Ladies and Gentlemen, whether you like it or not, the Pixar Playlist
We find ourselves in a special situation with our next film, it’s the first Pixar film to make a loss at the Box Office, the Good Dinosaur
The film was Pixar’s second
release of 2015, but was originally scheduled for November 2013. This film was
in the works since 2009 under Bob Peterson and Peter Sohn, John Walker was also
apparently involved. This film was delayed twice after they found themselves in
a creative block, ultimately resulting in Peterson and Walker being removed
from the film, with John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich and Mark Andrews all brought in
to help Peter Sohn with the film. The script underwent major revisions during
this time.
Most of the cast was recast,
likely at considerable expense. And it’s hard not to think that this film’s
delays may have indirectly resulted in some of the layoffs that were happening
at Pixar at the time
None-the-less, the movie was released to critical praise, a 75% rating on Rotten Tomatoes but with a lower-than-average 6.6/10 average score. The film made $332m on it’s $175m budget. That may sound ok, but with marketing costs and theatre cuts taken from it, it spells around an $85m loss for the studio. So, why did this film fail to connect with audiences? Let’s take a look
