I was just over at a "Star Trek" fan site and found the following in their news box:
Jun 27, 2009 - TrekCore Says: Disney's UP has bumped Trek to 2nd highest grossing film so far in 2009 - domestic.
Part of me wants to say "Good for Disney and Pixar." The other part wants to see the Enterprise snip those darn balloons away with its phasers! (Just kidding, of course.)
Just wanted you guys to know... (Move if necessary.)
Fantastic news! Even if Transformers will (unfortunately) beat it in a matter of days, at least we can still say Up was the #1 movie of 2009 up until that point. Skeptics were wondering if Pixar wasn't as hot a commodity anymore since every film between post-Finding Nemo, pre-WALL-E has made less than the previous one. If you take a look at this comparison chart, you can see that Up is definitely going to make it past Cars and Toy Story 2, and is likely to sit somewhere in between Monsters, Inc. and The Incredibles. That coupled with the facts that: a) the film will certainly stay within the top five of the year and b) it's a success with critics show that Pixar is certainly not going anywhere soon.
NeoSuperBlissey wrote:I was just over at a "Star Trek" fan site and found the following in their news box:
Jun 27, 2009 - TrekCore Says: Disney's UP has bumped Trek to 2nd highest grossing film so far in 2009 - domestic.
Part of me wants to say "Good for Disney and Pixar." The other part wants to see the Enterprise snip those darn balloons away with its phasers! (Just kidding, of course.)
Just wanted you guys to know... (Move if necessary.)
Not to burst any balloons, but, this information is not correct. As great as UP is, STAR TREK is still the number 1 movie of the year. UP may be after this weekend, but, as of now STAR TREK is still the highest grossing film of 2009! Here is the proof:
I was listening to Magical Definition Podcast and Jim Hill was saying that the film is doing wonderfully and the numbers will be similar to that seen for Nemo. Also he said that 60% of the domestic box office take so far was made from the sales of 3-D tickets to up. Hooray for 3-D! I was also wondering where is the merchandise for this film?! I was at Disneyland about a week or so ago and only found 2 plushies - one was for the dog and the other was for Russell. Where's the bird?! Where are the T-shirts etc? Is Disney Consumer Products asleep at the wheel? There was a lot of merchandise for Cars.... I'd by a plushy of Kevin if they had one I have not made it into a Disney Store lately - does anyone know if they got merchandise there?
Pluto, the reason the Up merchandise is so light is because Disney Consumer Products didn't see that much potential in merchandise in comparison to Cars and Wall.E. In fact, a Jim Hill article mentioned that they were struggling to see any potential in Up and feared it might not be commercially successful due to its odd concept and lead characters.
MadonnasManOne wrote:Not to burst any balloons, but, this information is not correct. As great as UP is, STAR TREK is still the number 1 movie of the year. UP may be after this weekend, but, as of now STAR TREK is still the highest grossing film of 2009! Here is the proof:
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The Star Trek fan in me is giddy that it's still #1 at the box office. Sure, the success of a film really shouldn't be about the amount of money it makes, but it is a perk.
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As Kelvin pointed out, Transformers will most likely beat Up in a few days time, sadly. But regardless, it's already beaten Cars, Ratatouille and WALL-E at the US box office, and to be quite fair, when one takes into consideration the fact that a lot of these tickets will have been sold to kiddy-winks and that it hasn't really opened abroad yet (hence why I haven't seen it ), it's still got a lot more going up* to do.
pap64 wrote:How ironic that a movie which received very little tie ins and merchandise ends up being one of Pixar's most successful movies to date.
Funny thought, but maybe that is part of WHY it is so successful? Or at the very least, shows that you don't need to sell backpacks and t-shirts to make a movie do well!
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Disneykid wrote:If you take a look at this comparison chart, you can see that Up is definitely going to make it past Cars and Toy Story 2, and is likely to sit somewhere in between Monsters, Inc. and The Incredibles.
It's at $250 million coming off a $13 million weekend take. It needs $11 million to pass The Incredibles.
I'd say it will eat that film for breakfast in about 7 days.
The big question right now is wether or not it has enough gas left in the tank to clear $300 million. If it weren't for Ice Age 3, it would easily make it. But I think it will fall just short at and end with about $290 million. But after it's released worldwide, it's likely to pass $700 million to become the #2 Pixar film of all time.
Very impressive. Of course, Toy Story 3 will bump it back down to #3 next year. Mark these words if you will, but I predict TS3 will be the first animated feature to clear $1 billion worldwide.
pap64 wrote:How ironic that a movie which received very little tie ins and merchandise ends up being one of Pixar's most successful movies to date.
Funny thought, but maybe that is part of WHY it is so successful? Or at the very least, shows that you don't need to sell backpacks and t-shirts to make a movie do well!
I would give credit to the story. Despite being surreal in themes its very universal. While the other movies were great, amazing even. But Cars was too long, Ratatouille didn't interest everyone and Wall.E was too experimental.
Up, on the other hand, is an adventure story full of characters you can relate to. It has drama, fun, action and adventure. The story alone might have been enough to create strong word of mouth.
Regarding the merchandise, I remember seeing some talking plush Dugs and other dogs at The Disney Store, so there may be some Kevins out there somewhere.
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milojthatch wrote:
Funny thought, but maybe that is part of WHY it is so successful? Or at the very least, shows that you don't need to sell backpacks and t-shirts to make a movie do well!
I would give credit to the story. Despite being surreal in themes its very universal. While the other movies were great, amazing even. But Cars was too long, Ratatouille didn't interest everyone and Wall.E was too experimental.
Up, on the other hand, is an adventure story full of characters you can relate to. It has drama, fun, action and adventure. The story alone might have been enough to create strong word of mouth.
Yes, but that is my point, that the movie is doing well on strength of story and NOT on how many T-Shirts Disney can sell! Sorry if my earlier comment was confusing at all.
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Nice for Pixar to be able to make this claim, however briefly, for the first time in six years and I'm pleased that <i>Up</i> is bucking the studio's trend of declining returns. It's surprising that this will end up Pixar's second highest-grossing film, but with ticket price inflation and 3D premiums, the cold hard numbers we see are becoming less and less meaningful. The number of tickets sold would be a much more telling number, especially since some theaters charge less for children's admissions.
To sum up, (appropriate BBCode) to the American public for embracing a film as wonderful as <i>Up</i>.
And a big to the American public for spending hundreds of millions of dollars on <i>Transformers 2</i> in a few days. Admittedly, I haven't seen <i>Transformers 2</i> but the first one was wretched and the consensus is that this one is worse. I'm all for enjoying movies that are simply fun, but <i>Transformers</i> is not. I'm expecting this to handily become the worst movie of all the all-time top-grossers (a group that skews modern for reasons already stated).
Luke wrote:Nice for Pixar to be able to make this claim, however briefly, for the first time in six years and I'm pleased that <i>Up</i> is bucking the studio's trend of declining returns. It's surprising that this will end up Pixar's second highest-grossing film, but with ticket price inflation and 3D premiums, the cold hard numbers we see are becoming less and less meaningful. The number of tickets sold would be a much more telling number, especially since some theaters charge less for children's admissions.
To sum up, (appropriate BBCode) to the American public for embracing a film as wonderful as <i>Up</i>.
And a big to the American public for spending hundreds of millions of dollars on <i>Transformers 2</i> in a few days. Admittedly, I haven't seen <i>Transformers 2</i> but the first one was wretched and the consensus is that this one is worse. I'm all for enjoying movies that are simply fun, but <i>Transformers</i> is not. I'm expecting this to handily become the worst movie of all the all-time top-grossers (a group that skews modern for reasons already stated).
I think Transformers 2 will see a big drop after the hype dies off, which is where Up greatly succeeds. Up was a wonderful movie that generated a lot of word of mouth and because of that it has performed greatly because of it. Transformers 2, however, seems to have generated negative word of mouth. Me and my friends LOVED the first movie, and we now refuse to go see the second one because we heard that its too long, extremely messy and just plain bad.
I predict a huge drop for Transformers next weekend if people actually carry on the negative word of mouth.
Even though it will probably be short lives, I'm happy to see Up with high numbers at the box office. With the exception of Wall-E, I haven't cared much for any of the Pixar films since Incredibles, so I personally think Up more than deserves it.
After 6 days of being #1, UP is back to being the second highest grossing film so far in 2009. Also, UP has surpassed The Incredibles and is now the second highest grossing film from PIXAR
I still cant get over THE INCREDIBLES doing so well at the boxoffice and formerly holding the #2 spot.... that movie really sucked. I just cant wrap my mind around that one. Just glad to see UP at least took it down another notch
I have not made it into a Disney Store lately - does anyone know if they got merchandise there?
But regardless, it's already beaten Cars, Ratatouille and WALL-E at the US box office, and to be quite fair, when one takes into consideration the fact that a lot of these tickets will have been sold to kiddy-winks and that it hasn't really opened abroad yet (hence why I haven't seen it 
(appropriate BBCode) to the American public for embracing a film as wonderful as <i>Up</i>. 
to the American public for spending hundreds of millions of dollars on <i>Transformers 2</i> in a few days. Admittedly, I haven't seen <i>Transformers 2</i> but the first one was wretched and the consensus is that this one is worse. I'm all for enjoying movies that are simply fun, but <i>Transformers</i> is not. I'm expecting this to handily become the worst movie of all the all-time top-grossers (a group that skews modern for reasons already stated).
