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I don’t see why it’s a mystery. He’ll be handsomely paid and given virtually unlimited resources to construct a film that, by his own admission, is from a property that is personally meaningful to him. That you didn’t like it doesn’t take away from the fact that over a billion dollars worth of...

But we can look to indicators outside box office numbers to understand how to better read those numbers. First, the film has had a phenomenal hold from week to week. If it wasn’t being enjoyed by audiences, business would have fallen off a cliff after the first week (see “Dark Phoenix” as an...

Yeah, it's not reasonable to expect the holds that we'd see in years past (even going back just a few years) in an era when moviegoers are being conditioned to see a new release film as closely as possible to the moment that it opens. Throw in that once the opening weekend is over and now we're...

That’s what happens when releases are so incredibly frontloaded. The new normal.

I don’t think the majority of the film’s ticket buyers are approaching it this way. I believe that the great majority of those attending were doing so because they believed they would enjoy it. And given that the film has earned an “A” from CinemaScore, I believe that that audience did enjoy it.

My mistake, I thought it was a 2.40:1 feature.

That’s a poorly written article that seems to misunderstand how this works. All the theaters listed are ones that are laser equipped and can show 1.44:1. What they may mean is that parts of the film open that tall and only those theaters are capable of showing that ratio. Every single imax...

This is not a film, like Aladdin, that requires a massive advance ticket buy. In that NY Times article about the future of the movie business, the Russo Brothers (who direct Marvel films) discuss how the spoiler has become weaponized, and that box office for franchise openings can be driven by...

Bob Iger doesn’t own Disney. He’s an employee. It’s his job to run the company in a financially responsible way. That’s what he’s doing.

It’s not a given that any company, particularly a movie studio, will last. I think what Iger has accomplished is remarkable. In an era where major studios are disappearing - MGM exists in name only, I’m hoping against hope that Paramount can recover, etc - to keep a 100 year old studio not only...

Good points. Not to argue but just to throw out some random ideas I had: a) I never saw the Broadway show, and given the limited availability of Broadway tickets relative to the film's availability, I bet that's true of most people who saw the film b) It's probably the least known song in the...

I'd almost rather have that song cut than to hear anyone other than Jeremy Irons sing it.

Didn't it get added for the IMAX release in the early 2000s? I missed that one theatrically but I thought that was the impetus behind the "special edition" additions for both this and Beauty.

I sincerely hope that's not the case, but that does make sense as an explanation. Let's just say I am not a fan, and her involvement is one of those things that could really push me into "I have no interest in seeing this" territory. (It has nothing to do with her politics or publicly voiced...

Jake, maybe you'd know the answer to this. Has any announcement been made about the film's score? I gather that they're going to keep the Elton John/Tim Rice songs, but I wonder about the Hans Zimmer score. It's incredible work by Zimmer, and to me, it's as much a part of the movie as the...

But I mean, the same could be said for just about any studio. To give two generic examples... One,all of the studios (not just Disney) made a major push for 3D in the home circa 2010-2012, and when those efforts didn't yield the excesses of profit they wanted, they've started pulling the plug...

It's probably safer for the lion trainers this way :D But I had basically thought all of the same when this was announced. "Photorealistic" would be a more accurate description than "live action".