SuchSense t1_iy7ifpk wrote
Interestingly Disney Animation seems to have had the most difficulty in reaching prepandemic grosses. It's an especially bad look when DreamWorks (The Croods, The Bad Guys and probably Puss in Boots) and Illumination (Minions) are doing just fine.
FTNatsu-Dragneel t1_iy8rtnx wrote
Cause we can just wait for it to go on Disney+
Out of all the animated studios, Disney’s are probably the ones people have the most access too (especially families with kids) so they can just wait a month and it will be on Disney+ rather than spend the extra money to see it in theaters and risk getting sick
ptwonline t1_iya7z5w wrote
This is probably a big factor when there is not much "Can't wait to see it!" factor like for Black Panther.
WeightFast574 t1_iycr8a4 wrote
I have an 11 year old and an 8 year old, and I gave them the option last week and they didn't even know what Strange Planet was. It was an emphatic vote for Black Panther.
The_h0bb1t OP t1_iy7jhyt wrote
I honestly hadn't heard of Strange World until the recent headlines. I haven't even seen a trailer, which is the opposite of most DreamWorks films, which I hear about so far in advance that I forget they exist when they release.
MulciberTenebras t1_iy7wbvj wrote
Odds are Chapek decided to cut costs by not spending on any advertising for the film (rather than bloat the budget even more for this when it bombed). On top of that it's been speculated that the inclusion of a gay main character gave Chapek even more cause to want to bury the film (so as not to add more ammo to the anti-LGBT conservatives already mad at him after the Disney employees forced the company to speak out against the Florida bill).
TheMadLurker17 t1_iy9bz04 wrote
For awhile, I regularly saw trailers for this, then all of a sudden nothing. Cutting back on trailers as you near a films release date speaks volumes.
Jefferystar94 t1_iy87f5v wrote
The miniscule advertising for this one didn't really help matters, but I'd say the general audience has gotten too used to their stuff popping up on Disney+ and are content to wait.
Raya got a dual release, Encanto was on it a month after it hit theaters, Pixar had 3 movies premiere on it, and I wouldn't be surprised now if SW was fast tracked for the platform
JugendWolf t1_iyd0dqx wrote
Disney has already announced that Strange World would be streaming by Christmas before the movie opened in theaters.
Jefferystar94 t1_iyd22si wrote
Would certainly be news to me! Afaik it was going to hit D+ in France around it's theatrical release (because it won't be screened there due to the country's strict rule on release windows), but I have seen nothing yet to show it's happening elsewhere.
JugendWolf t1_iyd4it6 wrote
I remember reading somewhere that it would ony have a 30-days-long theatrical window, but now googling for the information, I can't find it, so maybe they didn't announce it.
It will definitely happen though with these numbers.
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