re: Lightyear flops earning only $51 million opening weekend

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People didn't go see this movie because marketing made it unclear who this was for,

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It’s a computer animated film entitled Lightyear. One of the most famous animated characters of all time.

It’s pretty damn clear that it’s intended for families. Particularly ones that have small boys. Until they start shoving their agenda in there.

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But I absolutely do not understand your premise that this should have been as massive a hit as any other Toy Story or Disney property like Frozen.

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It’s Pixar’s first theatrical release since before the pandemic. The studio that could previously do no wrong has been relegated to second tier streaming which have frankly been mediocre to sucked.

This was them getting back in the game with an offshoot of their biggest IP and frankly one of the most well known characters to parents of child bearing age and their kids.

Couple that with Father’s Day weekend on what should have been the ideal father son movie?



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Spinoffs usually don't do nearly what the originals do

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The irony here is it lost to a spin-off trilogy about dinosaurs where the original spinoff is one of the highest grossing films