"Ratatouille" to Face Some Competition?

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#1

An

article has just been put up by Jim on the website known as Jim Hill Media.

In the thread, Jim discusses the film Ratatouille, and how well (or how

horribly) it may fair during the summer, what with numerous other films heating up the competition and a danger

of the film itself being “cut off” at the box office. You can find the link here:

[url=http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2007/01/02/toon-tuesday-how-will-ratatouille-fare-in-

hollywood-s-summer-2007-rat-race.aspx]Ratatouille Information[/url]

Credit goes to

Jim Hill Media for the link. My only complaint is that Jim

spelled “Remy” wrong, but who’s talking? :stuck_out_tongue:

[b]Warning: Mild language included in

the article.[/b]

#2

Oh my! Look at all of the great movies that will come out

just in that month! Oh my! Talk about big competition.

#3

The Star Swordsman - Ha – yeah, I know. I was gaping at

the list… :stuck_out_tongue:

For some reason, I think that Jim neglected to include [i]Meet the

Robinsons[/i] in that list. Strange…

#4

I mean, you got Pirates,

Oceans 13, Spider Man 3, and a load of good titles.

#5

Not to mention Shrek 3,

which critics surmise will bring in the most income for this year. From the sound of it, the Disney executives

wish for Ratatouille to at least bring in more dough

than Surf’s Up, which it definitely should, in my opinion. :wink:

We’ll see.

We’ll see. I was rather disappointed in the fact that Cars didn’t do as well as I

thought it would, but perhaps Ratatouille will make up for it…

#6

But Ratatoulille still will have a little bit of an edge. The reasons, the have

Pixar and Brad Bird on their side.

#7

True. True. And many dedicated fans

will also show their support for the film, which will raise its “morale” and supply it with more

attention. Good reviews will also help, and I’m sure it will get plenty of those. :wink:

#8

But then, you also got die-hard-hyper-obsessed fans of

Spider man and Pirates. Those are two of the biggest films of our time.

#9

Undoubtedly, Pirates will steal pretty much all of the

attention, with Shrek 3 right behind it. This does not bode well for Ratatouille, unfortunately.

I mean,

Cars was apparently the second highest grossing film of the year, but you wouldn’t know it from all of the

surveys that have been taken. Over here, there’s a show called “Movie 2006 with Jonathon Ross”, and

what this show says, goes. At the end of the year, they did a final show, and counted down the year’s top ten

films. Cars was nowhere to be seen (although there was a general lack of ‘children’s’ films altogether,

really.)

The Cars advertising scheme was just plain bad. I didn’t ever hear one good thing about the ads

from anyone I talked to, as they weren’t what are expected of a kid’s film adverts- they weren’t funny, they

didn’t appeal to a wide range of audiences, and the editing was really bad. It didn’t

look good.

I guess Disney should be able to learn from its mistakes, but at

the end of the day, Ratatouille will be competing with films that would probably beat it even if they weren’t

advertised at all. This, though, doesn’t mean that it’s going to do badly, per se; if it’s marketed correctly,

hopefully children will have a struggle choosing between Shrek 3 and Ratatouille.

At the end of the day,

as Pixar die-hards, we’re all gonna want it do to well, of course! And, by the looks of things so far, it

definitely deserves to. It’s just whether or not the general public will have the same view is the matter in

hand.

#10

Wow, that is

some competition! I certainly hope it will be able to hold it’s own. We’ll just have to see I guess. As for

Cars, I too read that it was the second highest grossing movie of the year. And apparently 3rd highest in DVD

sales. (I think it was behind Harry Potter & LOTR) And although I never thought of it before, i think yer

right with the whole marketing thing lizardgirl.

#11

I think it will do good. When Cars was closing in on it’s opening date, i was so excited, I

had been counting the days as soon as I heard about the movie, So it was roughly…god…months and months…I had

bascialyl told everybody about Cars, I told the whole town about it, about Pixar, who they were and what they

were doing… and I just about got everyone I knew going, to the movie… I actually ended up seeing it in theater

5 times with various people. But only by my determination and support, did these people seem entustastic about

seeing this movie, and now Cars is the talk to the town. there were also some douters I just had to talk out of

being douters. Dispite the compition, I think Ratatouille will do good with everyones support it doesnt matter

wither we get one person to go, or 80… at least me tryed and thats what counts.

trying counts.

#12

I

have put a lot of thought into this for awhile, and here’s how I see it.
You have Spider-Man 3, which we all

know is going to be a box office smash hit because it is one of the highest anticipated movies this year.

Then, there’s Harry Potter 5, etc. etc.

But Ratatouille is probably still going to make quite a

enormous amount of money at the box office anyway. Numbers of people go to see their movies, and that’s never

going to change (at least not yet anyway) .

#13

lizardgirl - Definitely – Shrek 3 will have

everyone buzzing, especially since the second one in the series did so well; as will

Pirates, which has to be one of the most popular Disney films out there at the

moment…

My main concern about Ratatouille is that it is not getting enough

– or may not get an adequate amount of – publicity around town. The thing is, the majority of people hate rats,

but the fact that Pixar is doing this film may just excite people a little more than would be expected,

hopefully.

I really think Cars could have done better, but second in line is

nothing to complain about, especially when the film itself made over $400 million. However, since

Cars probably wasn’t as popular as it could have been,

Ratatouille may not get as much attention as it should, either. But this is just

guess-work, and it’s not even the summer yet…

But yeah. Good points, lizardgirl.

:wink:

crostskates - I agree – encouraging people to see a good film may entice

them to see it, which will, in turn, end up with them telling their family and friends about it…and

“spreading the love”, so to speak. That’s cool that you did that when

Cars came out; I’m gonna try to do the same thing with

Ratatouille, as well. :wink:

Bill - Yep – you’re

probably right. Not to mention, there aren’t of films out for kids these days, so parents are going to be happy

for anything that comes up, which will help in Ratatouille’s success.

#14

Mitch - I agree with you when it comes to the marketing of Ratatouille, which

hasn’t so far been, well, profitable. All we have so far is the poster (which looks great) , and the teaser

trailer. Hopefully, we’ll see some level of improvement over the next couple of months.

#15

Bill - Yeah,

well…hopefully we’ll get more news of various merchandise for the film in the coming months. And, come to

think of it, we actually do have more than a poster. Several books on the subject have been announced, as have

some Pez dispensers, and a game. I’m sure we’ll see more than that sooner or later, though. :wink: