Well...IA4 made $67M in China....3 years ago.. With the way chinese markets are now......i don't see where IA5 doesn't get a bigger increase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinaTakla Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) Well...IA4 made $67M in China....3 years ago.. With the way chinese markets are now......i don't see where IA5 doesn't get a bigger increase. Yea that's counted in my 750OS prediction (I gave it a 30m increase from the last one) I have a theory the new DM/Minions is the new IA franchise OS and that the IA popularity may have waned a bit, not by a big margin at all, but to me DM filled a slapstick gap and is a much better franchise IMO in the way kids identify with the characters and more parents do as well, so that's why I see the IA3 versus IA4 small increase (as opposed to DM2 - Minions) in that IA may have reached its peak. Also, time is a factor. 4 years between films is not so long, but Illumination seem to be more consistent in churning out films in the series every 2 years. Might be a factor in play. Or not. Edited August 23, 2015 by MinaTakla 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
