Darkbeer
06-02-2003, 05:40 PM
What Nemo Found (http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2003/mft03060202.htm) - Motley Fool, 6/2/03
QuikQuote: Memo to Michael Eisner: You blew it!
As Pixar's Finding Nemo scored an amazing $70.6 million run on movie tickets over the weekend, is there any doubt who the real leader in animation is these days? Sure, Disney is in for half of the take on this project and Pixar's next two releases, but it is now painstakingly obvious that Pixar is no fluke and teaming up with Disney at the expense of leaving half of the profits on the table is now just silly.
In just this one opening weekend, Nemo has been able to outgross what Disney's last two animated releases (Jungle Book 2 and Piglet Movie) produced at the box office in their entire theatrical runs earlier this year, combined. And, yes, this is nearly double the $38 million that last year's much-hyped flop Treasure Planet generated for Disney before it moved on to the home-video market.
QuikQuote: Memo to Michael Eisner: You blew it!
As Pixar's Finding Nemo scored an amazing $70.6 million run on movie tickets over the weekend, is there any doubt who the real leader in animation is these days? Sure, Disney is in for half of the take on this project and Pixar's next two releases, but it is now painstakingly obvious that Pixar is no fluke and teaming up with Disney at the expense of leaving half of the profits on the table is now just silly.
In just this one opening weekend, Nemo has been able to outgross what Disney's last two animated releases (Jungle Book 2 and Piglet Movie) produced at the box office in their entire theatrical runs earlier this year, combined. And, yes, this is nearly double the $38 million that last year's much-hyped flop Treasure Planet generated for Disney before it moved on to the home-video market.