Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ fizzles at the box office

6/20/22
 
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from CNN,
6/19/22:

The latest film from Disney’s Pixar — which features the voice work of Chris Evans as Buzz Lightyear — opened to an estimated $51 million at the North American box office this weekend.
That number came in way under industry expectations, which projected the film to make around $70 million. The movie took in $85.6 million worldwide, according to Disney (DIS).

The film also failed to grab the top spot at the box office, opening at No. 2 behind the second weekend of Universal’s “Jurassic World: Dominion,” which made an estimated $58.6 million.

The opening is a disappointing launch for Pixar — one of the most successful and popular studios in all of Hollywood. The animation studio — which has produced hits including “Toy Story,” “The Incredibles” and “Finding Nemo” — has made $14.7 billion at the global box office.

To give some context to how “Lightyear” did compared to other Pixar films, it finds itself on the back-end of openings for the studio. The $51 million opening puts it behind 2017’s “Cars 3,” according to Comscore (SCOR).
So why wasn’t “Lightyear” a bigger hit?

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