Predict how TS3 will end at the box office.

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#181

So… that’s it for the box office, huh? it’s like I’ve been saying, the gravy train will run out, and it looks like it has. We hit $1 billion, dethroned Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Twilight, and everything else, and became the biggest Pixar movie ever.

So let’s have a hand for Lee Unkrich, Darla K Anderson, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Randy Newman, and everyone else for making Pixar’s biggest movie again. The best movie of the year, the most touching, hilarious, moving, and epic movie of 2010.

All my life since Toy Story 2, the only thing I wanted from Pixar was Toy Story 3. And now that it’s come, and is soon to be gone, it will live on for generations just like its’ predecessors. It ended the series perfectly and sweetly, and I definetly do not want another Toy Story feature film.

Lee Unkrich said in a YouTube interview that they didn’t cover a Toy Story 2.5, since the best story to tell next would be Andy growing up, and not some random adventure. Toy Story introduced our main characters and established their purpose in life. Toy Story 2 introduced the background, growing threat of when Andy outgrows the toys, but assures that the toys will stay together. Toy Story 3 is the story of what a living toy does when their owner grows up.

Unkrich is right - there can’t and shouldn’t be another story - it’d just be some random adventure. I hope the Toy Story Toons at least tell a funny story, unlike the random one-off crap of Mater’s Tall Tales. And the huge anticipation and love for Toy Story beforehand would never be the same after an 11 year gap like Toy Story 3. This whole 15 year saga, with it’s gaps and movies, has been an experience like no other, and I’m completely happy with it.

So, Toy Story 3, you’ve got a friend in me, for infinty and beyond. So long, partner.

#182

Aaw, that was really sweet, Chopperface. It just hit me now that we’re saying good-bye to the toys, and even when we do see them in the Toons, it just won’t be the same. I’m not saying the Toons won’t be amazing, it’s just that we know the end to their story. No more guessing.

Thanks to everyone at Pixar for making this the trilogy of a lifetime. I’ve been with the toys since I was born in 1995, and can’t remember a time without them. Thanks for making my childhood so memorable with the songs and stories that fueled my imagination. And thanks, the most, for the wonderful characters that I’ll never forget.

#183

Well said Chopperface raises a glass of champagne

#184

Even if it was a flop (I don’t even think I can imagine that), it was still one of Pixar’s best movies, and the proper ending to the Toy Story series. The unthinkable box office totals were just icing on the cake.

#185

That’s really nice, Chopperface. Thanks for sharing that with us. :smiley:

#186

As sad as I am to see this series end, I truly believe that there should not be a ts4. Last thing we want is for pixar to go down the same road dreamworks went with poor shrek.

#187

Whoa, hold your horses. Toy Story 3 is not over, until they release the dvd in November there is still much of the story to tell. Like deleted scenes and all those special features that dozens of peeps are working on right now for a 10,000,000 dvd release!

Sure glad they decided to use more of a human side, literally, this time around. Roger Ebert said it made the film less “eerie”. In the past such movies usually showed the mom only from the knees and skirt down. So instead of making humans have minimalist interactions to drive the story, they became a really big part of the show.

Didn’t know you were such a big fan, Chopperface, I saw the movie only twice, liking it more the 2nd time around, and hoping the 3rd time with the dvd will be the charmer.

#188

That was a lovely speech, Chopperface. I echo the sentiments.

I agree with you, DarkHandOfSigourneyWeaver, having the humans be actively involved and influencing the story made a big difference. It also made it easier for the audience to understand what an impact Andy growing up made on the toys.

I eagerly await the DVD release and all of the special features that come with it!

#189

Too bad ir won’t beat Shrek 2, oh well, can’t beat them all.

#190

I thought it did? I must be thinking of something else…

#191

It did worldwide, not domesticy

#192

Well, too me, it showed two distinctive viewpoints. In the original Toy Story, it was really a toy’s POV and perspective of the world. To them, humans are a very different thing and play a different role in their lives. It’s the same world, but with a distinctly different perspective, which I guess was what made it “eerie.” To tell you the truth, they never really expanded on Andy, but that was for the best, as he was more relatable and realistic. With Toy Story 3, it definately adds a lot to the human characters’ emotions and goals.

#193

Global take is up to $1,050,500,000, a $4M pickup. The breakdown follows, and this will take a few days to trickle down to us from all over the world:

Domestic, 15th week: +$400-450K, on 302 screens, and up to $411.1M. Boxofficemojo has stopped reporting the daily box, but the other numbers keep flowing in at a healthy pace. It’s not going to pass $414M, which was my top guess a month ago, but just passed the lower est. of $411M. A month after the film was out I guessed $405-415M, but could only hazard a guess of safely well over $900M global, but would bet the Disney bean counters had it pegged at just under $1B then. It’s fun to see our home country still adding to the total almost as much as the later releases have been doing.

Britain: up to $114.6M, fell to #6 there, 4th biggest movie in terms of dollars and 2nd highest ever in terms of pounds. This country and a trio in South America have led the way for this year’s Pixar release. That’s $5M in the past 2 weeks.

Scandinavia: up to $13.2M after a bit more than a month of release and that’s about $1M for the week in those 4 countries for the past 2 weeks. It’s possible it will cap off around $15-16M there as predicted at worldofkj.com.

Japan: continues to struggle there now, tons of competition, with a pickup of around $600K and up to $126.7M.

Spain: finishes around $31M, about 20% less than Up did. That’s about $1M in the past 2 weeks, there won’t be much more. Given how well TS3 did in the Americas, in every single nation in the Western Hemisphere, it was somewhat surprising it didn’t do a bit better in Spain. Must be related to how familiar they are with potato heads; reports of the Spanish Buzz were very positive.

Italy: hard to find anything here; France: same. Germany is pretty much washed up, and hard to find anything new on the Low Countries.

So that accounts for about $4.0M of a supposed $4M pickup, which is the reverse of 2 weeks ago, where I could only account for half of the big $11M gross. Surely, the steep drop was due almost entirely to Japanese competition last week. It looks like it could still make $10-12M more until the end of the run, which will be short of the $1,069Millions it needs to move up another notch on the ladder to 4th place.

#194

I was surprised to see that little $4 million jump. If they could put out an ad, and extend it’s time in theaters, we could very well pass Dead Man’s Chest.

The ad should go, “Your last chance to see Toy Story 3 - the final Toy Story movie!” Or something along those lines. We could squeeze out one final drop of gravy. Someone in this thread mentioned earlier that Ponyo went big in Japan since it was thought that film would be the last film from its’ director.

Not gonna happen, but I wish it could. Just pass Dead Man’s Chest, and hell even have a glimmer of chance to beat Lord of the Rings, I’ll die a happy man.

#195

I know I’m late in saying this… but congrats on passing the $1 billion mark, Pixar. Not only have you proven that a CGI animated film can be financially viable time and time again since its inception in 1995, you also have shown that people can fall in love with convincing and heartwarming characters as much as live-action ones. Thank you for proving the naysayers wrong. This is the Avatar of CGI animated films (IMHO). You guys… are the king of the world… to infinity and beyond.

#196

U.S. box: about $300K (est.) for week #16, on 235 screens. About one month now till the dvd release. Global has not come in yet, fully. Edit: global came in, up to $1,054,100,000, so another decent pickup for the week of a few million overseas.

Britain: $115.4M, up about $600K, and down to 8th spot on their charts. Off the charts in Japan, where it was making about $300K on last check.

#197

Chopperface, I could not agree with you more. I’ve felt the exact same way ever since Toy Story 2.

#198

Global up to $1,056,500,000 as TS3 slips again in box, gaining a paltry $2M.

Britain: falls to #10, with about $400K. Up to $117.0M. That’s only $2.5M in the past 3 weeks. Italy: finally something from this country, up to $17.5M.

However it’s a holiday weekend here in the U.S. and our movie added +158 screens and scored an estimated $555,000 here, and perhaps ~$750K for the full week, pushing over $412M. Edit Final number was $833K. This was where the action was this past week, sorta like it was during a month ago’s holiday. But, it will be lucky to pass the next milepost and will be nearly impossible to hit the next million. TS3 pushed pass Despicable Me, and even Inception(!), showing strength few movies can muster. It did not pass the yawnworthy Alpha and Omega dog love story, which lost half its screens. The Owl movie, held strongly at #4, third week out, one of four and the highest grossing of October’s domestic animation offerings.

The Legends Of Ga’hoole/Owl movie has gorgeous animation, but doesn’t its hero seem to look and act a bit too much like the penguin in Happy Feet? Also, the story isn’t much to brag about. I imagine this is some sort of book series turned into a movie and was hamstrung for that reason. Edit: Yes, that’s what it is, last book published in 2008 of the series. One critic I just read about talked about how all the Art Direction “went to waste” with the “thoroughly standard fantasy fare” screenplay adaptation. Oh, and yes, both movies are Warner Bros. But the actual art direction and direction are by different individuals. A number of people screwed up!

Oct. 18: TS3 gained nearly the same box this past week in the U.S., hard to believe, nearly 3/4 of a million, and up to $412,850,000 here**. In Scandinavia the take is cresting near $15.4M, a pickup of $2.2M in the past 3 weeks, which was just about was predicted over at the worldofkj.com thread. Someone at that website had predicted on Sept. 1st that the U.S. take would cap at $410M, and a few days later revised it to max at $412M, but they were off because the main force in that thread is not from the U.S and doesn’t know our holiday schedule (2 major holidays, Labor Day and Columbus Day). Also, TS3 is a sure thing, so some chains are keeping it going in certain locations. Hooray.

**But there is something wrong with the International take that is being reported. It’s not enough, so I’m not going to repeat it until things are cleared up. Now corrected and showing $1,058,144,000.

#199

Just a week away from dvd release here in the U.S. and TS3 still is rolling along, it’s still playing in a lot of places and made the usual $700K thru Oct. 24th. (Edit: nearly $600-700K depending on where you make the cutoff, because boxofficemojo.com has stopped listing the daily take, and the weekly uses different cutoff dates) The reason is that the fall releases are ho-hum, and that includes the 2 recent animated movies. So it’s up to $413.5M now.

Global: $1,059,600,000. So half the take is now coming from the U.S. It’s very interesting that this early release nation is still doing so well! It has $6.6M to go to move into 4th spot on the all time list and this looked possible, but not probable 5 or so weeks ago, before it ran out of steam overseas. Now its limping, almost crippled, like a long distance runner whose legs are like jelly, nearing the finish line. Hmm…

#200

You’re kidding me! The movie’s still holding out?!? Wow. VERY impressive!

We might very well have a chance to eclipse Dead Man’s Chest. I know we’ve been blessed with all the landmarks we’ve made, but I’ll die a very happy man if we pass Dead Man’s Chest and become highest grossing Disney film ever.