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‘Elio’ Box Office Flop: Why Can’t Pixar Launch Original Films?
Disney's animated adventure 'Elio' failed to lift off at the box office, underscoring Pixar's continued struggle to launch original films.
Yet even as kid-friendly fare has enjoyed a box office resurgence, many of these recent winners like “Lilo & Stitch,” “A Minecraft Movie” and “How to Train Your Dragon” have been part of well-known properties. When Disney began putting Pixar movies in theaters again, “Onward” and “Toy Story” spinoff “Lightyear” fizzled due to poor execution and weak reviews. Since “Elio” also has the benefit of strong reviews and enthusiastic audience scores (the film was awarded a promising “A” grade on CinemaScore exit polls and 85% on Rotten Tomatoes), Disney hopes to see a similar staying power over the summer.
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