... of box office grosses.
And cartoons, we're delighted to say, are still doing nicely:
... No. 2 overall on the weekend, Disney Animation's Tangled, claimed top spots in five territories (Denmark, Norway, South Africa, Spain and Sweden), generating $12.1 million overall on the weekend from 5,210 screens and pushing its foreign gross total to $328 million from 52 territories. Worldwide, the gross take stands at $522.1 million. ...
But of course, The Long-Haired Girl will still have to take in $3.2 jillion to reach break-even, even if she has outgrossed Wall-E ...
Elsewhere in the animated marketplace:
... No. 1 in Australia was Gnomeo & Juliet, which generated $2 million in its market opener via Disney. In the U.K., the computer-animated comedy adventure nabbed an estimated $5 million in its second weekend ... Yogi Bear played $4,300 screens in 44 markets, and pushed its overseas cume to $76 million. ...
That's the totals as of now. As of a week ago (2/13/2011), animated titles in key markets looked like this:
U.K - Ireland: 1) Gnomeo and Juliet -- $4,724,786 (same as total)
3) Tangled -- $3,158,513 -- (total) $21,548,418
5) Yogi Bear -- $2,919,990 -- (same as total)
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Germany: 6) Tangled -- (total) $40,998,100
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Spain: 1) Tangled -- $4,514,814 -- (total) $10,807,081
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Hong Kong: 4) Tangled -- (total) $1,612,910
Some dandy grosses all around, wouldn't you say?
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Can't WAIT for the Tangled Blu-Ray!!
Sorry, but in SPAIN is:
"in Spain where the weekend provided $3.2 million from 612 venues for a market cume over three rounds of $14.2 million"
Yahoo! And, we're celebrating what?
Princess and the Frog disappoints and theres a massive layoff. Tangled is a huge success and there's a massive layoff.
And the numbers go on and on...
True, Floyd. It doesn't matter what Tangled makes or if it's perceived to be a hit unless Disney hires more artists and makes more films.
Yeah, I'm sure a few lucky artists will now chime and say how Disney is moving forward, but the smell in the breeze is that Disney is still holding back and not aggressively persuing a full slate of animated films.
One would like to think the that disappointing numbers for I Am Number Four would tell Disney something. Its future lies in animation, and with all of the competition out there, Disney had better step up its act. Its reliance on Pixar is foolish. What happens if one of Pixar's movies seriously stumble? (Hey, it could happen). Disney needs BOTH animation departments to stay ahead of the game IMO. Especially since Iger is so hung up on platforms and franchises. The relative success of Tangled has at least added a new character to the merchandising and theme parks. (Although that has a down side; imagine any of the characters of Gnomeo and Juliet running around in the Magic Kindom. Shudder...)
One would like to think the that disappointing numbers for I Am Number Four would tell Disney something. Its future lies in animation
Ummm, you do realize that Disney has been doing live-action films for over 50 years, and has produced many, many more live action films than they have animated films during that time? No, I didn't think so.
Good, Tangled duplicated its budget
And you guys though that would never happen.
So did tangled break even?
Yes it did.
Its officialy Disney´s first animated blockbuster hit.
Sorry,
I meant Disney´s first animated blockbuster hit in years.
but the smell in the breeze is that Disney is still holding back and not aggressively persuing a full slate of animated films.
A) Says who? You?
B) The layoffs werent as severe and crushing as people hypothesize. People talk as if they laid off 80% of the staff and Disney is empty.
if you want crushing lay-offs watch Imageworks in the weeks ahead. They are set to drop 400 or more of their team when their slate runs dry. Ditto ILM when "Rango" wraps its last slew of finals.
Lots of good talent floating around out there.
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