Tag: The Good Dinosaur
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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”…
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‘Elemental’ Director on His Emotional Inspiration & Why There’s No Villain
Disney’s newest Pixar film, Elemental, is an original concept co-written and directed by Peter Sohn (The Good Dinosaur). The story centers on two young adults, Ember Lumen (Leah Lewis) and Wade Ripple (Mamoudou Athie), who at first glance seem an odd pair, but their differences allow them to open up to new perspectives as they…
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‘Elemental’ Director Peter Sohn’s Pixar Rise Has Been Decades in the Making
With Elemental, director Peter Sohn joins a still rarified community of filmmakers who’ve managed to direct multiple films at Pixar Animation Studios. Though the numbers in this group have expanded in recent years, there’s still been plenty of people (ranging from Mark Andrews to Brian Fee to Brad Lewis) that have only had one director…
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‘Onward’ Leads Box Office With Ho-Hum $40 Million
Disney and Pixar’s “Onward” debuted this weekend to $40 million, enough to lead box office charts but still a somewhat disappointing start given the studio’s sterling track record when it comes to animated fare. Internationally, the film brought in $28 million for a global tally of $68 million.“Onward,” a fantastical adventure about two teenage elf…
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‘Onward’ on Track to Earn $40 Million Box Office Opening
Disney/Pixar’s “Onward” is heading for a $40 million opening weekend after making an estimated $12.1 million on Friday from 4,310 screens. While that hits the lower end of $40-45 million pre-release projections set by Disney and independent trackers, that result would still stand as one of the lowest opening weekends ever for a Pixar release.Only…