Animation Pixar's Elio (June 20, 2025)

[CB Fan]

I just got out, really enjoyed it, and hope it has legs…

 

[:eek:]

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.

They also have a movie called Hoppers coming next year

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Filmfreak]

Elemental had spectacular legs though. It overall made like ten times its worldwide opening weekend.

 

[donuts]

It's not just the movies, it's not just the marketing .

Audiences are getting worse, too.

If this was a sequel or reboot and looked iffy to people, it still would have stood more of a chance at the BO.

People complaining about no original movies being made just need to shut the hell up.

 

[zeptron]

What probably also didn't help is this coming out in a rather crowded summer. Especially the week after a movie made by one of Disney's biggest competitors. This probably would have been better off being released in March or April.

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

Elemental had spectacular legs though. It overall made like ten times its worldwide opening weekend.

And did Elemental have similar competition out? This movie has not just How to Train Your Dragon to compete with, but another Disney film with Lilo & Stitch.

I know Lilo & Stitch is probably winding down its theatrical run, I guess, but still, saying it out loud, I'm surprised that Disney released both films so close together.

 

[Lily Adler]

And did Elemental have similar competition out? This movie has not just How to Train Your Dragon to compete with, but another Disney film with Lilo & Stitch.

I know Lilo & Stitch is probably winding down its theatrical run, I guess, but still, saying it out loud, I'm surprised that Disney released both films so close together.

The blue koala was originally meant to be a streaming release, but you know Disney. **** Pixar.

 

[DarkKnight88]

There’s also the issue that animated sci-fi (except for Wall-E and ironically Lilo and Stitch) seem to always fail at the box office.

See also Disney’s Strange World and Pixar’s own Lightyear from two years back.

 

[:eek:]

And did Elemental have similar competition out? This movie has not just How to Train Your Dragon to compete with, but another Disney film with Lilo & Stitch.

I know Lilo & Stitch is probably winding down its theatrical run, I guess, but still, saying it out loud, I'm surprised that Disney released both films so close together.

Disney did release The Little Mermaid and Elemental close together in 2023. They certainly haven't treated Pixar's original movies very good in recent years.

 

[Lily Adler]

Disney did release The Little Mermaid and Elemental close together in 2023. They certainly haven't treated Pixar's original movies very good in recent years.

I think we saw this with how Luca and Turning Red were shoved off to streaming.

 

[OrbOfConfusion]

Disney did release The Little Mermaid and Elemental close together in 2023. They certainly haven't treated Pixar's original movies very good in recent years.

Ah, true, you're right. Then, I could not have predicted the insane legs that Elemental would end up having.

 

[CB Fan]

Summer 2023 was packed. The distance between TLM and Elemental was fine initially it was like three weeks. The problem came when Sony moved Spiderverse from October 2022 to one week after TLM, then you had a similar situation to now where two franchise family movies were taking up the audience before the original Pixar movie came out. Maybe they need to change when they release original Pixar films take them from summer releases to spring or fall idk.

 

[Drizzle]

Summer 2023 was packed. The distance between TLM and Elemental was fine initially it was like three weeks. The problem came when Sony moved Spiderverse from October 2022 to one week after TLM, then you had a similar situation to now where two franchise family movies were taking up the audience before the original Pixar movie came out. Maybe they need to change when they release original Pixar films take them from summer releases to spring or fall idk.

Elemental didn't have an ideal release date but it ended up lucking out by being more palatable to smaller kids than the 2 hour and 20 minute long Across the Spider-Verse. I do agree that Disney/Pixar needs to be more strategic as to when they release their original movies so they don't get buried. Sequels like Inside Out 2 and Toy Story 4, 5, etc. are of course fine as summer releases since those are guaranteed hits.

Looking at the release schedule for this year, Disney totally could and should have released Elio in late Feb/early March. There's no guarantee it would have been a hit or anything but at the very least it would have gotten more attention. There would have been no competition really until Snow White, and to a greater extent, Minecraft. It was originally supposed to come out in March 2024 anyway so it wasn't intended to be a summer release anyway.

 

[blueharvest]

 

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‘Elio’ Misfire Could Hasten Demise Of Original Animation, Wall Street Analyst Says, But “Don’t Blame Film Execs, Blame The Audience”

The poor start for Disney/Pixar's 'Elio' at the box office could lead movie studios to shun original animated films, one Wall Street analyst believes.

deadline.com

 

[donuts]

Screw Wall Street analysts. And audiences . Hollywood, lock in! Manipulate audiences into liking original stuff again lol

 

[psylockolussus]

This movie just didn't look appealing. Even before, when it wasn't delayed yet to 2025, it looked like a hard sell. If people want to see something in cinemas, they would watch it regardless of the competition. This just opened way too low.

The problem with Pixar these past several years, is their new ips just simply lacking in spark. So now, they are kinda forced to make sequels again and again since those are the money makers for them.

 

[Filmfan93]

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..

Yep, it's 100% bad marketing.

I follow everything film-wise, almost everywhere on social media.

Yet I had no idea this film existed until last week.

 

[Drizzle]

Yep, it's 100% bad marketing.

I follow everything film-wise, almost everywhere on social media.

Yet I had no idea this film existed until last week.

I was aware of it but it got lost in the shuffle after its original release date was pushed back and now I'm in over my head with stuff I have to catch up with that I'll more than likely just wait to see this on Disney+.

 

[Lily Adler]

UP2 incoming.

 

[Drizzle]

I'm surprised that they've never attempted A Bug's Life 2. In any case that makes more sense than a sequel to Coco.

 

[zeptron]

I'm surprised that they've never attempted A Bug's Life 2. In any case that makes more sense than a sequel to Coco.

Yeah if there's any Pixar movie that hasn't had a sequel yet, it should be A Bug's Life. I still can't believe that hasn't had a sequel, yet Cars got two.

Though if it does get one, several characters would have to be recast since their VAs have passed away.

 

[psylockolussus]

A Bug's Life AwaIIts would be interesting!

 

[CB Fan]

Gotta do what they gotta do.