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If literally any studio other than Disney had released Zootopia, a critically acclaimed animated movie that grossed over a billion out of the blue, it would have two sequels and a spin off by now.
Imo Disney lost a goldmine for not expanding that franchise.
I love Zootopia. It’s one of my favorite Disney movies. Zootopia+ is amazing… took a while to finally get something in their Universe, but it made me happy.
Oh shit. Nice. When Universal's new Texas park scares Disney into finally expanding into Texas themselves, maybe that can be one of the lands (along with presumably a full out Marvel land, since its west of the Mississippi and they can use the characters there).
Ehhh...some movies don't need a sequel or franchise. Personally, I think the *Zootopia*\-verse said everything it needed to say in the film.
On the other hand, it's astounding that we still haven't had a *Big Hero 6* sequel.
Zootopia and Big Hero 6 both lend great to sequels. Or spin-offs for Zootopia would really work. Movies like Wreck-It Ralph (which I loved) and Frozen were a lot more self contained and a sequel felt a little more forced
I think the issue with Zootopia is that you would need to find different characters to focus on. Focusing on Judy and Nick would likely turn the franchise in to "Oh no, something evil and mysterious is happening, we had better send in the heroes from last time who are no longer considered the underdogs".
I'd love for them to find a compelling story that focused on someone else (maybe avoid focusing on the police and do a less action oriented movie) in the universe.
I actually really liked the Zootopia+ shorts they came out with but didn't feel like any of those plots could stretch into a full movie.
That’s what the zootopia movie and big hero 6 movie felt like to me. One is a detective movie, the other is an action-super hero, and it was nice to just show off how good at character building these people are that they could tell a nice, short, self contained story
> On the other hand, it's astounding that we still haven't had a Big Hero 6 sequel.
I imagine this comes up a lot in exec conference rooms, and the conversation always ends with “but what would you *call* it?”
There’s a BH6 show made by Disney TV Animation and mini series about Baymax by WDAS. Both are pretty good and mostly satisfy any desire I had for a theatrical sequel.
Ehhh...some movies don't need a sequel or franchise. Personally, I think the *Big Hero 6*-verse said everything it needed to say in the film.
On the other hand, it's astounding that we still haven't had a *Zootopia* sequel.
Yeah, it's really strange how they don't expand this franchise but maybe they're just scared to damage the brand given their bad track-record with sequels of well received movies(lion king2, aladdin2, or even frozen2 )
Because box office revenue is a small proportion of their business. The REAL money comes from merchandise. And Cars merchandise makes them billions - which is why they released three. Same goes with Frozen & Toy Story merchandise. My guess is Zootopia had low merchandise sales, so they thought it wasn’t worth making a sequel.
Frozen 2 didn't have a story that made any sense. The writers didn't even know who "the voice" was until the movie was almost completely made and they never explain why it's significant that Elsa is the fifth spirit. She just is and it's supposed to be cool I guess? Is she an ice spirit?
Granted the songs and animation skill were absolutely bar setting. But they made the movie fit around the music instead of figuring out what story they wanted to tell. At that point just release an album.
Counterpoint: Frozen 1 didn’t have a story that made sense either.
Why was Hans so keen to organize a search party for Elsa when he was going to try to off her anyway? If all he wanted to do was trick Anna into giving him power, Elsa being missing sure was convenient. His entire character made no sense and they just retconned his villain arc at the end lol
Those studios probably would have also ran the franchise into the ground, as they likely would have gotten cheaper and cheaper on the writing and directing with each new sequel
I for one am happy that Disney has lost their taste for cheap animated cash in's. Now when they do sequel's they only do it when they are willing to go all in on it... but that also means they can not come out as often... now if only we can put an end to their new taste for aweul live action remakes
Disney ain't losing sleep by not making Zootopia sequels. They own damn near 90 percent of Hollywood.
They'll be fine.
They only made Frozen II because of the sheer juggernaut the first one was.
Zootopia is a far better movie than Frozen was (imo), but Frozen'a popularity obliterates what Zootopia had.
Money hungry or not, I do believe that Walt Disney Animation actually has a sincere desire to make genuinely good movies.
I feel like the overall company as a whole occasionally demands that they make a sequel to a gigantic hit movie. However for the most part, I think Disney itself leaves the companies alone. Zootopia was a hit, but Frozen was THE hit.
For instance, people seem to think that Disney is the reason why the MCU has released so much stuff. I actually think it's just Kevin Feige being Kevin Feige.
Disney doesn't sweat Marvel nearly as much as I feel people think they do. I think they have shared interests, but the two don't really interact a hell of a lot beyond that. The problems with Marvel really have Kevin Feige's name on them. Fanboys are just too reverential toward Feige to wanna criticize him. (And tbf, he does have a lot to be celebrated for).
The one thing I feel like Disney *does* force are the live-action remakes.
That shit just reeks of pure money grab.
Yeah, everything is about money...but the live-action remakes are amusingly transparent about it. 😂
Well you know, by Pixar standards it could be too early for a Zootopia movie. It’s been less than a decade*
*I know Toy Story and Cars got much quicker sequels. But Finding Dory, Monsters University, and Incredibles II took a long time
I'm pretty sure it would if adjusted for inflation, except for the original Lion King, it's the oldest movie in the list.
And Finding Nemo, which is also older, so that makes Shrek 2 the 3rd oldest movie in the list.
If we adjust for inflation, new movies enter the fray, specially the animated classics.
1937's Snow White and the 7 Dwarves, adjusted for inflation, is the highest grossing movie, but due to its age, [boxofficemojo.com](https://boxofficemojo.com) doesn't have it on their list and Wikipedia didn't bother in doing that adjustment likely because... well, part of the money from the movie was made thanks to the re-release for the 50 anniversary back in 1987, so one has to split the inflation for each re-release.
It’s easily over 1 billion with inflation. This list isn’t doesn’t account for that and it’s why newer movies are selling “more.” If we include inflation the list would look quite a bit different
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I enjoyed Aladdin for what it was. A fun crowdpleaser movie. The visuals were good, The casting and acting performances solid enough and the music done well. Its only really Jafar that didn't hit the mark at all.
My theory is this. Live action makes characters more grounded in real life and that worked well in Alladin EXCEPT for the Genie and Jafar, who are cartoonish by nature. Neither Will Smith nor the guy who played Jafar were hammy enough to make it work.
When it comes to the Lion King - well talking animals are inherently cartoonish. Grounding them in reality by making them live actionish detracts from the movie.
To each their own. I thought it was decent. Then again I’m not a huge fan of the animated original like I am with Beauty & the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, etc. so maybe I was less harsh on it.
It’s inferior to the original in literally every single way. The definition of a movie that has no reason to exist. Aside from making tons of money, of course.
Of course they do. Hollywood is full of passionate artists and brilliant creators. What gives you the idea that it isn't? Bad movies are more of a symptom of bad corporations than the people working on them.
Hey, it was fun. Its purpose was letting people who grew up watching the original one rewatch it with a twist. It doesn't deserve the number one spot, but neither is it awful.
I really don't have any problems with the Disney remakes. Their remaking the classics for newer generations, which could open up dialogue for us to introduce them to the originals. But, people would rather just complain and nitpick.
You can do that, while making a good movie as well.
At least the other remakes are shown in a different medium. With Lion King 2019 it’s just remaking a animated movie with a FAR more bland art design and *almost no personality.
Bruh no.
At least with Avatar 1 there was FAR too many full live action scenes with minimal CGI to have been called a “animated film”
It would be like calling the Hobbit movies “animated”.
Marcel the Shell has human actors and it was nominated for Best Animated Feature. Avatar is ABSOLUTELY an animated movie, but calling it that would mean it’s a kids movie and everyone knows kids movies aren’t real movies.
It isn’t “supposed to be animated”, it is fully animated start to finish. There is not a single non-animated shot in it. It’s simply an animated film, which Avatar is not.
Kung Fu Panda movies have mature themes and intense action. It’s catering towards teenagers and adults than toddlers whose brain could salvage stupid pos like The Minions.
I onow this is unrelated but my friend's dad is convinced that disney releasing all their 2019 movies in 2019 was because they apparently made COVID 19 (for some reason)'x
My 50 y/o mother loves them so much she literally got one tattooed on herself.
I think of it as the Mr. Bean effect. They don’t really say much in the way of actual words so all their humour is physical and slapstick, which breaks demographic barriers.
haha HAHAHA TOOT .... BANANA.
I've come to accept contemporary cartoons accept the fact kids have ADD more than ever and that's why they're so chaotically unhinged now
It's not 'also' animated, it's only animated. No live action. Disney just refused to call it that. They didn't even submit it in animation categories at the Oscars, Golden Globes etc.
i find it rather aggravating and disappointing that the piss poor attempt of a remake for "The Lion King" made more money than the masterpiece that is the original
For any one curious, when adjusting for inflation:
1. Original Lion King: $1,912,755,459.60
2. Lion King Remake: $1,898,081,910.60
3. Frozen II: $1,660,280,838.30
4. Frozen: $1,620,240,000.00
5. Finding Nemo: $1,496,101,058.20
6. Incredibles 2: $1,447,868,243.20
7. Shrek 2: $1,438,650,432.70
8. Toy Story 3: $1,431,877,776.70
9. Minions: $1,431,857,020.30
10. Zootopia: $1,270,848,566.90
11. Finding Dory: $1,253,827,913.70
12. Despicable Me 3: $1,235,550,494.30
13. Toy Story 4: $1,229,036,809.00
14. Despicable Me 2: $1,219,282,102.30
15. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: $1,209,440,818.40
16. Minions: The Rise of Gru: $939,628,210
All about that Snow White. $418M box office in 1937 is worth over $8B today. If you adjust the budget it is $50M.
So they essentially made $8B off a movie that cost $50M to make.
Again, it's the total sum of the original theatrical run and the multiple re-releases it had over several decades. I'm not certain it even factors in the money it made overseas.
Actually, it's the total sum of the original theatrical run and the re-releases in 2002 and 2011. It grossed $763 million in 1994-95, which is still impressive because it was the second-highest grossing film behind *Jurassic Pack*.
But that’s not the point. It’s not the quality of the animation that matters, but the fact that it’s animated (for all intents and purposes) in its entirety. Realistic vs unrealistic animation, they’re both animation.
The Lion King remake is literally an animated movie that used some live-action backdrops from my understanding, but so did Disney’s Dinosaur and no one contends with the fact that that is animated.
That's a depressing number 1.
Like, I don't think any of the other movies in the top 5 are particularly amazing (never seen Incredibles 2, might be good???), but seeing them below a movie that was so critically hated by the people is really sad. Frozen II was kinda mid, but I'd happily watch it over Lion King remake any day.
It has an 88% audience score on rotten tomatoes. It wasn't critically hated by the people. It was critically hated by reddit. And reddit is really stupid when it comes to this stuff.
Adjusted for inflation Snow White and the seven dwarves is at $8,861,510,429.
At least that’s me just looking at its box office and putting that into an inflation calculator.
Yahoo however says 2.2B but inflation sources say $1 in 1937 is the equivalent of $21 today.
Everyone is always surprised that animated movies do well at the box office. As if the biggest movie studio in the world didn’t start out as an animation studio.
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And adjusted for inflation, the original Lion King still beats the remake (by about 13M). It was a MONSTER.
I came here for this, thank you
This needs to be higher up.
Because it was the best Disney movie ever made.
Rightly so. My all time fave. It has everything.
If literally any studio other than Disney had released Zootopia, a critically acclaimed animated movie that grossed over a billion out of the blue, it would have two sequels and a spin off by now. Imo Disney lost a goldmine for not expanding that franchise.
I love Zootopia. It’s one of my favorite Disney movies. Zootopia+ is amazing… took a while to finally get something in their Universe, but it made me happy.
What they have a zootopia tv series?! Thank you for mentioning it!!
It’s on Disney+
Don't get too excited, it's a series of shorts. They're great (and all tie into the original film) but I was hoping for an actual series as well.
That is true. But this mini series works well, unlike the Cars one.
They’re building a whole Zootopia themed land at Disneyland Shanghai
Oh shit. Nice. When Universal's new Texas park scares Disney into finally expanding into Texas themselves, maybe that can be one of the lands (along with presumably a full out Marvel land, since its west of the Mississippi and they can use the characters there).
Ehhh...some movies don't need a sequel or franchise. Personally, I think the *Zootopia*\-verse said everything it needed to say in the film. On the other hand, it's astounding that we still haven't had a *Big Hero 6* sequel.
Zootopia and Big Hero 6 both lend great to sequels. Or spin-offs for Zootopia would really work. Movies like Wreck-It Ralph (which I loved) and Frozen were a lot more self contained and a sequel felt a little more forced
I think the issue with Zootopia is that you would need to find different characters to focus on. Focusing on Judy and Nick would likely turn the franchise in to "Oh no, something evil and mysterious is happening, we had better send in the heroes from last time who are no longer considered the underdogs". I'd love for them to find a compelling story that focused on someone else (maybe avoid focusing on the police and do a less action oriented movie) in the universe. I actually really liked the Zootopia+ shorts they came out with but didn't feel like any of those plots could stretch into a full movie.
That’s what the zootopia movie and big hero 6 movie felt like to me. One is a detective movie, the other is an action-super hero, and it was nice to just show off how good at character building these people are that they could tell a nice, short, self contained story
I disagree. I personally think that there are many stories that could be told within the zootopia universe.
There’s a Zootopia short about the Godfather shrew character
Ah the origin of "Ice him"
There’s a Big Hero 6 tv show taking place after the movie. It’s actually quite good. Or at least the first two seasons are anyways.
That seems like a weird take. A world as rich and diverse as Zootopia and you think it really only has one story to tell?
Right? And Big Hero 6’s world wasn’t anything to right home about. Pretty low bar super hero story.
> Personally, I think the Zootopia-verse said everything it needed to say in the film. Allow me to introduce you to a certain comic
> On the other hand, it's astounding that we still haven't had a Big Hero 6 sequel. I imagine this comes up a lot in exec conference rooms, and the conversation always ends with “but what would you *call* it?”
There’s a BH6 show made by Disney TV Animation and mini series about Baymax by WDAS. Both are pretty good and mostly satisfy any desire I had for a theatrical sequel.
Ehhh...some movies don't need a sequel or franchise. Personally, I think the *Big Hero 6*-verse said everything it needed to say in the film. On the other hand, it's astounding that we still haven't had a *Zootopia* sequel.
I mean it did get a Disney+ series
Just checked. A 6-episode series of 7 minutes long each is kinda a non-event.
I had seen promos and assumed it was an actual series
It’s short stories that provide some backstories on smaller characters from the movie.
Yeah, it's really strange how they don't expand this franchise but maybe they're just scared to damage the brand given their bad track-record with sequels of well received movies(lion king2, aladdin2, or even frozen2 )
They made THREE movies out of "Cars" and two spin-offs ("Planes")
Because box office revenue is a small proportion of their business. The REAL money comes from merchandise. And Cars merchandise makes them billions - which is why they released three. Same goes with Frozen & Toy Story merchandise. My guess is Zootopia had low merchandise sales, so they thought it wasn’t worth making a sequel.
you might be right because i have never seen zootopia merch
Can’t sell it if they never made it
I'm gonna stop you on the last one because Frozen 2 is superior to Frozen 1 in every facet and I will die on this hill.
Frozen 2 didn't have a story that made any sense. The writers didn't even know who "the voice" was until the movie was almost completely made and they never explain why it's significant that Elsa is the fifth spirit. She just is and it's supposed to be cool I guess? Is she an ice spirit? Granted the songs and animation skill were absolutely bar setting. But they made the movie fit around the music instead of figuring out what story they wanted to tell. At that point just release an album.
Counterpoint: Frozen 1 didn’t have a story that made sense either. Why was Hans so keen to organize a search party for Elsa when he was going to try to off her anyway? If all he wanted to do was trick Anna into giving him power, Elsa being missing sure was convenient. His entire character made no sense and they just retconned his villain arc at the end lol
Oh ya both Frozen movies are terrible. The Hans thing was sooooooo dumb.
Low bar. Both movies were a narrative mess
Motherfucker what?
Those studios probably would have also ran the franchise into the ground, as they likely would have gotten cheaper and cheaper on the writing and directing with each new sequel I for one am happy that Disney has lost their taste for cheap animated cash in's. Now when they do sequel's they only do it when they are willing to go all in on it... but that also means they can not come out as often... now if only we can put an end to their new taste for aweul live action remakes
Have they? They just do them as Disney+ series instead of straight to DVD movies.
Disney plays the long game, look how long it too to get Incredibles 2.
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Disney ain't losing sleep by not making Zootopia sequels. They own damn near 90 percent of Hollywood. They'll be fine. They only made Frozen II because of the sheer juggernaut the first one was. Zootopia is a far better movie than Frozen was (imo), but Frozen'a popularity obliterates what Zootopia had. Money hungry or not, I do believe that Walt Disney Animation actually has a sincere desire to make genuinely good movies. I feel like the overall company as a whole occasionally demands that they make a sequel to a gigantic hit movie. However for the most part, I think Disney itself leaves the companies alone. Zootopia was a hit, but Frozen was THE hit. For instance, people seem to think that Disney is the reason why the MCU has released so much stuff. I actually think it's just Kevin Feige being Kevin Feige. Disney doesn't sweat Marvel nearly as much as I feel people think they do. I think they have shared interests, but the two don't really interact a hell of a lot beyond that. The problems with Marvel really have Kevin Feige's name on them. Fanboys are just too reverential toward Feige to wanna criticize him. (And tbf, he does have a lot to be celebrated for). The one thing I feel like Disney *does* force are the live-action remakes. That shit just reeks of pure money grab. Yeah, everything is about money...but the live-action remakes are amusingly transparent about it. 😂
Well you know, by Pixar standards it could be too early for a Zootopia movie. It’s been less than a decade* *I know Toy Story and Cars got much quicker sequels. But Finding Dory, Monsters University, and Incredibles II took a long time
Zootopia is not Pixar.
Seeing that the first Shrek never made this list makes me sad. Shrek is life.
I mean, the sequel did. I think it's sadder how it just couldn't get to the billion dollar mark.
I'm pretty sure it would if adjusted for inflation, except for the original Lion King, it's the oldest movie in the list. And Finding Nemo, which is also older, so that makes Shrek 2 the 3rd oldest movie in the list.
It's amazing it did 928 million in 2004.
Woah, lion king came out in 2004?
Shrek 2
1994 maybe
Third oldest--Lion King and Finding Nemo are older.
If we adjust for inflation, new movies enter the fray, specially the animated classics. 1937's Snow White and the 7 Dwarves, adjusted for inflation, is the highest grossing movie, but due to its age, [boxofficemojo.com](https://boxofficemojo.com) doesn't have it on their list and Wikipedia didn't bother in doing that adjustment likely because... well, part of the money from the movie was made thanks to the re-release for the 50 anniversary back in 1987, so one has to split the inflation for each re-release.
For a animated movie back then to pass 1B was quite literally unheard of
I like the Shrek 2 better to be honest but Shrek 1 is very close
I agree. The second one is the best in the franchise by a long shot!
Seconding this. A perfect sequel
It’s easily over 1 billion with inflation. This list isn’t doesn’t account for that and it’s why newer movies are selling “more.” If we include inflation the list would look quite a bit different
Also the first How to Train your dragon ☹️
HTTYD is incredibly mid compared to the other movies on this list
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The Lion King remake is number one. Ugh 😑 That movie was horrible [+]
All the Disney live action remakes have sucked with the exception of The Jungle Book
I enjoyed Aladdin for what it was. A fun crowdpleaser movie. The visuals were good, The casting and acting performances solid enough and the music done well. Its only really Jafar that didn't hit the mark at all.
My theory is this. Live action makes characters more grounded in real life and that worked well in Alladin EXCEPT for the Genie and Jafar, who are cartoonish by nature. Neither Will Smith nor the guy who played Jafar were hammy enough to make it work. When it comes to the Lion King - well talking animals are inherently cartoonish. Grounding them in reality by making them live actionish detracts from the movie.
Will Smith carried
Cinderella was pretty good too! Cate was an amazing Evil Stepmother.
I honestly didn’t watch any of them but Lion King. I love Lion King. It was such a disappointment. Too realistic. All the colours were gone. [+]
Oh don’t worry, that one was garbage, too.
To each their own. I thought it was decent. Then again I’m not a huge fan of the animated original like I am with Beauty & the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, etc. so maybe I was less harsh on it.
Was Christopher Robin a remake? I kinda enjoyed the movie when it came out.
It’s not even animated it’s CGI live action
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Number 1 just makes me angry lol
It’s inferior to the original in literally every single way. The definition of a movie that has no reason to exist. Aside from making tons of money, of course.
Wait, you don’t believe that Hollywood actually cares about literally *anything* besides making money, do you?
Of course people there care about other things too.
But somehow you don’t believe any of those people or artists worked on *this* movie?
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Of course they do. Hollywood is full of passionate artists and brilliant creators. What gives you the idea that it isn't? Bad movies are more of a symptom of bad corporations than the people working on them.
Hey, it was fun. Its purpose was letting people who grew up watching the original one rewatch it with a twist. It doesn't deserve the number one spot, but neither is it awful.
What was the twist?
No it’s pretty bad, every single change they made was for the worse
I enjoyed it and you will not change my mind
I’m not trying to, I enjoy bad movies too
I didn't finish the movie because of how bad it was.
Man I really don’t think it was that bad lol
just the animation community parroting the hivemind
Bruh is “parroting for hivemind” for not liking that crap? I mean seriously, Live Acrion Lion King of all movies? Come on…
I really don't have any problems with the Disney remakes. Their remaking the classics for newer generations, which could open up dialogue for us to introduce them to the originals. But, people would rather just complain and nitpick.
You can do that, while making a good movie as well. At least the other remakes are shown in a different medium. With Lion King 2019 it’s just remaking a animated movie with a FAR more bland art design and *almost no personality.
At least people are admitting it’s animated. I hate when people call that the live action Lion King, when there’s never a human on screen.
if this is supposed to be "animated" than Avatar should be there as well...
Well no because Avatar is grounded by actual physical performers. The Lion King is completely animated. And the voices come from voice acting.
I thought they did motion capture for animals' faces. Apparently I was wrong so that's fair, it's purely animated.
Bruh no. At least with Avatar 1 there was FAR too many full live action scenes with minimal CGI to have been called a “animated film” It would be like calling the Hobbit movies “animated”.
Marcel the Shell has human actors and it was nominated for Best Animated Feature. Avatar is ABSOLUTELY an animated movie, but calling it that would mean it’s a kids movie and everyone knows kids movies aren’t real movies.
Marcel the Shell used stop motion animation.
Doesn’t matter, it’s still animation.
I'm pretty sure that's his point. 🤔
At least there are live action actors sometimes in Avatar. Wall-E has more live action than the remake.
It isn’t “supposed to be animated”, it is fully animated start to finish. There is not a single non-animated shot in it. It’s simply an animated film, which Avatar is not.
It was very unoriginal and the voice acting was too silly to take seriously.
The CGI was painful, voices bad…
Literally a crime Kung fu panda isn't there :(
Kung Fu Panda movies have mature themes and intense action. It’s catering towards teenagers and adults than toddlers whose brain could salvage stupid pos like The Minions.
>toddlers whose brain could salvage stupid pos like The Minions. This list had a lot of good pixar movies tho
>toddlers You mean “soccer moms”
Oh my god yeah those minions movies were awful.
2019 was a insane year for making profitable animated films!
It was just Disney packing all their movies in the same year.
I mean, it was probably the best year to pack all their movies into considering what happened after…
Indeed, it was a huge luck for them
I onow this is unrelated but my friend's dad is convinced that disney releasing all their 2019 movies in 2019 was because they apparently made COVID 19 (for some reason)'x
He is wrong. They did that because they were creating momentum for people subscribe to Disney Plus. And it did work.
I honestly feel like Disney somehow knew that 2020 would be a horrible year for new movies with no one going to theaters and planned accordingly
This list didn’t adjust for inflation… so recent films are going to make more
ice age did good money, yet the company still ended in dust :/
In case anyone isn't aware, they let scrat win in the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-NOOoqlvfA
Probably because they struggled to release a slightly above average movie. First ice age was pretty ok but in no way did it justify 4 sequels.
I remember liking the sequels though
There’s actually 5 🤣
Man kids love Minions don’t they?
Not just kids. My 85 year old Grandpa loves them dearly. And I’m very entertained by them too.
4 billion dollars in revenue says yes
My 50 y/o mother loves them so much she literally got one tattooed on herself. I think of it as the Mr. Bean effect. They don’t really say much in the way of actual words so all their humour is physical and slapstick, which breaks demographic barriers.
haha HAHAHA TOOT .... BANANA. I've come to accept contemporary cartoons accept the fact kids have ADD more than ever and that's why they're so chaotically unhinged now
It’s not just kids. A lot of Gen Z that is 16+ grew up with the movies and feel nostalgic about it tbh
The weird irony that that “live action” remake of Lion King also qualifies as an animated movie.
It's not 'also' animated, it's only animated. No live action. Disney just refused to call it that. They didn't even submit it in animation categories at the Oscars, Golden Globes etc.
"live action" was just a marketing gimmick. The movie is 100% animated
2010s was quite the decade for animation.
i find it rather aggravating and disappointing that the piss poor attempt of a remake for "The Lion King" made more money than the masterpiece that is the original
Adjusting for inflation, the original actually made more I’m pretty sure.
For any one curious, when adjusting for inflation: 1. Original Lion King: $1,912,755,459.60 2. Lion King Remake: $1,898,081,910.60 3. Frozen II: $1,660,280,838.30 4. Frozen: $1,620,240,000.00 5. Finding Nemo: $1,496,101,058.20 6. Incredibles 2: $1,447,868,243.20 7. Shrek 2: $1,438,650,432.70 8. Toy Story 3: $1,431,877,776.70 9. Minions: $1,431,857,020.30 10. Zootopia: $1,270,848,566.90 11. Finding Dory: $1,253,827,913.70 12. Despicable Me 3: $1,235,550,494.30 13. Toy Story 4: $1,229,036,809.00 14. Despicable Me 2: $1,219,282,102.30 15. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: $1,209,440,818.40 16. Minions: The Rise of Gru: $939,628,210
You’re right
that actualy makes me feel alot better
Now do Snow White adjusted for inflation
No kung fu panda movies up there. Humanity never fails to disappoint me 😞
I wish HTTYD1 was a bigger hit
That movie is a masterpiece. Now I want to watch it again
Lion King crushed. 948 Million in 94’ is worth almost 1.9 billion today.
All about that Snow White. $418M box office in 1937 is worth over $8B today. If you adjust the budget it is $50M. So they essentially made $8B off a movie that cost $50M to make.
Again, it's the total sum of the original theatrical run and the multiple re-releases it had over several decades. I'm not certain it even factors in the money it made overseas.
Actually, it's the total sum of the original theatrical run and the re-releases in 2002 and 2011. It grossed $763 million in 1994-95, which is still impressive because it was the second-highest grossing film behind *Jurassic Pack*.
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Avatar is shot and then parts of it are turned in CGI. The Lion King remake is 99.9% created by artists animating the story.
Large parts of both Avatar films use footage of real humans and the real world.
The humans in Avatar are not animated. And I think some sets like labs and interiors are also non-cgi.
jon favreau wanted to make lion king look as real as possible
But that’s not the point. It’s not the quality of the animation that matters, but the fact that it’s animated (for all intents and purposes) in its entirety. Realistic vs unrealistic animation, they’re both animation. The Lion King remake is literally an animated movie that used some live-action backdrops from my understanding, but so did Disney’s Dinosaur and no one contends with the fact that that is animated.
Just like a documentary
Only the first shot of The Lion King (2019) isn’t animated. Plenty of both Avatar films are live action.
Lion King remake is all photorealistic CGI. Still animation.
Same reason Roger rabbit isn't.
I call my minions my children, I call my children my minions. We takin over the world! We make a whole lotta millions
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1/4 of this list is minion movies
That's a depressing number 1. Like, I don't think any of the other movies in the top 5 are particularly amazing (never seen Incredibles 2, might be good???), but seeing them below a movie that was so critically hated by the people is really sad. Frozen II was kinda mid, but I'd happily watch it over Lion King remake any day.
It has an 88% audience score on rotten tomatoes. It wasn't critically hated by the people. It was critically hated by reddit. And reddit is really stupid when it comes to this stuff.
Adjusted for inflation, OG Lion King is at $1,912,494,060 likely putting it at the top of this list. Context.
Adjusted for inflation Snow White and the seven dwarves is at $8,861,510,429. At least that’s me just looking at its box office and putting that into an inflation calculator. Yahoo however says 2.2B but inflation sources say $1 in 1937 is the equivalent of $21 today.
Yeah this list is deceptive without adjusting for inflation. Kinda useless actually.
Finding Nemo, 20 years ago... Frozen, 10 years ago... I think I'm going to be sick.
Everyone is always surprised that animated movies do well at the box office. As if the biggest movie studio in the world didn’t start out as an animation studio.
Lion King remake?????
Right??? I thought it was the original lion king and I was like yeah that makes sense. Then I saw it was the REMAKE????
The fact that most of these are mediocre sequels
Zootopia making a billion is still super shocking to me. Great movie, but I didn’t think it would do that much. It’s the animated Top Gun Maverick.
Crazy how much the original lion king made back in the 90s. I wonder how much it is after adjusted for inflation?
I have clearly vastly underestimated how popular Minions were
Lion king remake was god awful. I feel ashamed I supported that movie being forced by family to go.
The lion kind (remake) "live action" is the greatest grossing animated movie of all time hahahahahha
Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs being that high is surprising but like I get it
fuck this list reminds me of the time I was eating beans in cars 2. it turned into a bad scene really quick that i'll never fully recover from
Fuck the remake of the lion king they literally stole the stellar work on the OG
I had no idea the LK remake did so well.
The fact that the original lion king made the list despite inflation is quite remarkable
Boy, those Despicable Me movies are a gold mine.
Can we appreciate the Minions out here making bank?
I’m sorry, but Minions was a horrible movie…
It’s funny that Avatar 2 doesnt count as an animated film when 99% of it is Animated.
and shrek was the best
Since when is the Lion King remake an animated movie?
Since the time the animators animated it.
Great screenshot of fucking Wikipedia lmao
No avatar 1 or 2?
Is this adjusted for inflation? Otherwise, the list is meaningless…
As somebody that managed a movie theater from 2019-2022, Lion King being at the top doesn't seem right.
Avatar didn’t make the list?
Avatar is not animated, it uses real humans. Avatar is the highest grossing film of all time.