The live action remakes arent so much "running out of ideas" as they are "easy money" because for every guy/girl whining online about it theres a family seeing it.
running out of ideas/laziness syndrome has been afflicting Hollywood for decades
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Maleficent 2 comes out the end of this year. Jungle Book while not in production yet is suppose to get a sequel with Favrou returning and there are reports when Will Smith signed on to play Genie he was told that if the movie does well Genie will get his own Prequel movie about how he ended up in the lamp. Sword in the stone Is also heavily rumored to be getting made after Mulan.
Dumbo opens to mixed reviews. 51% on Rotten Tomatoes. Might not be a bust, but probably not a hit either.
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News is that it will do about $50 million this weekend. So good but not great.
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Didnt like ORIGINAL Dumbo so maybe this movie wasnt made for me but the trailers do nothing for me. But to people who like complaining about Diseny remakes. From reviews this is more in the vain of Jungle book In being it's own thing . Rather then a shot for shot remake like Beauty and the Beast was. They got rid of most the animals and none of them talk apparently. All I remember about the original was the racist Crows. Lol I got AmCs A list thing so I gotta see 3 movies this week to get my money's worth so I'll probaky watch it since my fiance wants to see it. But I'm not expecting to like it was at all
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It's important to remember on this Dumbo opening weekend that Disney controls Rotten Tomatoes scores and pays reviewers to ensure their movies get good reviews.
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Saw Dumbo because Finace wanted to.... it was fine I enjoy it more then the cartoon but yea I'd suggest waiting for redbox unless your a huge Dinsey Or Dumbo fan.
According to Box Office Mojo, Dumbo won the weekend box office with $45 million. Considering the film cost $170 million to make, and will have a short stay at the number #1 spot with Shazam! on the way this weekend, it looks like the latest Disney live action offering might well be a flop.
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Here is what is weird. If you told people that Shazam may end up doing very well for what it is ($80-100 million is its budget) and advance tickets from Fandago has tracked a bit better than Aquaman. WB is expecting a $40-60 million opening for it. Shazam is quite a gamble for WB though. Its clearly playing up the action/comedy aspect and we will have to see what it does this opening weekend.
The weird factor is if you told folks last year that the big screen adaption of Dumbo could do worse than Shazam ...folks would have laughed. Its the same way that in 2018 people were told Bumblebee , Mary Poppins and more was gonna take on Aquaman at Christmas time. (With Aquaman winning that war)
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I dont know if I would have laughed but i woulda thought Dumbo would do better then it did. I never liked the cartoon and I dont know anyone who loves that movies but clearly they are out there if it's considered a classic. The movie wasnt bad at all either just wasnt great either. Dumbo was cute and the characters were fine. Keaton chewing up scenery is less entertaining then you would think though. Colin Farells southern twang was a bit tiresome at times aswell. But he was solid same as Devito, Eva green and the kids. But yea nothing about the movie was spectacular. Even dumbo who was cute turned into horrible cartoon CGI when it was time for someone to ride on his back