Since the pandemic, Pixar has gone downhill and without brakes. With Elemental, the numbers get worse.
It has not started well Elementarythe new pixar moviewhich has reaped worst box office gross in company history, during the first 3 days in the United States. It can still come back, but Disney has already started layoffs.
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Elemental has only grossed $29.6 million in the first three days of release, which includes a weekend. Is Worst opening in Pixar historyadjusting for inflation.
Almost the same time Disney has announced the layoff of 75 workers at Pixar, including the director of Lightyear and Finding Dory, Angus McLane.
The company that came to be in the hands of Steve Jobs has produced some of the best animated films in history, but its disconnection with the audience has been increasing since the time of the pandemic.
Elemental, the worst Pixar premiere
It’s hard to gauge the success of Onward, Luca, Soul, and Red, because they premiered directly on Disney+, and had limited theatrical release.
Most of Pixar’s films have surpassed 500 million box office receipts, and the greatest hits exceed 1,000 million. But Lightyear, its first theatrical release after the pandemic, it only grossed 226 million worldwide. AND Elementary nothing has started well.
Pixar’s new IPs fail to hook viewers, but lightyear is based on the company’s most successful franchise, Toy Story, and has been his biggest failurein the absence of seeing how far Elemental will go.
The new pixar movie It has some elements in its favor to overcome. Still It has not been released in many countriesand will have little competition in animated films this summer.
Unfortunately for her, the reviews have been lukewarm. The review of Elemental in HobbyConsolas.com praises its technical aspects, but considers it overly melodramatic, with a simple plot.
for now, Elementary is the worst box office opening in Pixar history. We’ll see if he’s able to come back.