As of right now, Elemental has grossed around $400 million worldwide. CinemaBlend’s Dirk Libbey wrote about how he was annoyed by Elemental’s then-recent mediocre ticket receipts, and it did seem like the film was going to flop at the box office.īut then, it didn’t. Yes, Lightyear was a bomb, and for a time, it seemed like their most recent movie, Elemental, was going to be a bomb, too. I want to circle back to Pixar, because I think their current story is an interesting one. (Image credit: Pixar) Animated Movies Are Benefiting From Strong Word-Of-Mouth Two vastly different generations walking out of the theater happy after seeing an animated movie? It almost feels like the heyday of Pixar again. I loved the movie, and my children also loved it. This is important, because even though I would have seen a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie regardless of its quality (I’ve seen and ranked all of them prior to Mutant Mayhem ), after the abysmal Michael Bay-produced Turtles movies, the brand needed something new and fresh to be relevant again in the theaters, and this is it. By doing so, it livened up a pretty old property and brought it to a whole new generation. His struggles to break out on his own as a young person with great responsibility resonates with younger people who understand what it means to be confused about where the world is heading, and their place in it.Īnd then, you have Mutant Mayhem, which actually understood the assignment this time and made the Mutant Ninja Turtles ACTUAL TEENAGERS. The Spider-Verse movies have been about Spider-People from all different eras, but their focus has been on the relatively recent (he debuted in 2011) Miles Morales. In fact, a lot of it has the template of the more recent games in the series, like Super Mario Odyssey, Super Mario 3D World, and New Super Mario Bros., so it will be instantly recognizable for its true target audience (Because, come on now. Sure, there are TONS of references to the older games to keep the graying fans in the audience happy, but the overall look of the film is modern. Yes, Mario, Across the Spider-Verse ( which really should have kept the “Part 1” in its title after that cliffhanger), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem all feature characters from an older era, they’ve also been updated for a new generation that would undoubtedly want to see them.

Here’s what’s really interesting, though, and why I think all of the movies I mentioned have shown such signs of success. (Image credit: Paramount Pictures) Even So, The Aforementioned Older Properties Feel Extremely Fresh

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