The Walt Disney Company has faced a notable challenge in recent years—a string of box office disappointments attributed to excessive reliance on sequels and an overwhelming barrage of familiar narratives. This oversaturation seems to have led to a sense of burnout among fans and a need for fresh, original content to reinvigorate the Disney brand. Interestingly, Disney has a powerful ...
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Haters Listen Up: ‘Elemental’ is Disney’s Biggest Hit Since the Pandemic
Disney hasn’t had the easiest year when it comes to its box office earnings. While 2023 started off strong for the Mouse House with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Avatar: The Way of Water, the year quickly dipped after, with movies from Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios ostensibly not performing as well. In fact, recently, one analyst did the math, ...
Read More »Global Box Office Saves Disney After Disastrous Year, Reiterates Hollywood’s Dependency
If all the news and headlines about the Walt Disney Company and its performance at the box office are to be believed this year, we’d be all set to believe that the Mouse House has been having a rough year. In many ways, it has certainly not been without its challenges. On the business front, the Walt Disney Company has ...
Read More »Is Disney Helplessly Out of Touch With Its Post-Pandemic Audience?
The Disney name was once unanimously equated to success. It was the pinnacle model of how to run a business right. Companies used to utilize Disney’s methods to teach their employees how to be prosperous. In fact, almost everything the entertainment giant touched turned to gold. This certainly seems to have hit a wall in the post-pandemic world. Disney is ...
Read More »Disney Panics as New Indiana Jones Film Has Abysmal Opening
Disney and Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has left critics underwhelmed as the iconic action-adventure franchise embarks on its last hurrah. With some fans posting images of empty theaters on opening night, it seems the allure of a new outing with the charming adventurer just didn’t take off. Friday earnings hint that the film might die on ...
Read More »Audiences Loved ‘The Little Mermaid,’ But Numbers Show its Fallen Short in One Way
The Little Mermaid has been wowing audiences since before its official theatrical release. The movie, Disney’s live-action remake of its popular animated feature from 1989, opened during Memorial Day weekend in May this year and was one of Disney’s most highly-anticipated releases of 2023. It was surrounded by controversy for the casting of Black singer and actress Halle Bailey as Princess ...
Read More »Barbie Or Ariel? Iconic Heroines Clash at the Box Office
The new live-action Barbie film, which stars Disney-loving Canadian actor Ryan Gosling and Australian actress Margot Robbie, has been highly-anticipated by movie enthusiasts. The film follows Barbie, the iconic character who started the Barbie doll phenomenon of old (and whose dolls have since been replaced by new iterations of the iconic toy dolls). With colorful and frothy trailers filling TV ...
Read More »Disney Heading for Disaster, New Indiana Jones Movie Opens to Empty Theaters
After what seemed like an eternity of marketing and previews from The Walt Disney Company, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has finally released in theaters. The film has received mixed reviews from critics. Diehard fans were excited to see the famed explorer for his last outing, but many opinions say that the film didn’t justify its existence. Disney ...
Read More »Disney Might Have Lost Almost $900 Million at the Box Office in the Past Year
2022 wasn’t the best year for the Walt Disney Company for many reasons—120 billion reasons, in fact. When it comes to the movies and productions from the Mouse House, Disney was certainly #1 at the box office, but it also had the year’s biggest flop. It seemed in 2023 that Disney had made some decisions that meant the year was ...
Read More »Another Box Office Flop for Disney?
The Walt Disney Company has been charting rough waters recently. Whether it comes to the Disney vs. DeSantis feud, the recent reports that state that the theme parks at Walt Disney World Resort have been unusually empty, or even Universal’s edge over Disney despite Magic Kingdom Park’s recent win, things have been tough for the Mouse House. When it comes ...
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