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BOX OFFICE BOMB! Disney's 'Strange World' Tanks, On Track to Lose $100 Million

posted by Hannity Staff - 11.28.22

Another box office bomb for Disney.

According to a report from The Wall StreetĀ Journal, Disney’s newest animated filmĀ Strange World tanked at the box office over the holiday weekend, taking in just $4.2 million on opening night; the movie cost $180 million to make.

From The Wall Street Journal:

That showing marks the second 2022 misfire from Disney, after this summerā€™s ā€œLightyearā€ā€”an unusual record for a company long considered a guaranteed hitmaker in childrenā€™s entertainment.

It has been years since Disneyā€™s animation division has experienced a theatrical performance as bad as ā€œStrange World.ā€ In March 2021, the companyā€™s ā€œRaya and the Last Dragonā€ opened to $8.5 million amid a pandemic landscape that saw moviegoing plummet, but other examples of such a low opening are more than 10 years old.

Disney can weather a miss or two. But the poor performance of ā€œStrange Worldā€ highlights one of the issues facing Mr. Iger, who was Disneyā€™s chief executive from 2005 to 2020 and returned to the top job last week when the companyā€™s board of directors shocked Hollywood and fired his one-time successor, Bob Chapek. He returns to a theatrical environment far harsher to animated releases than the one he left.

More over at The Wall Street Journal:

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