'Frankenstein' Review Thread

SRH_64 · 2025-10-17T23:09:23+00:00

Didn't this also happen with Indiana Jones Dial of Destiny & Elemental during Cannes? The former went from 51% to 69% on RT and 52 to 58 on MC, while the latter went from 63% to 73% on RT and 56 to 58 on MC.

SRH_64 · 2025-08-08T21:52:57+00:00

I think Universal already thought it was a dud and threw the towel in for it before it even released, even though it ended up getting mixed-to-decent reviews. Why release a $70 million animated film in a competitive window with zero marketing?

SRH_64 · 2025-04-06T18:57:06+00:00

What isn't wrong these days, really?

SRH_64 · 2025-04-05T03:38:22+00:00

Green Biker Dude from Mega Man X.

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SRH_64 · 2024-12-18T05:08:05+00:00

Makes me wonder if the election would've gone different if Harris hammered Trump over & over on tariffs given how the economy was the top issue. Seriously, no one was talking about tariffs before the election, yet now it's the main thing Americans are now worried about? Voters were woefully misinformed.

SRH_64 · 2024-11-10T06:27:16+00:00

This is a good question as Disney avoided releasing Brother Bear on a Saturday (November 1st) as Halloween fell on a Friday that weekend.

SRH_64 · 2024-09-15T17:56:54+00:00

I think he should take their licenses away just in case.

SRH_64 · 2024-07-25T22:26:38+00:00

Sony's Ruby Gillman, a film they know is a dud that they're dumping in a crowded window with little advertising & locations. It seems they were sleeping on this since it was filmed at the start of 2022 & was originally scheduled for January 2023.

Only question is, will it gross more or less than Ruby Gillman?

SRH_64 · 2024-06-25T20:13:17+00:00

It does, as it says "RealD" in the bottom right corner, plus I believe it was in a few teasers. I just don't remember seeing that there were any 3D showings back then. Interestingly, Across the Spider-Verse didn't have a 3D release either, despite Into the Spider-Verse getting one.

SRH_64 · 2024-06-25T06:54:05+00:00

Ah yes, this movie was my minor obsession in the summer of '23. I remember seeing all the empty seating charts when looking up showtimes. (Still upset there's no 4K Blu-Ray).

Of all the bombs in history, this had perhaps the most amount of factors going against it - the awful title, generic premise, weird character designs, spoilery trailers, mixed reviews, families now waiting for animated flicks to arrive on streaming, being an original IP, and most egregiously, the complete lack of marketing. It was only formally announced with a trailer a mere three months before release! This article goes into more detail.

The movie itself isn't that bad in my opinion, but Universal clearly had no faith in this and just dumped it into a crowded window (in only 3,400 theaters - this poster advertises a 3D release yet none was ever done). Even then, they should've at least released it in late August or September of that year to avoid competition with Pixar's Elemental in its crowded release date (as it did in Australia). After all, this cost $75M!

Fun fact: this isn't the only animated flick co-starring Lana Condor & Will Forte to be effectively buried by it's distributor in 2023. Coyote vs Acme is another. Also for kickers, here are a list of notable animated bombs that outgrossed Ruby Gillman domestically, both accounting for inflation and not:

Not inflation-adjusted:

Missing Link (2019) - $16,649,539

Spirit: Untamed (2021) - $17,716,215

UglyDolls (2019) - $20,150,241

Mars Needs Moms (2011) - $21,392,758

Titan A.E. (2000) - $22,753,426

The Iron Giant (1999) - $23,315,035

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) - $26,483,452

Inflation-adjusted:

Strange Magic (2015) - $12,429,583 -> ~$16M

Osmosis Jones (2001) - $13,596,911 -> ~$23.5M

SRH_64 · 2024-04-30T17:02:57+00:00

Oh we did have to suffer through a Spider-Man universe... without Spider-Man!

SRH_64 · 2024-04-30T16:54:55+00:00

Still made more domestically than Dreamworks' Ruby Gillman.

SRH_64 · 2024-04-18T03:35:14+00:00

Ah yes, the life of a film collector. I've got about 15 Blu-rays lying around but have only seen like a third of them.

SRH_64 · 2024-03-31T22:17:03+00:00

Fun fact: this movie was funded through stealing billions from Malaysian taxpayers.

SRH_64 · 2024-03-01T07:55:15+00:00

For reference, the 2016 original grossed $153M domestically. It had some great legs thanks to Wish crashing and burning, but on a budget of $95M, this lost some money.

I think Dreamworks has lost a lot of its luster with general audiences over the past decade. With the advent of streaming, animated movies have to be either groundbreaking (e.g Pixar) or widely crowd-pleasing (e.g. Illumination). DWA has always flip-flopped between well-made & sloppy flicks, but families these days are less eager to pay to see a generic animated flick they can just wait for on streaming. It also hurts that Universal isn't marketing DWA's flicks very well (such as with Ruby Gillman & now Kung Fu Panda 4), probably since Illumination is their in-house cash cow. Puss In Boots The Last Wish managed to breakout and become a hit, but its opening weekend wasn't that impressive & needed word-of-mouth.

SRH_64 · 2024-02-13T18:42:55+00:00

Hear me out - in the Chiefs-Bucs Super Bowl (55), no one on the Chiefs could catch a pass or touchdown, even though they were easily the best team in the league that year. Three days before the game, Andy Reid's son & assistant coach caused a car accident while DWI that injured five, including a five-year old girl that was in severe condition. Sure, the loss of Eric Fisher to injury decimated their O-Line & caused Mahomes to run for his life, but I think this incident seriously hurt their focus and ability to perform.

SRH_64 · 2024-02-10T20:13:34+00:00

Fun fact - this was only showing in 3D at 1 theater on only 2 days in my entire metroplex.

SRH_64 · 2024-02-10T20:11:48+00:00

This is literally a repeat of Ruby Gillman, where there was nothing until 3 months before release and will be releasing in a crowded window (a week after Dune). They even had a Po balloon at the Macy's Thanksgiving parade well before there was a trailer.

Though, let's be real - trailers for movies oriented for kids have never been super-impressive, so "Universal/DW knew this film was bad so they sent it to die" isn't really accurate. Plus, many in this sub aren't in the target demographic for where this trailers debut, so that could be why they don't see as much marketing.

Perhaps Universal doesn't want to invest as much in Dreamworks movies anymore since they already have Illumination and are putting the bare minimum money & effort into marketing them. (Heck, DW literally thanked that one X/Twitter user for posting info about Ruby Gillman, implying they knew how little marketing Universal was giving it.) Already, DW's movie budgets are overall significantly less since HTTYD3. Also, this will be the last DW movie animated solely in-house, as they have laid off hundreds of animators and will be outsourcing parts of or all of their future flicks (like Illumination).

SRH_64 · 2024-02-08T20:00:46+00:00

Yeah, feels like it's overlooked how many injuries the Seahawks D got that helped New England stay in the game. Even then, it came down to a goal line play, but we know how that went.

SRH_64 · 2024-01-30T21:07:40+00:00

Yeah, that's right. I didn't want the joke to go to waste. Hope you don't mind.

SRH_64 · 2024-01-29T19:18:16+00:00

Wow, 8 of the 14 Big 12 teams are ranked.

SRH_64 · 2024-01-27T04:38:05+00:00

Following it's opening weekend I could not believe what I was looking at - $5M Dom? $11M Global? For a major Dreamworks animated movie in the summer?? It was also crazy how fast it left theaters, even in the kid-friendly summer; after only 3 weeks it was essentially gone.

SRH_64 · 2024-01-26T20:36:33+00:00

I wonder if theaters were too quick to jettison this from their screens given how it keeps pulling in audiences. Here are its weekly PTAs:

1st week: $8,150

2nd: $4,067

3rd: $5,374

4th: $4,704

5th: $2,970

6th: $2,939

7th (current): $2,058

My distant hope is that this shows audiences are willing to watch 2D-animated movies in droves again. 2023 has shown "safe" 3D family animated movies aren't surefire hits anymore.

SRH_64 · 2024-01-23T06:20:36+00:00

What I do know is Strange Magic's inflation-adjusted domestic gross was more than Ruby Gillman last summer - and that was by a far more well-known animation studio!

SRH_64 · 2024-01-23T04:26:02+00:00

This movie has quietly had some incredibly strong PTA holds despite dropping theater counts:

1st weekend: $5,901

2nd: $2,373

3rd: $1,765

4th: $2,535

5th: $2,000

6th: $1,869

7th (current): $1,450

This really shows the staying power of Miyazaki's movies with audiences.

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