Train In Vain
“I can’t think of anything sweeter than watching Zemeckis and Hanks fall flat on their faces with the absolutely pathetic opening of POLAR EXPRESS. The film, which cost well north of $250 million to produce and market, couldn’t muster better than a $23.5 million weekend, a financial performance almost as decrepit as the film’s visuals.”
–Posted by Amid on the Cartoon Brew page.
Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! I’m on his side. The ads & trailers for that movie made all my cartoon fan instincts rebel, and the balance of reviews suggest I wasn’t far wrong.
By way of contrast, in it’s second week of release, The Incredibles made more than twice what Polar Express did in it’s opening weekend. And I’m not even sure if that’s counting the two extra days Polar Express had, as it opened on a Wednesday.
That’s the thing about Pixar–even when they don’t hit 100%, they’re so far and away from anybody else. Is there another studio (animation or otherwise) with this kind of track record?
Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc, the Toy Story movies, Bug’s Life…
