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‘Elemental’ was written off as a box-office flop. Then it sprouted legs (www.cnn.com)
submitted 1 year ago by pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org to c/entertainment@beehaw.org
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When “Elemental” opened to less than $30 million in the US in mid-June, box-office analysts and reporters were quick to label the animated movie a “flop,” one that was almost sure to lose money.

The animated love story is [now] bearing down on $150 million in the US, meaning it will have earned five times its opening-weekend total – a multiple no Pixar movie has achieved since the original “Toy Story.”

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[–] pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, initially I didn't plan on going, but my sister took her kids and really enjoyed it... she said it reminded her of her time living in New York's Chinatown.

I subsequently took my family and we all really liked it too. It's not groundbreaking or world changing, but it was a solid and enjoyable film. It is definitely an immigrant story and about how to live up to the expectations of those who sacrificed so much for you, while also finding your own way and living on your own terms, which deeply resonated with me.

[–] nlm@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah I enjoyed it too. Not their most memorable movie andnot particularity original but it did its thing really well.