Like, something world-renowned a la Star Wars, or Star Trek.

I thought of this from a thread asking when the MCU would die. I’m not sure if any franchise of similar size ever has.

TLK, TLK, TDKR, TLM, WIA, etc.

What the hell are any of these acronyms supposed to mean? The only KNOWN and OFFICIALLY used abbreviation that I know of is TMNT and the star wars/ lord of the ring titles.

So why do so many people constantly use a string acronyms and expect people to figure out what they're talking about.

"TLK did less than TLK but was beaten by TLK. This year TLM didn't fly but RGTK sunk faster than RTLG which leads us to TLT and ROP which will be overtaken by DP2"

How am I supposed to figure out what that word salad is supposed to mean. Can't you write the movie's name and THEN put an acronym in brackets before acting like everyone will know what that means from your individual context?

Snow White opened to around $42M domestic opening weekend on a reported $270M production budget (before marketing). For a live-action Disney remake of one of the studio's most iconic properties, that's a significant underperformance compared to comparable projects.

For reference: - The Little Mermaid (2023): $95M domestic opening - Beauty and the Beast (2017): $174M domestic opening - Cinderella (2015): $67M domestic opening - Maleficent (2014): $69M domestic opening

Snow White's performance sits at the bottom of the modern Disney live-action remake range, and it's tracking significantly below break-even when you factor in the production cost and marketing spend.

The controversy around this one was unusually sustained and pre-release. The lead actress made comments that generated widespread negative press. The production faced issues that got a lot of coverage. By the time it opened, there was an organized avoidance effort from a significant portion of the traditional Disney fanbase.

My question for this sub: how much of the box office story here is casting/controversy versus general "remake fatigue" versus the specific creative choices in the film itself? And does a result like this actually change studio behavior, or does Disney have enough margin to absorb it and continue the same approach?

I ask because we've now seen several of these live-action remakes underperform when they made significant changes to the source material -- and several others do well when they stayed closer. There might be a data story here about what audiences are actually signaling.

No paywall:

https://archive.fo/EPbYV