Another Pixar sequel... Finding Dory

[Logan0327]

Finding Dory’ Starts Box Office Run With Pixar Record $9.2M

In what is expected to be the second-biggest opening weekend this summer, Disney and Pixar’s Finding Dory started its climb last night grossing $9.2 million, a record total for a Pixar title. How this stacks up to previous Disney preview nights: Toy Story 3 drew $4M from Friday midnight shows before clocking the best Pixar debut of all time with $110.3M, followed by last June’s Inside Out which minted $3.7M on its Thursday night prior to a $90.4M opening. Finding Dory will be the widest Pixar release of all time, playing at 4,305 venues today. Its 3-day take expected to be at $100M-plus.

http://deadline.com/2016/06/finding...telligence-captain-america-totals-1201774498/

 

[terry78]

And here comes summer box office juggernaut #2.

 

[The Big G]

having just discovered that this movie is set in the town where my grandparents lived when i was a kid....i feel obligated to go see it now

 

[Doctor Jones]

Well Finding Nemo has reviewed fantastically. So I think it is a bit weird to say this was clearly a bad idea.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/finding_dory/

It was too late for Toy Story 3 as well.

Well, ****, I'm glad that I seemed to have been wrong about this.

Still, how does this compare to the first one though? Is it actually better or as good?

 

[SomeOldGuy]

Finding Dory’ Starts Box Office Run With Pixar Record $9.2M

http://deadline.com/2016/06/finding...telligence-captain-america-totals-1201774498/

Updated now. Projecting a $50-52 million Friday including previews and $130 million OW. Both would be new records for an animated film.

 

[samsnee]

It was fine. But I admit that like how people complain Marvel's movies feel formulaic after a while, so do Pixar's. The emotional beats are there, but there's always the protagonist who has to team up with one or two odd characters and go on a journey to find someone/thing. All hope seems lost right before the third act and then everything just turns around.

 

[terry78]

I think what makes Pixar's different is that you get serious emotion coming from cartoons that rival live action movies. It gets very heady at times.

 

[Quasimod0]

I'd say that most of Pixars films are better at conveying and eliciting real human emotion than 80% of live action movies.

 

[terry78]

Basically they don't dumb down what's happening. They have the occasional fart joke or whatever but they're few and far between.

 

[StormC]

Pixar specializes in movies with adult themes that communicate them in a way that's kid-friendly. My favorite Pixar movie is Up for that reason; I'd argue an adult would get more out of that movie than a kid.

All hope seems lost right before the third act and then everything just turns around.

That's... every movie ever, though.

 

[Mysteryman]

I Loved Up.

 

[Quasimod0]

; I'd argue an adult would get more out of that movie than a kid.

The same goes for a most of the Pixar films. A lot of the themes are specifically for the parents and older viewers. Finding Nemo dealt with fatherhood and learning to let your children go. Incredibles was about an older guy wanting to revisit his glory days.Toy Story 3 was about growing up. Inside Out: pretty much everything.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Pixar and now Disney's animation studio have come to that happy medium, where kids get to have their adorable characters and have fun, while adult get to be entertained by the mature nature of the films. And both the kids and adults get the emotional roller coaster, though on different levels.

 

[mclay18]

Yaaaaaaas go get 'em. Remember a few years ago when Disney was majorly sucking? I don't know who they changed in management but ever since the princess and the frog they seem to be the only studio that knows what they're doing

Disney poached CEO Alan Horn after he was forced out from Warner Brothers in 2012. He and Jeff Robinov were responsible for WB's incredible run from 2001 to 2013.

Now he's working his magic at the Mouse House. He seems to be using the same kind of dates he and Robinov helped make popular... both the LOTR and Hobbit were popular December films, and now Star Wars has inherited that mantle for the next two years. And WB helped spearhead March as a big blockbuster month, back with 300 in 2007, which Disney piggybacked for their live-action fantasy fare (Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, and Beauty and the Beast).

 

[Supernova]

Seeing it tommorow morning

 

[Logan0327]

Dory’s Whale-Size Opening: All-Time Record Debut For Animated Pic Now Higher At $140M+

The summer box office has officially been stirred from its slumber. Disney-Pixar’s Finding Dory is set to rank as the highest opening ever for an animated film with an estimated $140.6M stateside — even higher from what we were seeing yesterday. That easily kicks aside the $121.6M record that DreamWorks’ Shrek the Third has held for the last nine years. Today’s industry projections show a $55M-plus day for Dory, making it the highest single day ever for a feature toon, beating both the opening day of Minions ($46M) and Shrek the Third‘s Saturday ($47M).

http://deadline.com/2016/06/finding...telligence-captain-america-totals-1201774498/

 

[TheVileOne]

http://411mania.com/movies/finding-dory-grosses-54-million-for-opening-day/

Pixar slump is officially over.

 

[Quasimod0]

Nice!!

 

[Drizzle]

http://411mania.com/movies/finding-dory-grosses-54-million-for-opening-day/

Pixar slump is officially over.

One disappointing turnout isn't a slump. Inside Out was a pretty big success.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The last Pixar movie to do under 500m outside of The Good Dinosaur was the first Cars.

 

[Lily Adler]

We musn't speak of such things, Darth.

 

[Supernova]

Movie was fantastic. Did not expect the heavy sadness in dorys story and flashbacks. Somehow it felt better then the first

 

[terry78]

Yeah, this one will hit you hard, especially if you have family members with like Alzheimer's or something. That is pretty much what they're implying with the short term memory loss thing. My grandfather had that **** and it was almost a little too close to home.


Also Piper is the cutest ****ing short I've ever seen. Damn thing gave me cavities.

 

[NotSoLongAgo]

Also Piper is the cutest ****ing short I've ever seen. Damn thing gave me cavities.

The animation on piper was so gorgeous. I was blown away.

 

[terry78]

Yeah, they said it took longer to make because they didn't go for cartoony designs and went with semi photorealism.