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We're about to see how it does at the box office.

posted 8 years ago by QueenFanUSA
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So far, the reviews are favorable so the signs are good for a solid start. Hopefully, it avoids the shocking, box-office belly-flop of The Good Dinosaur from last Thanksgiving. I'm one of the few that loved The Good Dinosaur, btw.

There has been a very telling silence from the handful of posters that openly laughed at Trolls box-office prospects. I won't embarrass them by naming names but they know who they are. Anyway...Trolls still has an incredible head of steam going into this holiday and it will be interesting to see what happens on Wednesday when these two animated musicals collide and compete for holiday family dollars.

Moana's next mountain? Sing. Yes, another animated musical from the money-printing machine known as Illumination.

Buckle up, guys, it may be a wild ride!

[–] jklassa-50088 8 years ago

I think it will do fine

[–] Hold_the_door 8 years ago

Chill Queen. It’s going to make TONS OF MONEY.

[–] QueenFanUSA 8 years ago

Hold-the-door

I've anticipayed this film more than any other this year. I can't wait to see it!

[–] Zaphenzo 8 years ago

I don't know who all you're referring to with that, but from what I saw, myself included, people weren't doubting that Trolls would do well. Rather, we were doubting that it would be decent competition to Moana, which I still find rather laughable. Trolls did pretty well at 46.58 million domestic OW. However, this is still behind the previous three WDAS domestic OWs (Frozen's 67.39 mil, Big Hero 6's 56.22 mil, Zootopia's 75.06 mil). So, I still think it is rather ludicrous to think that Trolls will threaten Moana much or steal any business from it.

[–] QueenFanUSA 8 years ago

Zaphenzo...crow-eating time.

Trolls beat Moana by 100,000 yesterday.

[–] Zaphenzo 8 years ago

What are you on about? First, where are you getting your numbers? I haven't seen anywhere that has an update on Trolls's box office yesterday. Second, it would be Trolls's third Tuesday, not 4th. Third, you are comparing a Tuesday night preview (max of 2 showings for it at any theater, a lot of theaters not showing it at all, and the second showings being too late for a lot of people that have work the next day) to a full day. And finally, Moana's Tuesday night previews had RECORD BOX OFFICE earnings. Higher than Frozen and Big Hero 6's preview earnings COMBINED. So no, Trolls is not in any way a threat. Moana is doing perfectly fine.

There is no crow for me to eat. My words are being confirmed.

[–] troyplafond 8 years ago

Trolls did much better than I thought it would, but Moana is gonna do fabulous. I think it'll open somewhere between Frozen and Zootopia, and finish somewhere between the 2 as well (domestically). Trolls will be between 12 and 13 million this weekend as a best case, so it'll hardly dent Moana. And Sing doesn't come out for another month (from yesterday).

It'll easily evade the fate of The Good Dinosaur. The Good Dinosaur was in the awkward position of being a Pixar movie that was recieved as just ok, coming off the tail of the acclaimed Inside Out just a few months prior. It was promoted fairly minimally.

Most importantly, audiences just didn't like it that much. It only has a 6.8 on IMDB, and it barely made 2x its opening 5-day box office (2.22x to be exact). Of course, we can't know how much better Moana will be liked by audiences, but the early critic reviews are incredibly promising, and having Lin Manuel Miranda attached can only help.

[–] Zaphenzo 8 years ago

Yeah, I would say the opening will be very similar to Frozen, considering both open on a Wednesday (with Tuesday night screenings included).

I think the main problem with The Good Dinosaur was it was marketed absolutely horribly. I only knew about it because I saw a poster at the theater. I literally never saw a single preview. And when I checked to see if my wife and I could go, it was already out of theaters. I was shocked. I was like "wait, has that already been out that long?!" because, again, marketing was terrible and a lot of people didn't even know it had opened. I guess audiences didn't like it as much with an IMDb that low, but everyone I've talked to loved it.