The common question echoing around Hollywood boardrooms this summer is “What went wrong?” as the box office numbers come in.
Well, let us at Last Movie Outpost break it down for you.
Nobody cares about female-led action movies. That includes superhero movies. The superhero train is stalling so any more than about two-per-season is overkill, and even then they need to be high quality, rather than the schedule fillers some were.
And Disney live-action remakes are viewed by audiences as largely unnecessary.
All of this comes at a time when the cinematic experience is simply too expensive for families, and pointless with a 45 day release window.
These are the facts of movie life right now Hollywood, but you seem too stupid to take this on board. You suits really should spend time down in the Disqus. Outposters are usually pretty much on the money.
Acting as if all of this is somehow a surprise, both Deadline and Variety are writing the obituary for Disney’s live-action Moana after a disastrous debut at the box office. Compared to the hopes the studio had for this, it is in worse than Supergirl territory.
If it hits $250 million worldwide, it will still lose Disney $125 million by the end of its run.
This is on top of savagely bad professional reviews, showing a gap vs. the audience score.
Moana pulled in just just $43 million domestically and a further $52 million overseas for a $95 million worldwide opening by the end of Sunday.
Last year, Snow White was a disaster for hitting largely the same numbers.
Elsewhere at the box office, Minions & Monsters held second. After a similarly poor opening, it managed to hold pretty steady at the box office and a global take has now risen to $280 million worldwide.
Toy Story 5 was third, adding another $18.7 million.
Evil Dead Burn ($13.7m) was fourth, and Young Washington ($6.4m) was fifth. This, of course, makes absolutely grim reading for DC Studios, as it means Supergirl has collapsed out of the top 5 after barely 2 weeks on release.
Unbelievably, it was down in 8th place. Just as unbelievably, Spielberg’s Disclosure Day was down in 9th.
This summer season is basically a bust for the big tentpoles. All eyes now turn to The Odyssey this Friday.
Good luck.
