Comedy Freaky Friday 2: Freakier Friday

[psylockolussus]

This giving so much 2000s energy.

 

[donuts]

Looks made for TV/streaming.

Yeah, feels very Disney+. I actually forgot how well the 2003 version made at the box office, over 100M domestically.

Well, the first movie was shot by Oliver Wood (Face/Off), and on film. It wasn't a showcase in cinematography, but was "solidly" cinematic.

And I'm not trying to turn this into a simplistic " past cinematography and film" were better than modern and digital...

but this is the kind of movie that usually ends up looking "streamy" today. The trend for female skewing comedies seems to be to look as much as Instagram as possible.

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

Yeah, feels very Disney+. I actually forgot how well the 2003 version made at the box office, over 100M domestically.

I'm surprised this isn't a straight to Disney+ film, but I guess Disney is hoping to capture nostalgic viewers on a wider scale.

 

[DarkKnight88]

I'm surprised this isn't a straight to Disney+ film, but I guess Disney is hoping to capture nostalgic viewers on a wider scale.

Yes, I think they regretted going Disney+ with Hocus Pocus 2 when they saw how much that could’ve translated in box office.

 

[Drizzle]

I'm surprised this isn't a straight to Disney+ film, but I guess Disney is hoping to capture nostalgic viewers on a wider scale.

Yes, I think they regretted going Disney+ with Hocus Pocus 2 when they saw how much that could’ve translated in box office.

If this was 2-3 years ago this 100% would have gone straight to Disney+ but with the amount of subscribers they've lost since then, they at least stand a chance at the box office with this one.

 

[Lily Adler]

Yes, I think they regretted going Disney+ with Hocus Pocus 2 when they saw how much that could’ve translated in box office.

I get what they were going for in that film, but not sure it worked. I did feel like the new kids weren't as memorable as the OG cast.

 

[Drizzle]

It wasn't just Hocus Pocus 2. Disenchanted and Chip N' Dale probably would have done decently at the box office too but they were hyper-focused on streaming at the time, and that's without even mentioning the way they did Pixar dirty with Soul, Luca and Turning Red.

Freakier Friday 100% looks like a movie that they'd drop on Disney+ but circumstances have changed now.

 

[donuts]

Soul on Disney+ was heartbreaking.

 

[Drizzle]

Soul on Disney+ was heartbreaking.

It got worse with each one. Soul was at least released during pandemic time when theaters were mostly still closed but there was less reason for Luca to go direct to streaming since it was coming out right when theaters were getting back to normal and absolutely no reason for Turning Red not to be released in theaters.

 

[Lily Adler]

It wasn't just Hocus Pocus 2. Disenchanted and Chip N' Dale probably would have done decently at the box office too but they were hyper-focused on streaming at the time, and that's without even mentioning the way they did Pixar dirty with Soul, Luca and Turning Red.

Freakier Friday 100% looks like a movie that they'd drop on Disney+ but circumstances have changed now.

Remember the pandemic really hurt Onward and that actually had some decent hype as it was riding off of The Avengers high with Holland and Pratt.

 

[Drizzle]

Remember the pandemic really hurt Onward and that actually had some decent hype as it was riding off of The Avengers high with Holland and Pratt.

That was the last movie I saw in theaters before they got shut down. Can't believe it's just over five years ago now. It was also the end of my Pixar theatrical streak going back to the first Toy Story.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Lily Adler]

They upped the ante, but I could have sworn the swap was caused by a fortune cookie last time.

 

[Dave McFly]

^it was

 

[Lily Adler]

^it was

Maybe they went with a cootie catcher or: