Disney's Frozen - Part 3

[Hush]

So I bought the soundtrack the other day and I have to say that the "Reindeer are better than people" track is slowly becoming a close second to "Let It Go".

 

[X Knight]

ay!!

http://news.yahoo.com/frozen-gay-conspiracy-theory-094500946--politics.html

 

[Incarnadine]

A little overseas update.

China- Was at 293.5m as of the weekend and did another 500-600k each weekday through wednesday for roughly 295m. Frozen has 8 days left and needs about 11m more to reach 50m U.S. (using 1:6 is good for close estimates, but it's a tiny bit off as it actually takes 306m Yuan for 50m U.S.). Frozen will probably just fall short with a smidge over 49m.

South Korea is almost done now. It has 10.215m admissions ($76,319,732), but is still playing and might crawl as high as 10.5m admissions.

Sweden - Has been updated to include the March 7-9 weekend.

Frozen finally gave up the #1 spot in its 6th weekend dropping to #3 with $261,997 for a total of $8,718,697. It'll definitely pass Tangled's 9.1m, but not by a whole lot.


Turkey - all but done now, finishing #14 in it's 7th weekend (Feb. 28-March 2) with $25,706 and an impressive total of $5,421,229 for such a tiny market.

 

[X Knight]

has it opened in Japan yet??

 

[Incarnadine]

has it opened in Japan yet??

Friday. Just 2 more days.

Just in time to keep things interesting in the Frozen thread.t:

 

[X Knight]

Friday. Just 2 more days.

Just in time to keep things interesting in the Frozen thread.t:

ah, thanks.

it's amazing Japan is just getting it now when it's ready to come out on DVD here in the US........

 

[Raiden]

ah, thanks.

it's amazing Japan is just getting it now when it's ready to come out on DVD here in the US........

I wonder why Disney would release Frozen so late in Japan; do they think it will make more money with this strategy?

 

[X Knight]

it does seem odd.

is it to combat piracy??

maybe their polling data shows there's less interest in Japan?

 

[Incarnadine]

I wonder why Disney would release Frozen so late in Japan; do they think it will make more money with this strategy?

Japan is often the last market released for many movies. 12 Years a Slave and The Hobbit: DOS only just opened in Japan (3.4M OW) in the last few weeks. For some reason, DVD releases in other countries and piracy don't seem to affect the Japanese market.
Japan is also a really leggy market, good movies often make 10x or more what they make on opening weekend. Opening weekends are also not huge compared to most countries, 5m is a really good opening, 7m is a great opening and 10m is fantastic, maybe 1 or 2 movies a year can get a 10m OW in Japan, but if I recall, this year no movie managed a 10m OW.

I think Frozen opens over 5m, although I'm hoping it can be one of those rare 10+m opening weekends.t:

 

[DACrowe]

ay!!

http://news.yahoo.com/frozen-gay-conspiracy-theory-094500946--politics.html

Ha. I knew that the movie was open to a pro-LGBT reading (which is a great thing), though it is broad enough that I would call it more a humanist message of "To thine own self be true," (oh wait Shakespeare was pro-gay! ). If the LGBT community wants to consider Elsa gay, the movie is entirely open to that interpretation and it is great that you can see it either way. But the broader point is to not let social norms constrict who you are.

...With that said, I did not realize the super religious right was so caught up in this. I read that Momron blog and had a good laugh. She tore down everything wonderful about that message to being only "liberal media" and being pro-gay marriage, and turned everything about the concept of accepting one's own identity as a terrible thing. Essentially not only was it a narrow (and skewed) reading of the movie, but it was a 2,000 word diatribe about why group think, mob mentality, and people living in the closet (of gay or otherwise) is the natural order of things, er, excuse, me a "moral absolute."

Wow. I did not know that backlash existed. The internet has some truly stupid people enjoying loud microphones.

 

[X Knight]

Ha. I knew that the movie was open to a pro-LGBT reading (which is a great thing), though it is broad enough that I would call it more a humanist message of "To thine own self be true," (oh wait Shakespeare was pro-gay! ). If the LGBT community wants to consider Elsa gay, the movie is entirely open to that interpretation and it is great that you can see it either way. But the broader point is to not let social norms constrict who you are.

...With that said, I did not realize the super religious right was so caught up in this. I read that Momron blog and had a good laugh. She tore down everything wonderful about that message to being only "liberal media" and being pro-gay marriage, and turned everything about the concept of accepting one's own identity as a terrible thing. Essentially not only was it a narrow (and skewed) reading of the movie, but it was a 2,000 word diatribe about why group think, mob mentality, and people living in the closet (of gay or otherwise) is the natural order of things, er, excuse, me a "moral absolute."

Wow. I did not know that backlash existed. The internet has some truly stupid people enjoying loud microphones.

and yet that lady saw it 3 times.........

and I agree with you about the broader theme of the movie and Elsa.

can she be a metaphor for sexuality??

sure.

but she can be a metaphor for a lot of other things.

and that's what makes the character so great and relatable.

 

[X Knight]

Japan is often the last market released for many movies. 12 Years a Slave and The Hobbit: DOS only just opened in Japan (3.4M OW) in the last few weeks. For some reason, DVD releases in other countries and piracy don't seem to affect the Japanese market.
Japan is also a really leggy market, good movies often make 10x or more what they make on opening weekend. Opening weekends are also not huge compared to most countries, 5m is a really good opening, 7m is a great opening and 10m is fantastic, maybe 1 or 2 movies a year can get a 10m OW in Japan, but if I recall, this year no movie managed a 10m OW.

I think Frozen opens over 5m, although I'm hoping it can be one of those rare 10+m opening weekends.t:

interesting.

hope it does well in Japan.

 

[Snow Queen]

and yet that lady saw it 3 times.........

Well, she needed to see it a few times to be sure she's hating the right film here.

 

[X Knight]

Well, she needed to see it a few times to be sure she's hating the right film here.

research.............

 

[Snow Queen]

research.............

*walks out* "That was terrible! An abomination! Evil gays!" *walks to the front* "When's the next screening for Frozen?"

 

[X Knight]

*walks out* "That was terrible! An abomination! Evil gays!" *walks to the front* "When's the next screening for Frozen?"

extra thorough research...........

 

[Snow Queen]

extra thorough research...........

Well, of course, she wouldn't want to appear misinformed, would she?

 

[X Knight]

Well, of course, she wouldn't want to appear misinformed, would she?

nope. wouldn't want that.

 

[Incarnadine]

Well, she needed to see it a few times to be sure she's hating the right film here.

That brings to mind the scene from Howard Stern's Private Parts where they were discussing the listeners who hate his show...

Researcher: The average radio listener listens for eighteen minutes. The average Howard Stern fan listens for - are you ready for this? - an hour and twenty minutes.
Pig Vomit: How can that be?
Researcher: Answer most commonly given? "I want to see what he'll say next."
Pig Vomit: Okay, fine. But what about the people who hate Stern?
Researcher: Good point. The average Stern hater listens for two and a half hours a day.
Pig Vomit: But... if they hate him, why do they listen?
Researcher: Most common answer? "I want to see what he'll say next."

 

[X Knight]

lol

 

[sueb1863]

That article reminds me of the ones that were written decrying Harry Potter as Satanistic indoctrination manuals into witchcraft. It's just nonsense.

Apparently this woman never saw the X-Men movies, which are stuffed to the gills with characters like Elsa.

 

[Octoberist]

What are the chances that the people sprewing hate in that article are gay themselves? How many times have we seen this 'American Beauty' scenario? People who suppressed their hate only to project onto others.

 

[X Knight]

a contestant on American Idol is going to sing Let It Go!!!

 

[X Knight]

and it was.........meh.

again.......I feel this song really suffers when you chop it up, rearrange it, and shorten it.

it really needs the time to build up for the finale.

and that gets lost when you try to chop it up or rush it.

 

[sueb1863]

Yeah, she tried, but just didn't have the belt for it. It's not a song just anyone can properly sing.