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It was completely expected from the moment it was announced. No one cares about National geographic lions fighting over who gets to keep what land or some shit. Now let's just make sure Snow White goed equally as unnoticed
As much as I am super happy Inside Out 2 dethroned the king, it is still sad to see that 8 out of the 10 highest grossing animated films are all sequels, spin offs and remakes.
@@Gamerboss40YTIt's really not, you just pay too much attention to the big movies. Even big IP titles have been doing unique things, like Godzilla Minus One, Star Wars Andor, Spider-Verse, that sort of thing. Originality or the lack of it isn't the problem. The problem is studios being too scared to take a risk with unique stories (based on IP or not), and people who don't do anything but pay to see their childhood again. The Lion King remake wasn't astroturfed.
When I started to see Inside Out 2 making bank, two things came to my mind: 1) Good for Disney, and I hope those who saw it enjoyed it (which it seems most did) 2) This is going to encourage Disney to just milk existing IPs further, and while Inside Out 2 was beloved, the other stuff will be rushed and not be as praised. I guarantee the latter is going to happen.
When you say “rush”, is that in terms of story or in terms of animation? Because for Pixar, according to a X/Twitter friend of mine, Pixar doesn’t sleep on animation quality. They almost focus too much on it, with photo realistic imagery. It's almost becoming a problem with Pixar, since the photo realism takes away from the expression and creativity. Sure, “Luca” and “Turning Red” were more stylized, but then you got movies like “Toy Story”, “Lightyear”, and especially “Soul”. Those movies have cartoon-y faces, but cartoon-y faces don’t mesh well with realistic skin and hair. I mean, why else do people hate the animation for “Justin and the Knights of Valour” or “Monster Family”? Also, fun fact: Inside Out 2 Additional Animator, Anna Gopin, was also an animator for the 2016 “Ratchet & Clank” movie. Think about that the next time you sleep, alongside the cancelled “Sly Cooper” movie.
1) When the first Inside Out came out, I loved it and I immediately wanted a sequel. Now that I watched Inside Out 2, I enjoyed it as well, even though I still prefer the original. 2) Pete Docter gave an interview recently where he said this exact thing. It was headed to that direction regardless of how successful Inside Out 2 would end up being. Now that it became the highest-grossing animated film of all time, there's no way they won't double down hard with the sequels.
@@spaceboyctstudios2934 Mostly story. If there’s anything Pixar does well that everyone can agree on is good animation, but it’s the story that really makes or breaks a film. So, I’m concerned that Disney is just going to go “make a sequel for this now” regardless if the story makes sense such as from what we know of Toy Story 5. It’s not sounding good at all.
@@Themoonishereagain I’m very glad you enjoyed Inside Out 2. I just have no interest in seeing it personally. Yeah, and it’s sad. I will say though, if these movies actually turn out great, then I have no problem admitting I was wrong and may watch them, but given their track record lately, I don’t think these films will be that good regardless how much money they make.
The reason inflation is never considered when discussing this is Gone With the Wind with inflation adjusted made over 6 billion dollars today. So no movie from today could ever match that.
And for the same reason i think that makes Snow white the highest grossing animated movie of all times and the 2nd highest of all movies behind Gone with the Wind ! Which is crazy considering they've been release just months apart !
It's not really that big a gap. Adjusted for inflation, _Gone With the Wind_ made $4.3 bn and _Avatar_ made $3.9 bn, with _Titanic_ close behind. A modern, good, original film could still take the #1 spot. It's the "good" and "original" elements the studios need to work on.
@@Furry_Lou correct me if im wrong because my source is wikipedia, but that isn't exactly true because Snow White released in 1937 and GWTW released in 1939
The "highest grossing of all time" records get broken so often that I really have to wonder if factors other than popularity are mostly responsible for it. Like inflation and population growth. Case in point, if you adjust for inflation, the Lion King 1994 still beats Lion King 2019, even if only barely.
Somebody else pointed out that adjusting for inflation Gone With the Wind made what would be over $6 billion in today's money, so yeah, they don't take inflation into account at all, because that would essentially be impossible to beat
Globalization, population increase and poorer countries getting richer (new markets) play a big role in movies making more money. For example the original Snow White 1937 made 1.5 billions adjusted to inflation, which is a massive feat, considering how limited was the media reach, how the population of the world was just 2.2 billions and with much higher poverty rate (imposible to calculate for lack of data and inaccessibility to most remote areas, unlike today).
THIS. The same people who always complain that studios only make franchise movies, sequels, prequels, remakes, reboots etc. are usually the same people who only watch those movies instead of any original ones.
If you look past whatever the big major studios are releasing, you could find plenty of hidden gems that try to do something different. That's why indie and foreign films exist.
@@michaelstrong5383 goes for everything too especially games, so many ppl complain about the "slop" of games recently that they cant look past that and miss out on the smaller great games
@@Themoonishereagain This! This! THIS!! It annoys me to no end how people endlessly complain about Hollywood not making anything "new" or "original" but then those same people don't put in the work to support the original stuff that does get made. Like, they complain about a problem but do nothing to actually work towards a solution! Like it's understandable that people say studios don't take risks as much s they used to, but audiences are complicit in this too!
I know I'm basically celebrating Disney overthrowing Disney, but if it means that that soulless Lion King remake isn't the highest-grossing animated film of all time anymore, I'll take whatever little victory I can get.
Lion King remake at #1 is an anomaly and fluke anyway. I rather have a sequel or spin-off to win the #1 spot over remake. BUT, original new 1st movie will always prevail.
Technically, it's Pixar. And they tend to put more emphasis and effort into their films than Disney does (even though they're owned by them). Even with that, I'm still happy.
Nah it's the theater experience lately. Kids talking to the movies are not to a MST3k way but obnoxious so everyone in the theater can hear. Adults with their phones having full conversations, why the hell would they do it in a theater. Buy the movie for home then.
When I saw Inside Out 2 in theater the audience was wonderful but the theater sucked! The floors were super sticky, It had one of the smallest screens I've seen in a theater, the speakers weren't loud enough, and there was a fire alarm that needed it's batteries replaced periodically beeping throughout the entire film LMAO Looking back on it I can't really be upset, it was a good movie and I was able to tune everything out pretty okay. It was more just funny to me how comedically bad of an experience it was yet everyone still made do and had a good time. XD
The final straw for me was when an obnoxious couple sucked face for the first 20 minutes of the film. Could hear the lip smacking and everything. I know people do that (as well as whisper and look at their phones), but post lock down it got so much worse. It's just not worth it anymore. Rather wait until a movie is on a streaming service and watch it at home
Nothing about the theater experience incentivizes me either. Overpriced food. Shitty seats. Stinky theaters (one smelled like weed) and that's all without the other people ruining it for me. Theaters fucking suck.
The billions of dollars they make means a lot of people are LITERALLY asking Disney for these movies. They are answering to the market. That is how it’s always worked.
Unfortunately some are fun yet others are... Meh Best example is Maleficent and Cruella. Maleficent filled in the blanks on her back story, and is a fun AU. Answers some questions too, like why was Aurora cursed specifically, why did Maleficent not have wings despite being a fairy, how did Aurora survive when the fairies seem to not know how to cook, etc. It was not meant to replace Sleeping Beauty, and was a nice enough standalone. Cruella took a villain whose best trait that she was evil for no good reason, and did... That. Like yeah the tragic story leading up was good! Her having a hateful reaction towards dogs bc someone used trained dogs to kill her mom? Good! But when she did take revenge on her, it kind of dropped. Like if she inherited all that money, and was a famous fashion designer, why risk it all just for dog fur coats? -_- they made her TOO successful for it to make sense why she would then go on to be Cruella. They should have reused her son backstory from Descendants. Imagine, when her mother is killed, her mentor somehow got guardianship. She would then go on to torment Cruella with her dogs, leave her alone in dog parks despite her phobia, etc. Meanwhile those dogs get their own bedroom, three square meals a day, and all the free time in the world. Meanwhile Cruella is getting the Cinderella treatment. Then, when the mentor inevitably starts stealing Cruella design, Cruella orchestrated her destruction. Unfortunately, before she could publicly expose her, the mentor dies. So who's left to take direct revenge on? Who would be powerless to stop it? The dogs. BOOM. Plot created with logic!
When Disney first started talking about live action remakes, most people seemed to be pretty excited. However they showed they could not be trusted to do them properly.
The animation guild should be on strike by now for no more sequels, live action remakes from Disney and universal pictures like httyd remake, more personal movies aka original movies, stop canceling completed animated movies by turning them into tax write downs, end RU-vid for mislabeling videos as “made for kids” Coppa, no more saying that animation is just for kids, etc
@@Cubeytheawesome I find it both hilarious and disappointing that Warner Bros never greenlit Pibby and shelved Coyote Vs. Acme but allowed complete garbage like Velma to get two seasons
When I saw Dune 2 in theaters, an ambulance or fire truck with sirens blaring happened to pass by outside just as the worm scene kicked in, and I almost, ALMOST shouted "WORM ALERT!" But I didn't. Because it was a public theater and everyone there had signed up for Dune 2, not my impromptu comedy act. Instead, I just told my friends the story and made "worm alert" into our own inside joke.
Honestly, the "Highest Grossing Animated Film" title just feels redundant to me, because it always enforces the notion that animated movies are only highly valued when they are profitable. Echelon studios like Disney, DreamWorks and Illumination--regardless if their recent projects are of high quality--make the financial success of their films appear easy even when their movies are mid or below. So what would be the point of being ecstatic about how much they make at the box office when people are less concerned with the artistic merit of a single film?
The sad thing is that Disney will learn the wrong lesson from Inside Out 2’s box office success. While yes it did make money because it’s a sequel and inflation, it did good because of how good of a movie it is. Personally not as good as the first movie, but definitely one of Pixar’s best sequels. If a movie is actually going people will spread the word because and they’ll end up seeing it. Not all sequels do good. There will be a point in time where people will eventually get tired of sequels.
I still don’t understand why content farms go after Inside Out 2… Disney needs to solve this problem to prevent content farms for using their new sequel of Inside Out!
Because everyone is afraid that if they take down something that isn’t made by them, people will think they’re Nintendo! If it weren’t for cowardice, we could have prevented Benjixscarlett from getting his gross hands on BFDI and Inside out 2
Only just now people on twitter just noticed how bad it's gotten with RU-vid letting content mills run amok. from Fandom Menace conspiracy theories, to Digital Circus content farms. Almost they have learned nothing from Elsagate.
This list highlights to issues I have surrounding discussion about the animation industry: 1. People are always complaining about studios making nothing but reboots, sequels, prequels, adaptations, remakes etc. and ask "why don't they make anything original anymore?" But we see here that those things consistently make money! Regardless of what critics and audiences may have thought about those movies, people went to see them, and they made companies billions of dollars! This is why I don't bother even touching the Disney remakes; I think most of them don't need to exist, but they've consistently made money in the past, so I've just accepted that they're here to stay, for now anyway. Also, side note, there is plenty of original stuff being made nowadays but they often come from non-mainstream sources and few people seem to put in the effort to search for these gems. And even when they do come from a mainstream place, people still often let them flop. 2. I see this phrase brought up a lot of "Just make good movies; if they're good, they'll make money." Yeah, no! I've seen a lot of well crafted, well written, beautifully made films crash and burn because they either weren't marketed well or because people didn't want to give them a chance. If "objective quality" guaranteed box office success like so many people seem to think, this list would be VERY different. Disney has experienced this, Dreamworks has experienced this, several studios have experienced this. Obviously, this isn't limited to animation, I see this all the time with Live Action too but this video is about animation so I'm just sticking to that. Edit: Also, I'm aware there are a lot of other factors effecting box office returns such as movie theaters getting more expensive, streaming being more convenient, the time of year a movie gets released, how many theaters a movie is shown in etc.
On 2., there's a very good point made here. One of my online friends had mentioned that at the same time Lilo and Stitch was coming out, so was Treasure Planet. Both very well done movies, but Disney prioritized the former and the latter pretty much busted despite having great characters, gorgeous animation, and a unique theme (steampunk pirates? I'll take more of those!). Now people are learning about movies like Treasure Planet due to videos and streaming - while Lilo and Stitch was practically already crammed down their throats (which I loved that movie too! I liked both). I can see Disney being afraid to take risks - especially while being still primarily family / kid oriented - so obviously decided to make the silly alien and little girl duo a bigger focus. However, I still wouldn't say it was "better" or "worse" than Treasure Planet, whether or not people may had been "too scared" of the themes within. I mean, monsters and aliens are very similar anyway so both had potential to "scare" young viewers. /shrugs Main difference between the aliens in both movies would be that L&S had a child accompanying theirs while TP had grown adults, one of whom could've been seen as a scary guy. Both movies were great, imo, it's just said that Disney decided to pick one over the other - despite both having great potential.
The problem is very simple, in a capitalist society where you "vote with your dollars," whoever has the most money, gets the most votes. And the more money you make, the less intelligent you are... not _always,_ just that seems to be the general consensus, and every billionaire is a poster child for that idea. "Oh, so the smartest people are the poorest?" Now, I didn't say _that._ The smartest usually end up somewhere in the middle class, though being intelligent doesn't guarantee great media literacy. The point is that films catering to "the lowest common denominator" tend to do best because... well, they literally cater to the lowest common denominator. The only possible solution I can think of, would be to charge people a percentage of their wealth to see movies. Nobody would ever agree to this in a million years, but hear me out for kicks and giggles. If each movie cost 1% of your monthly salary, then at $1k a month, it would be $10 which is about what it is now. Homeless people would get to see them free, and Elon Musk would pay 80 million per movie, with everyone who makes something in-between paying some intermediary amount. Now that richer people have to pay more for their tickets, everyone gets the same voting power. Also, we start calculating by the _number_ of tickets sold, and never have to adjust for inflation again! Which _does_ mean dividing the past films' totals by the then-current ticket prices to get approximate ticket numbers. In conclusion, if Batman had a week, he couldn't list all the reasons this wouldn't work; but thank you for rēading my Ted Talk anyhow.
It's the same issue in the video game side. People cry about the garbage AAA games that keep releasing while the great indies aren't that successful, but the junk food games still get the most money, why would they stop? Many people don't even know games beyond the 2K or CoD games.
Generally, you need people to know about somethibg before they can choose whether or not to pay for it. Sure, something being good, or great even, can allow word of mouth to spread the word about it (and increase the chance of converting that into $), but if it starts with low visibility, that limits the possible maximum revenue gained from it. (That is to say I agree with you)
My favorite movie theater experience was End Game....the crowd was electric! When Spider man showed up we all cheered like idiots....it was great. I felt like a kid hearing all the cake and ice cream I could eat was being sent to my house for a month.....NICE!
The animation industry can do better, but the mainstream audience out there needs to let go of the "cartoons are only for kids" mentality. Cartoons can appeal to the adults if they try them. Just because they look funny and silly, it doesn't mean they should only cater to the young ones. But I'm just so glad Lion King 2019 was dethroned by a much better movie, especially one that isn't egregiously made just to make money.
Yeah, food is stupidly overpriced so I smuggle my own food, usually no more than £10 for that plus tickets (not including the occasional Five Guys dinner after a movie)
Most of that cost came from the food. Theaters don't make much off of ticket sales since a cut goes to the movie's distributor, so they massively overcharge on snacks and drinks to make up for that.
You can eat lunch at home and bring your own snacks in the bag... they legally can't kick you out for having your own food, first they'd have to prove it wasn't bought at their bar and you can say you need your own drinks etc. because of some medicine or illness. That's on you for wasting money.
Unsure the conversion to uh USD, and woke up upon making this comment I go to a theater that charges only 7 dollars per person (and cheaper for student/veteran discount) Me seeing that it is 50 euros, which Im guessing about 56 USD is super pricey. Holy crap
I'm honestly only watching it because I heard Keith David was going to be in it. And now with the passing of James Earl Jones (RIP), I'm curious to see what kind of dedication to they'll do for him.
I actually don’t mind sequels remakes and reboots, as long as they’re GOOD. Most tend to be bad, so there’s this hesitation from the audience. But gosh we LOVE when a sequel turns out great. Inside Out and Inside Out 2 is an example of this. A good franchise (so far)
LA The Lion King was insulting. It was a carbon copy of the cartoon. At least LA Aladdin had a few moments of levity with Will Smith jokes and a slight variation to the story. AND LA LION KING DID NOT HAVE BE PREPARED. The best song of the movie was completely dropped.
this. exactly this. I went to see the LA Cinderella and I loved it because it was NOT a shot-for-shot remake and i think it clarified the message of the original movie for modern audiences. it was great. I also saw Maleficent, because it was an interesting re-telling of the story. Because I liked Cinderella so much, I went to see The Jungle Book, and I disliked how similar it was to the animated version. It was still different, but it was way more similar. After that, I knew as soon as I saw Beauty and the Beast being promoted that it was over. Everything else they came out with was gunna suck because it wasn't about improving the story anymore, like it had been for some of the earlier ones. A shot-for-shot CGI clone of TLK with expressionless characters is inexcusable. Just put the original back in theatres.
I can only assume they realized they'd have to come up with some different visuals than "parody Triumph of the Will" because even though its a song about an evil guy staging a coup, marketing thinks it might be offensive to reference a real dictatorship. And coming up with something new to replace it would take actual effort.
By extent, the Minecraft movie (which I hope gets remade or cancelled) is literally cashing in on that. Seriously, that’s basically the what the entire movie will likely be!
@@Cubeytheawesome Ya that’s the most recent example. They need to continue working on that film or nobody will like it. It’s minecraft so it pretty much secured family demographics but the generations who grew up with Minecraft will be disappointed.
Ultimately one day I feel we will have a resurgence of original animation content when things ultimately become too stagnant but for now sequels and remakes are just too lucrative and safe for studios while original stuff is too risky. There were many great films that were made recently yet none of them make nearly as much. As much as I personally loathe the industry's creative bankruptcy, I don't blame them for playing it safe. I just hope the SFX teams and animators get all the things they are asking for and unionize. It's the working conditions of the industry that made me back out as an animation student long ago and while I miss working with my colleagues on projects, I feel I dodged a bullet and I'm happier for it.
The way The Boy and the heron is narrated is so interesting. It feels like the movie gives up on having cohesive story midway, and instead tries to 'talk' to the viewer directly. I'd really like to see more experimentation with storytelling in movies. I think it would help them to feel less same-y and make each one stand out more. :)
I think there is a cohesive story to be had in the film, but it does expect the viewer to “feel” the film and unravel its themes to in a more personal and much more subtle manner. For someone like me it worked wonderfully and I find the film immensely beautiful The problem is very few people tend to be in a position like myself, and corporations like Disney tend to try and appeal to that demographic who only largely want movies to be a way to kill 2 hours and maybe have a catchy song or some humor to laugh at. I saw boy and the heron with my sister and cousin, and while I thought the film was outstanding, both my sister and cousin walked out of it confused, if not a little annoyed by the movie for being “confusing”, “weird”, and “not making sense”. It’s a hard pill to swallow because I agree 100% with you here but when money is going to be made, I don’t think Disney or similar large entities will ever reach for a 1/3 enjoying audience like the statistics on my viewing. Compare that to Inside Out 2, which my parents, sister, and several of my cousins all went to see multiple times and loved. I think the movie is fine, but it is undeniably safe and certainly not subtle or experimental. You hit the nail on the head, but I think the reality is we better get used to something like Boy and the Heron being a very large exception rather than something that’ll ever start setting standards for the general film output like this
@@drackyslime I see nothing wrong in movies being made mainly for entertainment/general audience. But the thing is, movies like that are supposed to be made for the sake of funding movies that are more artistic/experimental. This last step sadly got lost somewhere in the process. How sad it is for the purpose of your company to be nothing but a money slot machine. Also, I actually think Inside out 2 is really enjoyable, if one knows bits and pieces about developmental psychology and tries to figure out how artists tried to portray changes in a maturing mind.
@@nikoletakrejci1517 for sure. Nothing wrong with something general but it sure does feel dull and exude missed potential when someone as big as Disney is exclusively playing to what is safest instead of even trying to push boundaries like they used to. I know they’re capable, and even if they weren’t they certainly can afford to become capable- but it seems like a quick dollar is more important and requires a lot less creative effort. And inside out 2 was fine imo, I don’t have any problems with it aside from it just not doing all that much for me. I love that my family loved it and that it got people excited to go to the theaters and stuff regardless. I’ve studied psychology quite a bit and was able to project some firsthand experience onto it too and there’s definitely some fun and interesting stuff to takeaway from it in that sense but just overall wasn’t really my cup of tea and didn’t have much staying power to my own self. Glad you enjoyed it though and hopefully best case scenario something a little safer like this can still be really beloved by people and make money *and* be funding put towards more experimental stuff too so both sides win and nourish each other. Here’s to hoping, atleast !
I like the movie! It adds something new to the DP's franchise; it's funny and the cameos have a role in the story, the music is fantastic, the action is exciting and quick; there's a few calm scenes and my favorite is Wolvie and DP in the fast food; i wished it last longer and the conversation between Laura and Logan too. Remove the DP variants scene who is entertaining but not really important; add 5 more minutes to the calm scenes and the movie would be perfect for me! I still enjoyed it and saw it 2 times so far. I will definitly see Deadpool 3, 3 times 😃
I think this list definitely shows how just because a movie makes a ton of money doesn't necessarily make it good. At least in the eyes of most creatives. But I also think this really shows how much of a disconnect there is between creatives and the general population and business people. I think this also shows how people don't actually know what they want. I'm guilty of this too. A lot of people I talk to, whether they consider themselves creatives or not, are always talking about how they want something new, something they've never seen before. But then when a new thing does come out, no one goes to see it; instead everyone goes to see the 234th Marvel movie or something. I think that happens simply because it's familiar or nostalgic. With the economy being the way it is right now, people are really pinching pennies, and movie theaters are not cheap pastimes. It would be a shame to spend $30+ to go see a movie and it turns out you don't like it. But even if people had extra income, they tend to choose things they're familiar with. I think it's simply trying to chase that happiness you felt while watching the first movie. This feeling can also be attached to certain studios (Disney, for example) or creators, which in my opinion is why when something new does come along, it's way more likely to still perform better financially if it's attached to a big studio. This doesn't always happen of course, but it is a pattern I've noticed over the years. Lastly, I believe this really shows how the general public still just... doesn't take animation seriously. A lot of people still see it as just for kids, or solely for crude humor. Which is just far from the case!! Not saying that kid's animation or adult comedy is not welcome, of course. I think that's how most of us got into animation in the first place. It just kinda baffles me that people will completely skip a movie just because it's animated. For example, I've seen a lot of people say that they're going to skip the new LOTR movie coming out because it's animated. Anyway, all of this being said, I think it just shows how pressed and contained the animation industry is right now. I think we really need to be taking more risks and experimentation if we want to start having new great movies and shows, which means that the big guys up top need to start sharing some of the pie so to speak.
The problem with sequels/reboots/remakes/spinoffs is that when an original idea comes out, it has _years_ to build up a fanbase, and when a followup to it is made all of that goodwill is transferred to it. Even if that 2nd movie is bad or just mediocre, that initial wave of viewers still hits until enough bad press can push it back. Even more so if it's the newest in a line of successful movies
Hell even Frozen is loosely based on Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Snow Queen” (or at least it was supposed to be). the highest grossing animated film that is an entirely original IP is Zootopia which didn’t even make the top 10
I don’t see a credit for him, so he might not even have a voice role in it. But there will definitely be an “In Memory of James Earl Jones” at the end.
What I’m saying. I still liked the movie although I prefer the first one. But in reality this is just proving Disney right about everything needing to have a sequel. Cuz they know people will do anything to shut their kids up
Complex movies have always done better.. they're just less accessible than a movie that is more direct, blatant, and ok for children. that and CGI slop will always put people in seats unless the studio dates to put a person of color or LGBTQ+ person in a prominent role in it..
But Inside Out 2 is that good that it does deserve it. It gave me Toy Story 2 vibes even though I don’t think it’s as amazing as that movie it did come damn close. Hell I decided to rewatch it just so to be fair and it still held up when I watched it again.
Toy Story 4, from a technological type of view, is fantastic.... But from a storytelling type of view.... It is one of the most irresponsible, mean spirited, bad movies I've ever seen....
It’s probably because Saberspark has some bad blood with Universal because of that said company was trying to block his Balto trilogy review from being released onto RU-vid.
Inside Out 2 being #1 is honestly really funny to me because it's the last film I would ever expect to beat Lion King 2019. I mean yeah that shitshow of a film deserved to be dethroned (as it was literally just a worse version of the '94 original), but really??? Inside Out 2??? Look, I enjoyed the film and even consider it to be one of Pixar's better sequels in recent years, but #1 of all time??? That's just giving it WAY too much credit. It's place on top feels more like "a film that beated TLK 2019" rather than "THE film to take down TLK 2019" if that makes any sense. Not entirely against it, but I do find it odd...
One thing we have to realize is something I think is very important. The average person has NO clue if a movie is going to be good when they're buying their ticket, and by the time they realize if they like it or not... it's too late. The theater has their money. These movies are succeeding based on first impressions from the advertising and the legacy of what came before, not because of the movies themselves. When a movie has neither a massive advertising budget or a legacy to build off of, THAT will tell you just how successful it was based on word of mouth from that initial audience. Heck "Frozen" isn't necessarily original. It's based on a fairy tale. (I have a personal bugbear about Disney's recent trend of naming all their fairy tale based movies just... a single word. "The Snow Queen" would have been a much better name! Anyway, not the point... moving on!) I say it's "based" on it but it's clearly heavily altered. Most of Disney's fairy tale movies are. They ditched the entire sub plot of imps making a cursed mirror that shows the ugliest part of people, which they break and a shard gets into the snow queen's heart turning her into "the snow queen" in the first place, you know, a backstory. Also, that outdoorsy guy who doesn't trust people? He's kind of supposed to represent another character who got a shard of the mirror in his eye instead making him see the worst parts of people. Anyway, they ditched it and she's effectively a mutant instead, which is fine, but wow did they drop the ball making a brand new villain for the story. Elsa being way more complicated, relatable, and redeemable? Sure, that's great! But at that point, she's still technically the main antagonist for a good chunk of the movie and HER story, changed as it is, is far more compelling without tossing in some throwaway evil prince to shove into a lake at the end of the thing. Eh, anyway, point is it's a good movie but my main problems with it all have to do with them not believing enough in the movie's strengths, ironically.
There is a small cinema in a Mall in town that is really expensive and is designed like a classic Cinema from like the 50's, but the people there are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet, the staff are amazing and when I went to see Inside Out 2 with my brother for his 32nd Birthday (Yes, we're adults who still like animated films... bite me) and the families watching the film and some of the most well behaved kids you'll ever see. It's sad that you'll only get an amazing experience if you fork over more cash for more smaller venues, but this place I go to is amazing, I went to see Godzilla Minus One there and it was awesome, Japanese Dub with English Sub too! Also, their audio balancing is so good, I usually have to wear headphones when even going to the cinema due to how loud their speakers are, but not the Avenue (The cinema I was talking about), the screens have these padded walls that help direct the sound to the viewers and they are clear and clean, so amazing! Also the seats are comfy as heck, you get little footstolls as well you can put your stuff in and you get glasses for your Drinks, not a paper cup with a terrible paper straw
@@eldupont3095 Managers are. This isn't a Karen moment, they are ruining the movie for everyone. If management won't do anything about the group, then they'll at least give a refund.
I don’t know if I’m overestimating anime or underestimating companies like Disney, Illumination, and even Dreamworks. I’m just shocked that something like “Spirited Away” or “Demon Slayer Mugen Train” weren’t even in the top ten. They weren’t even in the top fifty when I checked the list. But hey, shout out to the Simpson’s Movie for making the list!
Ghibli, and honestly anime in general, is not really very well known in the West. It's got a ton of popularity expressed on the internet, but if you got 10 average American families in a room and said "who can tell me what Studio Ghibli is" i doubt they could answer you - I imagine it's similar in Europe. Most of the movies on this list did well in both Asia AND the West. Ghibli gets screened here, and people see it, but it doesn't pull Pixar sized audiences. And I've never heard people talking about it in day to day life either.
It's sad to see how much sequels are being done more than new original ideas. As much as I love seeing some good sequels to some my favorite movies I would love to also see new ideas for animated films that would be awesome to see.
I think my biggest issue with the Lion King outside of the emotionless animation and unfortunate soundtrack, was the fact that it didn't even try to do anything different with the source material. When Disney started down the remake path, they started by reimagining classic movies. Maleficent changed the entire story to revolve around the villain. Jungle Book tried to weave back in aspects from the books. If they had kept to that style of "remake" I wouldn't find them so abhorrent. Now it's just big budget fan service aimed at the adults who are too embarrassed to be seen watching "cartoons". It seems like every remake now shoots to be a beat by beat copy of the original film. They really are pointless. And while I'm more comfortable with Inside Out 2 doing better at the box office, it just feels like less care went into it. The whole message of the first movie was that negative emotions that seem worthless still serve a purpose in helping us stay healthy and grow. So what happens to Anxiety at the end of the second movie? They literally couch her so she doesn't have any impact on Riley. So they're basically treating her like Joy treated Sadness in the first movie.
I don't think the treatment of Anxiety and Sadness is quite the same imo, because the reasoning behind each emotion being put to one side is different. Sadness was kept away because Joy didn't want her to be involved at all, Anxiety is put to one side because she was getting carried away and needed to calm down before she could do her job again in a healthy way (which she does immediately after regarding the Spanish test reminder and the emotions praise her for it).
Not to mention - the parents in the first movie both only had the original set of emotions - are they implying to be an adult Riley will need to properly expel Anxiety, Embarrassment, etc?
I just watched The Prince of Egypt again last light because it’s on Netflix right now. This list just goes to show that “highest grossing” and “best” are two very different things. These are some AMAZING movies that are aren’t on that list. Or that are even considered financial failures, like Atlantis or Treasure Planet. Money is obviously important. But so is art, and so is artists actually enjoying their jobs and being proud of their work.
Let me remind you that Toy Story 2 is one of the very FIRST Theatrical Animated Movie Sequels at the time which Disney originally wanted to be a Direct-to-Video Film so if that movie never existed the highest grossing animated films would have probably been only have been ORIGINALS but also not make as much MONEY💰on this list as SEQUELS OR ADAPTATIONS this is just like how most of the Highest Grossing Live-Action movies are also from Existing Franchises.🤑
Fun fact: adjusted for inflation, the highest-grossing animated movie of all time is still Snow White. I don’t think Inside Out 2 or the Lion King remake would even be in the top 5 if you accounted for inflation.
I think re-releases are included with that though. Back before home video you had to go to re-releases to see movies to re-watch then or if you missed them originally or possibly catch them on TV but I don't think Disney put most of their movies on TV back then.
Yeah. "Snow White", along with its numerous re-releases (first in 1944, then in 1952, 1958, 1967, 1975, 1983, 1987 and finally, in 1993), is most likely gonna still be the highest-grossing film EVER, when adjusted for inflation. I guess that's one way to appreciate it.
Ah yes. Disney still desperately clinging to their past- hoping they can finally make a great movie again. When was the last time they even made a good movie that didn't make anyone shrivel?
Encanto apparently. I didn't care for it due to the songs being more "let's top the charts" rather than musical but I don't know anyone who was disgusted by it
I love the Mario movie, in New york, there's a lot of video game references, and video game related references. In the mushroom Kingdom, a lot of references towards every Mario game, and an reference towards donkey Kong, and not just the background characters. It is a love letter to the audience and somewhat everything Nintendo. Every movie before the Mario movie, is just a excuse to shut up the children. Play Mario movie does the same thing, but it's a letter to the fans. I truly loved the musical cues, it also has a pretty good story, gorgeous animation, and towards the end, the cherry on top of the sundae, there's a reference towards Kamen Rider. Sure overall, it's reference the movie, but it's a really good movie. After all the credits, they give you one last reference, and that's the reference towards the mid-90s Godzilla, when it comes to the sequel baiting. Last but not least, there's a reason why the movie looks like, a PS5 game, I'm not to the live action Mario projects.
The funny thing is Disney doesn't even really care about the movies. It's all about merch and parks. Meanwhile studio Lanka films don't do well at all on the box office, which is an absolute crime.
There was an experience I had where two chicks literally wouldn't stop talking. I threw popcorn at them and they finally shut up eventually. They were so confused at who was throwing it as I focused on the screen.
It's easy to blame the large corporations for being lazy and derivative and recycling franchises over and over again, but ultimately they only do that because it works. They wouldn't make live action remakes if people didn't watch them. And we can complain all we want about the video game industry going all in on "live services" rather than making satisfying, complete games, but so long as FIFA's microtransactions make more money than the entire rest of the industry they've got no incentive to do anything else.
I'm honestly glad _Inside Out 2_ dethroned _The Lion King_ remake. That movie had a lot more effort and heart put into it, than the "copy and paste"/shameful cash grab behemoth (which was marketed under the guise of "live action"). *On a side note:* I'd like to see a major studio (maybe Blum House, A24, Laika, or Neon) take the risk of producing an R-rated animated horror film. It can be hand-drawn, stop motion, or a hybrid mixture (i.e. _Spiderverse_ ). The budget can be around a modest 60-100 million dollars, and have someone like Guillermo Del Toro, James Wan, Genndy Tartakovsky or Vivian Medrano attached to the project. If it can be proven successful, it would be a game-changer for not only horror films, or R-rated films, but animation as a whole. It may seem impossible, but stranger things have happened that nobody thought would _EVER_ work ( _Star Wars_ , _Godfather_ , _Ghostbusters_ (1984), etc.). One can only dream.
What's so great is that I tried watching this last year and I had the same reaction when Timon & Pumba showed up - turned it off so quick. Never went back.
Im in college currently with my major being basically Computer Animation in the simplest explanation. But seeing stuff like this just drives me to make something that can both be seen by people and understood but also fun and mesmerizing. Putting my heart into my projects, while money is a product of it. Art first, money second. It doesn’t mean that money isn’t important, its just not priority. Lackadaisy, the owl house, gravity falls, and My hero academia are a few of the media that I really like and want to kind of show that feeling into my art, you know? Im going to try to be smart and not be a part of a big company, since, you know, they might just fire me before i get hired…😅. And the fact that big companies are known for taking advantage of animators and firing them to save money, i just want to aim for somewhere between. Indie animation is my passion. I hope you enjoyed my tedtalk. Awesome informative video as always. Plus ultra.
Yeah I'm glad inside 2 absolutely dethroned this atrocity, let's hope and I mean HOPE as much as we can this is a wake up call for Disney to stop with the live action remakes. 🙏
For that to happen Mufasa needs to fail, and sadly I did see quite a few comments easing up on it despite nothing changing from the orignal remake aside from the colors being brightned up. I really want Sonic to beat it so much for so many reasons.
@@Cloud-dt6xb sonic 3 will definetly make a good amount at the box office but sadly I even think it won't hit that high, but hey, I'd like for that to happen, especially because look how paramount saved a movie by LISTENING to feedback! Ashame Disney can't do the same and just dishes out slop then a masterpiece then slop tbh-
@@luigioafn955 Well I'm not worried about the movie's box office individually I'm very confident it'll do amazing. I'm just concerned it's still going to lose to Mufasa. Despite it being obvious which movie is better, I'm not a disney hater, I'm happy Inside out 2 and Deadpool 3 did so well and I hope the same for Moana 2 but I have never liked the live action remakes and I need Disney to stop with them already.
@@Cloud-dt6xb right i don't hate Disney either, even if im tired of some of th e stuff they release. but it sucks that all they see is people will still settle for stuff like Mufasa, I'm sure that because alot of other studios have done good this year I feel like people will hopefully hold off on Mufasa, decent stuff has been releasing ( ofc and inside out 2 was amazing (
@@luigioafn955 Well we'll see I don't want to get too doom and gloom until we start seeing the results. And there are alot of people who understand more why others did'nt like the live action remake.
Since the pandemic, a lot of theaters have downsized their seats in favor of recliners, and even food and drink service! Some theaters will bring your order to your seat! It's the catering and home experience. I think they all did their homework. It works for me! I can't go into a theater nowadays without asking myself whether or not the seats are comfy.
Living in Japan for the last year and getting used to the theater etiquette here... I don't know if I'm ready to go back home next year 😂😂😂 Since I see so many movies, I've had countless experiences ranging from amazing to outright terrible (terrible is too common)
I mean inside out 2 was alright…… just… overrated in my honest opinion… again I didn’t hate it, but I was expecting something a bit more than what we got
✨ I love how Illumination makes really cheap, marketable movies, but also knowing how bad mainstream animation state is in present day, with AI, overworking, etc. They are the only mainstream animation study who respects the medium and the artist kind of crazy xd. ✨
Kind of depressing. I applaud new stuff that isn’t remakes or sequels. I admit, sequels are fast food for me, and on occasion I will give in. But this is my rock. Toy Story ended at 3
The fact that the US education system was systematically sabotaged for the last four and a half decades, is more than enough to account for the lack of discernment by modern moviegoers as to whether a film is worth attending--. Additionally, there might be reliance on using psychological testing labs before or during the planning of new movies for families, to see what instant-gratification visuals evoke the most dopamine, epinephrine, or oxytocin measured on the testing machines--; meta-analyses of data from myriad focus-groups--; and similar, "ham-handed" measures for "socially-engineering--;" a "movie-shaped product--;" to "make the most money--."
Movie ticket price used to be $1.99. Now iMax with fancy smancy 3D surround sound and 64k ultra screen is $29.99. I think if the ticket price were take into account, it'll be a different stories. Disney will show you they made money, but what they didn't show you is viewership is getting lower and lower.
They’re still gonna make a third one that’s likely going to blitz everything in the box office no matter how bad it might be. Disney ain’t looking for competition they’re looking for more paper 💵💵💵
Considering the Disney Plus controversy recently, live action Lion King is no longer Disneys most embarrassing moment. Someone died at one of their parks and they said the victim's partner can't sue them for damages because he had a Disney Plus subscription or something, that being said, fuck Disney
Out of ammo? You sweet summer child. Disney has been burning all its properties and you've forgotten that they can always make "live action" remake versions of each Toy Story, Incredibles, Frozen, and even Cars film that they feel like, regardless of the disastrous abominations they would be.
the whole content farm thing also drives me nuts bc ppl are like "i just want my child to shut up for an hour or two" and im like yeah and in turn you accept that itll have less braincells when theyre an adult
