Tag: Onward

  • After ‘Elemental’ Bombs, Can Pixar Restore Its Box Office Touch?

    After ‘Elemental’ Bombs, Can Pixar Restore Its Box Office Touch?

    Pixar’s chief creative officer Pete Docter recently told the press that he doesn’t “think of Pixar as making children’s programming.”By the look of box office returns for the studio’s recent animated offerings, it would appear that kids have taken notice — and haven’t been so inclined to watch those movies in theaters.Over the weekend, “Elemental”…

  • How Turning Red Blends Pixar’s Iconic Animation Style With Anime

    How Turning Red Blends Pixar’s Iconic Animation Style With Anime

    Who says Pixar doesn’t make anything original anymore? The innovative and consistently successful animation studio may have released a number of sequels in relatively short order, but that stubborn narrative completely ignores original hits in recent years such as “Coco,” “Onward,” “Soul,” and “Luca” … the latter three films coming within the last two years…

  • Angelina Jolie Slams ‘Eternals’ Ban: Anyone Threatened or Angry by Gay Roles Is ‘Ignorant’

    Angelina Jolie Slams ‘Eternals’ Ban: Anyone Threatened or Angry by Gay Roles Is ‘Ignorant’

    Angelina Jolie is speaking out against countries banning her Marvel Cinematic Universe tentpole “Eternals” because it includes the franchise’s first openly gay superhero (and a gay kiss to go along with it). News broke the day before the “Eternals” U.S. opening that Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar had banned the film reportedly due to its…

  • 14 Predictions for Box Office 2021, Including Fewer Theaters, Smaller Grosses, and More VOD

    14 Predictions for Box Office 2021, Including Fewer Theaters, Smaller Grosses, and More VOD

    It would be foolish to expect the new year to bring return to box-office normalcy; much more likely that circumstances will continue evolving toward a new normal. Before we examine what that might include, let’s get the essential stats out of the way: Total 2020 domestic theatrical grosses ended up a bit over $2 billion.…

  • ‘Croods: A New Age’ Edges ‘Tenet’ 3-Day Opening With $9.7 Million Thanksgiving Start

    ‘Croods: A New Age’ Edges ‘Tenet’ 3-Day Opening With $9.7 Million Thanksgiving Start

    While the pandemic is continuing to sap the box office of its strength, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s “The Croods: A New Age” is showing opening weekend numbers similar to what “Tenet” showed nearly three months ago, earning a three-day opening weekend of $9.7 million and an extended 5-day Thanksgiving opening of $14.2 million from 2,211 screens.By comparison,…

  • ‘Soul,’ ‘Monster Hunter’ Set December Release Dates in China Cinemas

    ‘Soul,’ ‘Monster Hunter’ Set December Release Dates in China Cinemas

    Pixar’s “Soul” and video game adaptation “Monster Hunter” are set to hit the big screen in China in December.The hotly anticipated “Soul” may have decided to skip cinemas in the Covid-19-ravaged U.S. for Disney Plus, but it will screen in Chinese theaters from Christmas Day, Dec. 25. Disney currently has no plans to launch its…

  • ‘Wolfwalkers’ Trailer: Is The ‘Secrets Of Kells’ Followup Another Animated Oscar Player?

    ‘Wolfwalkers’ Trailer: Is The ‘Secrets Of Kells’ Followup Another Animated Oscar Player?

    We’ve seen the Best Picture race slowly come into view thanks to a pandemic delayed deadline, but other categories are also coming into play. Best Animated Feature film already has a number of contenders that found audiences on PVOD with “Onward,” “Trolls World Tour” and “The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run” while “Over the…

  • ‘Tenet’ Continues U.K., Ireland Box Office Reign

    ‘Tenet’ Continues U.K., Ireland Box Office Reign

    Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” ruled the U.K. and Ireland box office for the fifth consecutive weekend, collecting £648,517 from 569 locations, according to final figures from Comscore.The Warner Bros. release has a running total of £14,995,041 from the territory.Shear Entertainment’s young adult romance “After We Collided” continued its robust performance, declining a marginal 14% to record…

  • ‘After We Collided’ tops £2.5m as ‘Tenet’ retains UK-Ireland box office lead

    ‘After We Collided’ tops £2.5m as ‘Tenet’ retains UK-Ireland box office lead

    New releases included ‘Miss Juneteenth’ and ’23 Walks’.RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Sep 25-27)Total gross to date Week 1 Tenet (Warner Bros) £623,000 £15.0m 5 2 After We Collided (Shear Entertainment) £514,020 £2.56m 4 3 Bill And Ted Face The Music (Warner Bros) £212,000 £830,000 2 4 Onward (Disney) £126,355 £7.3m 16 5 The New Mutants (Disney)…

  • ‘Tenet’ Drops But Stays Atop U.K., Ireland Box-Office

    ‘Tenet’ Drops But Stays Atop U.K., Ireland Box-Office

    Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” suffered a precipitous 60% decline, but stayed on top of the U.K. and Ireland box-office in its second week.The Warner Bros. release collected £2,151,490 from 613 locations and has now amassed £10,006,540 in the territory, according to final numbers released by Comscore.Disney’s “X-Men” universe film “The New Mutants” collected £686,407 from 538…