Animation Pixar's Elio (June 20, 2025)

[Lily Adler]

It was completely retooled ala The Good Dinosaur which explains why it went that high.

Watch that very first teaser from 2 years ago to see the different direction.

He's posing as the leader of Earth due to a mixup in the teaser. But the later trailers show its a weirdo trying to find his place.

 

[Drizzle]

You're not ready for Inside Out 3 or Toy Story 6?

Don't forget Cars 4.

 

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Early Reactions to Pixar's Latest Promise the Biggest Surprise of the Summer

It's also bringing back a Pixar favorite that hasn't been seen in nearly 25 years!

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[blueharvest]

Box Office Tracking & Forecasts: SUPERMAN Pre-Sales Strong, But Emphasize Complex Range of Potential; F1 ($56M+) Continues to Impress; FANTASTIC FOUR ($125M+) Rolls Along – Box Office Theory

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[:eek:]

Another nail in the coffin for original Pixar movies?

 

[DarkKnight88]

Luckily we have two more originals coming regardless.

Animated sci-fi never seems to take at the BO except Wall-E.

 

[Dave McFly]

I have always enjoyed the PIXAR films and it's been a while since I saw one on the big screen I think TS4 was the last one I am not 100% sure tho

 

[Lily Adler]

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Box Office Tracking & Forecasts: SUPERMAN Pre-Sales Strong, But Emphasize Complex Range of Potential; F1 ($56M+) Continues to Impress; FANTASTIC FOUR ($125M+) Rolls Along – Box Office Theory

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I rarely saw it getting advertised compared to Lilo & Stitch and Thunderbolts*.

 

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[CB Fan]

The box office predictions for this are sad. I said it in the Mufasa thread and I’ll say it here the amount of people online complaining about wanting more original films just isn’t adding up with the box office. I’ll be seeing it tomorrow.

 

[sueb1863]

It's up to 85% now.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[zeptron]

Lilo & Stitch and How To Train Your Dragon live action remakes are making bank. Meanwhile an original Pixar film looks like it may not do too well despite good reviews and positive word of mouth. If anyone still wonders why Hollywood keeps remaking older properties or making sequels, that's why.

 

[Fincher]

To me at least, the teaser made this look like one of the weaker Pixar efforts. The 2nd trailer was better, but maybe that had something to do with its poor tracking. But their original efforts haven't been doing so great for a while now, so if anything it's surprising they haven't leaned on sequels more.

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

I'd never heard of this film until this week.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Fincher]

Ouch.

 

[sueb1863]

Well, that's probably the last original movie we'll see from Disney or Pixar for a very long time.

 

[zeptron]

Well, that's probably the last original movie we'll see from Disney or Pixar for a very long time.

Well there's at least one more Pixar original film called Gatto which is scheduled to come out in 2027. After that, yeah Pixar will probably be releasing films such as Toy Story 6, Cars 4 and Inside Out 3.

 

[OnLeatherWings]

Where's the "jUsT MAkE gOoD MoVIeS aNd PeoPLE wIlL sHOw uP!!!!" crowd when films like this are also flopping hard?

Maybe it's just not that simple.

People whine that all we get is sequels, big IPs, remakes and spin-offs yet they routinely refuse to support anything original.

For ever Sinners (2025) there's about 15 more flops a year. And it's not because every film that flops is a bad film.

 

[Dave McFly]

just saw it with my niece way different film than what the teaser showed, oh they had a nice cameo by Kate Mulgrew as a narrator talking about the Voyager probe which is such a nice easter egg.

 

[Still Wynning]

Where's the "jUsT MAkE gOoD MoVIeS aNd PeoPLE wIlL sHOw uP!!!!" crowd when films like this are also flopping hard?

Maybe it's just not that simple.

People whine that all we get is sequels, big IPs, remakes and spin-offs yet they routinely refuse to support anything original.

For ever Sinners (2025) there's about 15 more flops a year. And it's not because every film that flops is a bad film.

I do think a lot of that probably has to do with the marketing, which, admittedly, didn’t really grab me and hasn’t really ever been one of Pixar’s strongest points. This will probably do gangbusters when it drops on Disney+, though, I imagine.

But, I agree. If the people complaining about original films not doing well at the box office want these things to do gangbusters, they need to show up.

just saw it with my niece way different film than what the teaser showed, oh they had a nice cameo by Kate Mulgrew as a narrator talking about the Voyager probe which is such a nice easter egg.

That’s the biggest problem. They market it to audiences in such a way they think it needs to be rather than being marketed as what the film actually is. If they had done that, the film probably would’ve done much, much better.

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

I'm expecting a Disney+ premiere date to be announced within the next few days.

 

[Drizzle]

Where's the "jUsT MAkE gOoD MoVIeS aNd PeoPLE wIlL sHOw uP!!!!" crowd when films like this are also flopping hard?

Maybe it's just not that simple.

People whine that all we get is sequels, big IPs, remakes and spin-offs yet they routinely refuse to support anything original.

For ever Sinners (2025) there's about 15 more flops a year. And it's not because every film that flops is a bad film.

I do think a lot of that probably has to do with the marketing, which, admittedly, didn’t really grab me and hasn’t really ever been one of Pixar’s strongest points. This will probably do gangbusters when it drops on Disney+, though, I imagine.

But, I agree. If the people complaining about original films not doing well at the box office want these things to do gangbusters, they need to show up.

That’s the biggest problem. They market it to audiences in such a way they think it needs to be rather than being marketed as what the film actually is. If they had done that, the film probably would’ve done much, much better.

I'd say this 100% was due to the marketing. This is a theatrical release from a major studio and I feel like most people haven't even heard of it. Sinners was being advertised all over the place. Elio felt like Disney was hiding it on purpose but the reality was probably they just didn't want to spend much money marketing it and went all in on Lilo and Stitch instead..