To answer your wife's question: no it's not and don't let her let this ruin her memory of the actuall GOAT Lion King. That movie still stands and this does nothing to diminish that movie!
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Wkd Box Office - 7•26-28•19 - Lion King Extends Its Reign While Tarantino Puts Best Foot Forward
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Frozen 2 probably makes the billion on brand name alone.
If they manage to catch lightning in a bottle with one of the new songs, you may be looking at the new highest grossing animation ever made.
The original's fandom was built on FAR more than just the initial box office, and if they can get those people to turn out there's a real chance the sequel does better.
If they manage to catch lightning in a bottle with one of the new songs, you may be looking at the new highest grossing animation ever made.
The original's fandom was built on FAR more than just the initial box office, and if they can get those people to turn out there's a real chance the sequel does better.
It's incredibly rare for quality auteur work aimed at a select crowd to beat four-quadrant blockbusters, no matter what era you're talking about. OUATIH is doing remarkably well in its own right- comparing it to The Lion King doesn't actually tell us anything other than the fact that the Lion King's aiming for a much larger audience.
Yep.
I'd say that it depends on the soundtrack (namely, do they have a Let It Go-level thunderbolt to drop?).
Yeah, we rewatched the original the next day and it definitely was a night and day situation
It's not like we need a sequel.
Seriously, of course the studio wants to make money in the theatrical run, but a movie like this also exists for the studio catalog. It will likely do well enough that Tarantino will get a decent budget next time, even if not as big.
Studios competed to have the right to make OUATIH and had competing bids thrown at Tarantino. Tarantino is at the point in his career where whatever movie he wants to make a studio will jump at the chance of funding it. Almost no matter what it is.
Actually, that is a good bet right there.
I'm going bet on Frozen 2. I think the international legs are going to go into overdrive this time.
Frozen made $250m just in Japan. I don't see a sequel doing much less, if any less in that market.
Oh I never thought Frozen 2 was going to make less than the first.
The question was does it outgrows lion king.
I'm saying yes.
The first did 1.27b. I bet the sequel gets to at least $1.5b.
Seeing those tweets in a row. Christ, Disney is killing it.
3 movies at 1 billion and they're not even the biggest blockbusters of the summer.
10 years ago, this would be a pipe dream.
Feels like Demolition Man. In 10 years all the movies will be by Disney.
Lol people are seriously saying Frozen 2 will not gross 1B?
Are we allowed to make money bets on this site? That's easy money right there.
Are we allowed to make money bets on this site? That's easy money right there.
Toy Story 4 is still ahead of Toy Story 3 at this point in its run.
Pretty good for a movie no one wanted.
Pretty good for a movie no one wanted.
It'd have to be way above the original domestic for this to happen which only happens if the songs are big again.
Above 400M doesnt seem difficult at this point (in disney numbers lol) even without a new Let it go. Now beating Lion King might be a lot more difficult but I can see it having a similar opening and better legs through the season.
Movie will make bank but it it won't really be relevant by the time of the holidays. It will have been in theaters a month by then. Even Endgame wasn't doing much of note a month in.
Frozen 2 won't have the incredible legs of the original. I saw the original opening weekend and it was barely a phenomenon until weeks in
I think Tenet has the potential to be the auteur-driven blockbuster that breaks out next year. Nolan's name is a brand in itself by this point and the movie does look Inception-y from what we know. Forgot how much bank Inception made. 828.3m whew.
Well fuck
Well fuck
I need Tenet and Dune to be successful.
Nolan and Villenueve need to save cinema
I don't think cinema needs "saving".
There are alot of great movies besides the big blockbusters.
Edit; and yes Dune will flop.
There are alot of great movies besides the big blockbusters.
Edit; and yes Dune will flop.
CATS is the true cinema savior
Although the world does need saving from that terrible Lion King remake
"Will _____ save ______?" has always been a joke
Although the world does need saving from that terrible Lion King remake
It doesn't need saving from something that most people won't remember in six months.
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