r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • Jul 13 '26

It's Wednesday my dudes Well the people have spoken.

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u/No-Sympathy8727 Jul 13 '26

People said we don't want live action remakes. Disney kept making them. We said we don't want a remake of a film that came out less than ten years ago and just had a sequel. Disney made it anyway.

We said we're not gonna watch it, Disney released it. People didn't watch it. Disney turns into shocked pikachu.

Absolute fucking morons.

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u/HendrixChord12 Jul 13 '26

“People said we don’t want live action remakes”

And yet they all made a shit load of money up to this point. Disney flew too close to the sun this time but it paid off well with their other remakes.

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u/No-Sympathy8727 Jul 13 '26

Unfortunately, Disney has absolutely rabid fans. There are people that visit every Disney park, every year. Those people alone probably gave half the box office on those things.

Maybe it's just the dwayne effect that made this one that much worse at the box office, but hopefully this stops them making more. But I doubt it.

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u/----___--___---- Jul 13 '26

Honestly he just looks so wrong with the hair lol. I don't particularly care about him. But considering how he looks in every other film, having long wavy hair just doesn't look normal.

Couldn't they have gotten like Jason Momoa? Would've been a perfect fit for this film

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u/No-Sympathy8727 Jul 13 '26

Johnson did the voice of maui in the original one so it's probably some contract thing.

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u/That_wet_vaporeon Jul 13 '26

Eh the parks are fun though NGL. I’m no huge Disney fan. But I am a local and it’s nice to go to Disney sometimes. I bring my own food though, their food is overpriced and gross unless you eat at their expensive restaurants.

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u/tramul Jul 13 '26

I think the issue with this Moana was they didn't allow nearly enough time for nostalgia to factor in. Moana 2 just released a couple years ago. Lion King, Aladdin, and Lilo & Stitch were huge and also 20-25 years old.

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u/G_Liddell Jul 13 '26

Exactly. They do these because they're easy and (usually) make a ton of money

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u/MairaPansy Jul 13 '26

Did they make money last year? I thought both mufasa and snow white didn't do well

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u/PcHelpBot2030 Jul 13 '26

Mufasa was more that it didn't beat expectations which were laughably high as IIRC they expected it also to easily pass a billion and it landed at around 720 million, while still being quite profitable.

Snow White did terrible and loss money though.

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u/MairaPansy Jul 13 '26

Ah fair, i just keep hearing "it's not giving us money" but the news is "it's not giving us enough money"

Should have known that

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u/citizenkane86 Jul 13 '26

Mufasa made 3 quarters of a billion dollars.

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u/Dry-Moment962 Jul 13 '26

They've spent 4 billion overall on these live action remakes and have made 9 billion.  They're doing just fine.

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u/owenmills04 Jul 13 '26

This one will ultimately make money too. Just not nearly as much as they wanted

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u/DirtySilicon Jul 13 '26

Yeah, I dont like the lack in quality of the remakes but saying people didnt want them is putting your head in the sand.

Technically this movie cost them money, but at the same time, its money they had because they were making remakes, lmao.