Lightyear

[Disneyboy24]

Is everyone ready for Lightyear in theaters in June and why couldn’t Tim Allen voice Buzz?

 

[BrianL]

I think it looks great and can't wait to see it. It's a more serious take on the character so I don't necessarily mind that it's not Tim Allen. For this take, I think that will be okay.

 

[bcla]

Is everyone ready for Lightyear in theaters in June and why couldn’t Tim Allen voice Buzz?

Tim Allen isn't saying. However, he kind of voiced Buzz as a pompous toy, while Chris Evans seems to be giving more of a human treatment.

 

[Kennywood]

Apparently, "Lightyear" underwhelmed this past weekend. With a budget of $200 million, the movie made just $51 million domestically and $85.6 million globally. Disney had expected the film to make that amount just domestically. The film is expected to drop off sharply over the next few weeks.

 

[BrianL]

Apparently, "Lightyear" underwhelmed this past weekend. With a budget of $200 million, the movie made just $51 million domestically and $85.6 million globally. Disney had expected the film to make that amount just domestically. The film is expected to drop off sharply over the next few weeks.

Yeah, it didn't hit very well - lot's of competition right now too. I did enjoy it, but I felt that it didn't quite live up to its potential. It's a mid-tier Pixar film, and not nearly as good as any of the three they sent straight to D+.

 

[savvy101787]

Apparently, "Lightyear" underwhelmed this past weekend. With a budget of $200 million, the movie made just $51 million domestically and $85.6 million globally. Disney had expected the film to make that amount just domestically. The film is expected to drop off sharply over the next few weeks.

I thought the domestic expectation was closer to $70M? I can't imagine any movie setting expectations of a ~$140M opening weekend in this economy. There have only been 6 weekends this year with a combined total that high.

 

[BrianL]

I thought the domestic expectation was closer to $70M? I can't imagine any movie setting expectations of a ~$140M opening weekend in this economy. There have only been 6 weekends this year with a combined total that high.

Expectations for the weekend were about $70M doemestic, and it fell short. $2100M sounds like an egregiously high budget for an animated feature - If that is accurate (and it is what is being widely reported) then I am not sure what they were thinking. Hollywood has got to stop making everything a $200M plus picture as there are only so many box-office. The "break even" for a movie is 2X the budget worldwide - not everything is going to - not everything can - make that kind of money.

 

[savvy101787]

Expectations for the weekend were about $70M doemestic, and it fell short. $2100M sounds like an egregiously high budget for an animated feature - If that is accurate (and it is what is being widely reported) then I am not sure what they were thinking. Hollywood has got to stop making everything a $200M plus picture as there are only so many box-office. The "break even" for a movie is 2X the budget worldwide - not everything is going to - not everything can - make that kind of money.

It's definitely not the Eisner approach to movies I think he'd have a field day experimenting with smaller budget Disney+ movies and seeing what he could craft into larger IP.

 

[BrianL]

It's definitely not the Eisner approach to movies I think he'd have a field day experimenting with smaller budget Disney+ movies and seeing what he could craft into larger IP.

It's a Hollywood problem in general. Everyone want's that Marvel money, but you can't release a billion dollar picture every weekend. There aren't enough customers to do that and have them all make money. These days though, any kind of moderate budget movie is considered to be undesireable, at least inthe action/sci-fi space.

 

[Kennywood]

I thought the domestic expectation was closer to $70M? I can't imagine any movie setting expectations of a ~$140M opening weekend in this economy. There have only been 6 weekends this year with a combined total that high.

Disney expected $70 - 85 million domestically. That's why $51 million is bad news for a film that cost about $200 million to make.

 

[savvy101787]

Disney expected $70 - 85 million domestically. That's why $51 million is bad news for a film that cost about $200 million to make.

Right. Sorry, I thought your initial message was saying Disney expected to make the combined domestic + global total in just their domestic numbers.