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didn't crack top 12? Anyone else suprised too?

posted 20 years ago by jaroon7648
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According to movies.yahoo.com, Teacher's Pet didn't make the Top 12 in its opening weekend. I was expecting it do well since it was an animated Disney movie, I didn't think it would do as well as something like Finding Nemo but I still thought it would have a decent opening weekend and probably debut in the top 5. The movie is apparently based on a TV show (I had never heard of the show until the movie came out) so you would figure there would be a fan base that would go see the movie. Since the fanbase of the show probably consists of a lot of kids, you would figure that their parents would take them thus increasing tickets sales. Also, critics gave it good reviews and with some saying that Teacher's Pet is an example of why hand-drawn animation should not be discardinig. Movie studios are moving away from hand drawn animation to more computer generated animation because of the recent boxoffice results of animated movies. Sinbad Legend of the Sea was handdrawn animation and bombed. Finding Nemo was computer animated and was a huge success.

I guess not all Disney animated movies are a success. I remember that Treasure Planet did modestly but it wasn't exactly a blockbuster. It took in like 38 million in the U.S. I'm not sure about the movie's worldwide take. I'm sure the total world take was disapointing to Disney since Treasure Planet took 140 million to make and another 40 million to market (www.boxofficemojo.com).

[–] DameFlux 20 years ago

It's a TV show. Made into a feature. When you bring a TV show to big screen you had better make it a hell of a lot better . This wasn't. Disney is trying to make money based on it's TV exposure and not on it's quality. The designs are cool but it has to go beyond that. Cheap Korean animation looks just like what it is on the big screen. Cheap. Even South Park put far more effort into their big screen version. This looks exactly like the TV show that I can watch for free.

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[–] jaroon7648 20 years ago

I know, animated Disney movies typically debut pretty well even though they fall short of expectations. I think Brother Bear fell short of expectations since it didn't break the 100 million mark in the U.S.

[–] JaredS924 20 years ago

Actually for the 4 day weekend it came in at #11 between 3 and 4 million. It is a BIG flop.

[–] jaroon7648 20 years ago

I saw that too. For the friday to sunday count, it didn't crack the top 12. I guess it must have picked up some tickets on monday then.

It still is a big flop though.

[–] prezkot 20 years ago

I didn't like this show when it was on, not a bit. But TV critics, who thought it was "edgy & cool" because bad animation + Nathan Lane = awesome show (don't get me wrong, Nathan Lane is cool most times) gave it awards. But like me, the kiddies didn't like it either. So Disney decided to make a movie about it to appease these loving critics. Unfortunately awards does not = good profits. Disney (as well as Nick and all TV-based movie properties) should learn to be wise about choosing movie adaptations.

Or we scrap that whole idea and just say Disney gave this job to the animators to keep 'em busy while they close down the studios. The dismal earnings will just further prove to Disney that hand-drawn animation isn't worth it (even though it is) and CGI ala Finding Nemo is (even though FN was great).

[–] DameFlux 20 years ago

No Disney animators worked on this. They were Koreans. If there were Disney animators here I would have to use a cattle prod to keep from them beating you to death for even suggesting they might have had something to do with it.

[–] christian123 20 years ago

i am not surprised at all that the movies total was a pathetic 6 mil