Last summer, Disney and Pixar celebrated billionth reimbursements “Puzzles 2”, and now they have loses from Elio.
In the first weekend, the new cartoon collected only $ 21 million in the US and another $ 14 million around the world. With a budget of $ 150 million this is a disaster. Given marketing, to go to zero, Elio now has to collect at least $ 375 million.
For Pixar this is one of the worst starts in the history of the studio. Below in the ranking releases that immediately went to Striming – “Soul” and “I Bloush.” And this despite the fact that critics and viewers were delighted: the rating on rotten Tomatoes is 84%, Cinemascore is a difficult “A”, and the user account is no less than 91%. That is, everyone liked the cartoon … but nobody went to see him.
According to predictions, Elio had to compete at the cash register with the game remake “How to tame a dragon” and “28 years later”. Boxoffice Pro predicted self-confident $ 35-45 million alone in the United States. But instead of a self -assured start – a complete unfortunate. Against the background of the triumph “28 years later”, which easily took leadership at the cash register, the cartoon was simply lost.
And then a comparison starts with another start of failure – ‘elementary’. This cartoon in 2023 was opened for $ 29.6 million, but then started to get sharp strength. His reimbursements continued to float for eight weeks in a row, and on the 12th week at the checkout he suddenly grew 366% in one weekend and ended with almost $ 500 million around the world. All this despite the fact that the beginning was even worse than that of Elio.
Now Disney hopes to repeat the same thing. Because it was “elementary” to keep cinemas for three months and pay at the last minute, “Elio” may be able to play positions. But he has very little time: for the summer season of Blockbusters, where Superman, Fantastic Four will come out and a dozen more high premières. And if Elio fails to earn money at least until the end of August, there is no chance to get out.
Elio -numbers:
- Budget: $ 150 million
- Costs for the first weekend: $ 35 million (all over the world)
- Rotten tomatoes: 84%
- Popcornmeter (viewers): 91%
- Cinemascore: “A”
Source: Popcorn News
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