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Disney’s latest animated movie Wish, which centers around the entertainment giant's first Afro-Latina heroine, tanked at the box office during the usually profitable Thanksgiving weekend.
The movie had been projected to take in between $45 million and $65 million during its opening three-day weekend but instead only grossed $19.7 over the traditional weekend and $31.7 million over the five-day holiday weekend.
Wish added $17.3 million at the international box office for a total of $49 million, but had an estimated production budget of $200 million.
Wish, a celebration of Disney’s 100 years of animation, was released head to head with The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes from Lionsgate and Apple Original Productions’ Napoleon.
According to Variety, Wish came nowhere near 2021's Encanto, which opened to $40.3 over its first five days, 2019's Frozen II, which raked in $123.7 million, 2018's Ralph Breaks the Internet at $84.6 million, and 2017's Coco, which hauled in $71 million.
To add to the House of Mouse’s woes, its streaming service Disney+ has been losing subscribers and has suffered a series of box office flops, including Lightyear, Strange World, and Elemental, as well as underperforming sequels for franchises such as the latest Indiana Jones installment and The MCU’s The Marvels.
The movie had been projected to take in between $45 million and $65 million during its opening three-day weekend but instead only grossed $19.7 over the traditional weekend and $31.7 million over the five-day holiday weekend.
Wish added $17.3 million at the international box office for a total of $49 million, but had an estimated production budget of $200 million.
Wish, a celebration of Disney’s 100 years of animation, was released head to head with The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes from Lionsgate and Apple Original Productions’ Napoleon.
According to Variety, Wish came nowhere near 2021's Encanto, which opened to $40.3 over its first five days, 2019's Frozen II, which raked in $123.7 million, 2018's Ralph Breaks the Internet at $84.6 million, and 2017's Coco, which hauled in $71 million.
To add to the House of Mouse’s woes, its streaming service Disney+ has been losing subscribers and has suffered a series of box office flops, including Lightyear, Strange World, and Elemental, as well as underperforming sequels for franchises such as the latest Indiana Jones installment and The MCU’s The Marvels.
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