Disney's Frozen - Part 3

[Snow Queen]

I put together a custom set of my own for Frozen the other day since I didn't like the official cover and thought it was really skimpy on the bonus features. I burned an extra DVD of bonus features I found on Youtube (Animation featurette, voice acting featurette, soundtrack featurette, the multi-language Let It Go, Love Is An Open Door Live, hour and a half interview with Jennifer Lee and a B-roll), put it into a three disk white case and printed off a custom cover and slipcover. I'll probably redo the covers one day when I have more photo paper, since I don't have the steadiest hand when it comes to cutting.

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[X Knight]

^^ Nice!!!

 

[Incarnadine]

Japan numbers this week are insane, even counting the fact it's Spring Break this week.

This Monday was +46% higher than the first Monday, Tuesday was +47% higher and Today is about +66% higher.

109:
Last Wednesday 10,034 admissions
Today 18,204 admissions

Toho:
Last Wednesday 43,281 admissions
Today 83,765 admissions

In $ terms, last Mon-Wed was $5.3 million, this week is about $8.5 million.
Thursday should see similar increases, but Friday will be interesting since last Friday was a holiday and it was already boosted.

Japan is looking like about 13.5-14m for weekdays this week, enough that sometime on Friday Frozen will pass Toy Story 3 as the highest grossing animated movie of all time (TS3- $1,063,171,911)

 

[X Knight]

nice!!

 

[Incarnadine]

This is kind of interesting. Deadline has a Most Valuable Blockbuster of 2013 match up.
Top movies of 2013 ranked 1 through 16 with 1 vs. 16, 2 vs. 15 etc.

Not a lot of room for upsets, but Catching Fire (#5) did upset The Hobbit: DOS (#4) in round 2 because it was much cheaper to make and market.
For those same reasons, I expect Frozen (#2) to knock off IM3 (#1) in the final.
They will only be 70m apart WW , maybe even less if Japan can keep up the torrid pace it's setting with Frozen. Frozen cost 50m less than IM3 to make, and much less to market as well. This match up only counts boxoffice, but if you include Soundtrack, DVD/Blue Ray and merchandise sales it would even be remotely close.

http://www.deadline.com/2014/03/2013-most-valuable-blockbuster-7-monsters-university-vs-2-frozen/

 

[X Knight]

Hope Frozen wins!!

 

[Raiden]

Looks like Frozen still got plenty of fuel left even after it releases Blu ray and DVD.

 

[X Knight]

are there still Sing Alongs playing?

do you think Disney will release another round of Sing Alongs to the theaters to boost the BO past $400M?

 

[Kelly]

Yes, probably most of the theaters still showing it are showing the sing-a-long version.

 

[X Knight]

oh, ok.

 

[Kelly]

This is kind of interesting. Deadline has a Most Valuable Blockbuster of 2013 match up.
Top movies of 2013 ranked 1 through 16 with 1 vs. 16, 2 vs. 15 etc.

Not a lot of room for upsets, but Catching Fire (#5) did upset The Hobbit: DOS (#4) in round 2 because it was much cheaper to make and market.
For those same reasons, I expect Frozen (#2) to knock off IM3 (#1) in the final.
They will only be 70m apart WW , maybe even less if Japan can keep up the torrid pace it's setting with Frozen. Frozen cost 50m less than IM3 to make, and much less to market as well. This match up only counts boxoffice, but if you include Soundtrack, DVD/Blue Ray and merchandise sales it would even be remotely close.

http://www.deadline.com/2014/03/2013-most-valuable-blockbuster-7-monsters-university-vs-2-frozen/

Frozen got ousted by Despicable Me 2...

 

[Incarnadine]

Frozen got ousted by Despicable Me 2...

Nope. Frozen just beat out MU. The DM2 vs. Frozen isn't done yet, that's just a preview where they "predict" the winner, although they are predicting DM2 as a pick 'em.

"The Winner: This one’s not really close. Frozen bests Monsters University in a rout."

 

[SuperJediHero]

WOW Isn't this movie getting bit overrated? I know it's pretty good, and it's a kids movie, so no doubt it does very well at box office, and adults love it too, but not THAT good (By the definition of talking about this movie nonstop), at all.

I don't understand how some people can talk about this movie like it's one of the BEST movies of all time, across multi-genres.

Am I missing something about this movie?

 

[Snow Queen]

WOW Isn't this movie getting bit overrated? I know it's pretty good, and it's a kids movie, so no doubt it does very well at box office, and adults love it too, but not THAT good (By the definition of talking about this movie nonstop), at all.

I don't understand how some people can talk about this movie like it's one of the BEST movies of all time, across multi-genres.

Am I missing something about this movie?

Simple. Some people have a different opinion on it than you.

 

[Raiden]

WOW Isn't this movie getting bit overrated? I know it's pretty good, and it's a kids movie, so no doubt it does very well at box office, and adults love it too, but not THAT good (By the definition of talking about this movie nonstop), at all.

I don't understand how some people can talk about this movie like it's one of the BEST movies of all time, across multi-genres.

Am I missing something about this movie?

There's no consensus on how good a movie is, even if that movie grosses over a billion WW and garners 2 Oscars and a slew of other awards. Frozen isn't your cup of tea, but its success is a testimony that this movie has struck a cord in the heart of millions of moviegoers in the world.

 

[Incarnadine]

Another healthy increase in Japan today over last thursday. Today is still an estimate, but it's a late estimate so it should be really close.

Last week:

Mon 1.35m
Tue 1.46m
wed 2.50m
Thur 1.75m

Total: 7.06m

This week:

Mon 1.8m
Tue 2.1m
Wed 4.4m
Thu 2.4m (estimate)

Total: 10.7m (more than +50% over last week)

That also puts the total for Japan at 40.5m. By the end of the weekend it could be 53-54m already.
Next week is a wildcard, ticket prices go up 100 yen (about $1), the first increase in 20 years. That could boost the numbers or people could balk at the new prices until they get used to them.

 

[Incarnadine]

Complete numbers are out for Japan up to this point.

Adm Toho Adm Total Gross Day/Day tot 675.960 3.356.153 $40.602.599
fri 48.769 242.138 $ 2.929.387
sat 59.121 293.536 $ 3.551.196
sun 64.414 319.816 $ 3.869.128
mon 19.967 99.136 $ 1.199.349
tue 21.651 107.497 $ 1.300.501
wed 43.281 214.890 $ 2.599.741
thr 26.909 133.603 $ 1.616.331
fri 69.267 343.911 $ 4.160.631 42%
sat 67.663 335.947 $ 4.064.284 14%
sun 68.400 339.606 $ 4.108.553 6%
mon 28.363 140.822 $ 1.703.668 42%
tue 33.679 167.216 $ 2.022.982 56%
wed 83.675 415.446 $ 5.026.070 93%
thr 40.801 202.577 $ 2.450.776 52%

Looking at numbers to compare Frozen to in Japan so I can estimate what its total might end up around I did notice something when looking up Monsters University and Toy Story 3.
Both MU and TS3 ended up around double their total after their 4th weekend. That might give a rough idea for Frozen after next weekend.
MU - $46,982,545 after 4th weekend, $90,141,508 total

TS3- $62,557,777 after 4th weekend, $126,660,533 total


Frozen after its 3rd weekend is going to be around 53-54m.

 

[Raiden]

I hope Frozen will gross at least 100 mil in Japan.

 

[X Knight]

is it so totally crazy that I STILL have Let It Go playing in head??!!

 

[Kelly]

Nope. Frozen just beat out MU. The DM2 vs. Frozen isn't done yet, that's just a preview where they "predict" the winner, although they are predicting DM2 as a pick 'em.

"The Winner: This one’s not really close. Frozen bests Monsters University in a rout."

That thing is very confusing....I thought that at first, but then I was just.................confused. lol

 

[Leenie]

WOW Isn't this movie getting bit overrated? I know it's pretty good, and it's a kids movie, so no doubt it does very well at box office, and adults love it too, but not THAT good (By the definition of talking about this movie nonstop), at all.

I don't understand how some people can talk about this movie like it's one of the BEST movies of all time, across multi-genres.

Am I missing something about this movie?

For starters, opinions are subjective. Not ragging on you for not seeing what the big deal is about Frozen or anything; you totally have every right to just think it's "ok" or to dislike it.

There are several reasons as to why this movie has been so successful: Kids LOVE Olaf the snowman, Elsa is a character that many people can relate to, the songs are fantastic (like it or not, "Let it Go" is a music phenomenon), the animation is beautiful, and its message is about family and love.

I think this is the best Disney movie since The Lion King; it's the Disney movie that everyone has been waiting for, which is why I think it has been such a worldwide smash.

 

[sueb1863]

Let It Go is huge, but the rest of the score is just OK, and they crammed too many songs into the first half hour. Fixer Upper is downright awful, and sadly it's the last song in the movie.

Tangled's overall score was much better.

 

[Raiden]

Let It Go is huge, but the rest of the score is just OK, and they crammed too many songs into the first half hour. Fixer Upper is downright awful, and sadly it's the last song in the movie.

Tangled's overall score was much better.

I think every song in the soundtrack is terrific, not just Let It Go. For The First Time In Forever, Love Is An Open Door, and In Summer are also great and not inferior to the power anthem that is Let It Go. I've also grown to appreciate Fixer Upper a lot more because it is a pure Broadway kind of song, which the Lopezes are known for.

 

[X Knight]

I love all the songs in Frozen, except for the Reindeer song. since, really, that wasn't much of a song.......lol.

 

[Snow Queen]

I think every song in the soundtrack is terrific, not just Let It Go. For The First Time In Forever, Love Is An Open Door, and In Summer are also great and not inferior to the power anthem that is Let It Go. I've also grown to appreciate Fixer Upper a lot more because it is a pure Broadway kind of song, which the Lopezes are known for.

I agree. Fixer Upper and Frozen Heart are ones I don't really listen to apart from the film, unlike the other songs, but they work just fine in the film itself and aren't bad by any means, in my opinion.