![]() ![]() ![]() And Angus, to his credit, took it very seriously and genuinely and wanted to represent those characters as real characters. “Even if they’ve read the material in press, it was just a little too distant, both in concept, and I think in the way that characters were drawn, that they were portrayed. Pete Docter also pointed out that the character in the film was too distant in their concept and how they have been portrayed in the movie, as it was a sci-fi and the writers wanted to depict Buzz Lightyear as a real character, compared to Toy Story there was a huge difference between the characters. Pete Docter’s explanation made sense, but some people think that another aspect that affected the film was the voice, because the space ranger was voiced by Chris Evans instead of Tim Allen. Potato Head and Woody and Rex? And then we drop them into this science fiction film that they’re like, What?”Ĭompared to other Pixar films, Lightyear opened at a mere $51 million, which was extremely underwhelming for the studio’s expectations. When they hear Buzz, they’re like, great, where’s Mr. I think probably what we’ve ended on in terms of what went wrong is that we asked too much of the audience. “We’ve done a lot of soul-searching about that because we all love the movie. The Star (Sony), Five-day:$9.Also Read: “Please don’t let it be him again”: Toy Story 5 Announcement Makes Fans Demand Marvel Star Chris Evans to Replace Tim Allen After Flashing Pamela Anderson Pixar Explains Why Lightyear Failedĭuring an interview with The Wrap, Pete Docter talked about Lightyear’s poor performance, and the reason it failed to connect with the audience is that Pixar “asked too much of the audience.” The CCO explained that the Toy Story spinoff because the character perfectly fits into the Toy Story premise, but the audience was disappointed because it was different than what they expected, and being a standalone film of the Toy Story universe it wouldn’t make sense to include other characters of the universe. Thor: Ragnarok (Disney) Five-day: $24.2 million (Cume: $277.5 million)ħ. Justice League (Warner Bros.) Five-day: $59.7 million (Cume: $171.5 million)Ĥ. Other animated and/or vfx-related titles at the weekend box office:Ģ. The total global take for the weekend was $30.7 million in 22 markets for an international cume of $82.2 million and a worldwide tally at $153.4 million to date. This makes the movie the second highest launch ever for a Disney and/or Pixar animated title, coming in behind only Zootopia. According to Screen Engine/ComScore Hispanic audiences made up 36 % of all ticket buyers next to 43% Caucasian and 8% African American and 8% Asian.Ĭoco, which has already become the biggest movie of all-time in Mexico, had a spectacular opening in China, with an $18.2 million weekend opener. The movie also received a very impressive A+ Cinemascore from audiences. Directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina, the movie had the fourth best debut at the domestic box office over the weekend after Disney’s Frozen ($93/5 million), Moana ($82 million) and Toy Story 2 ($80.1 million), per. ![]() box office to life with a $71.2 million Thanksgiving Weekend. ![]() Coco, Disney/Pixar’s Day of the Dead-themed movie, certainly brought the U.S. ![]()
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