#shrek 4 bro

[terrorslice]

Trump winning is insane but I hate how americans are making posts like theyre about to live in fucking Fallout or something lmaoooo

[moviewarfare]

A Review of “Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)”

I love the Kung Fu Panda trilogy! The 3rd movie felt like a nice wrap-up for the series. However, modern movie studios just can't give up on milking a franchise. Now we have a 4th entry in the series. Is this movie justified, or is it just another cash grab?

Jack Black is still great as Po. He still hasn't lost his charm and continues to deliver a hilarious and charismatic, vocal performance. I also love that his character Po is still a badass dragon warrior. He is always the most skilled fighter in the room and I am glad they didn't make him weaker for the sake of it. Awkwafina is again voicing another sidekick character. She is fine but that is mostly because her character isn't written to be unbearable and that makes Awkwafina bearable. Their characters do have a fun buddy dynamic throughout. Speaking of buddy dynamics, it was nice to see James Hong and Bryan Cranston return as Ping the Geese and Shan the Panda again. Po's fathers have their own, fun mini-adventure in the movie.

The animation is beautiful. Not to the extent of other dreamwork animated movies such as How to Train Your Dragon or Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. However, it looks very appealing for the most part. The action scenes are still very entertaining with its well choreographed Kung-fu scenes. It was also nice to see Ian McShane return as Tai Lung even though it was clearly done for nostalgia bait.

Unfortunately, the story is predictable and boring. Po is required by Master Shifu to pick the next Dragon Warrior but Po doesn't want to and wants to remain the Dragon Warrior. This idea in itself, can be very interesting as he could potentially have to choose between his friends, The Furious Five. Sadly, they are not even in this movie so instead we get a new character in Zhen played by Awkwafina. Oh wow, I wonder who Po will pick…

Po and his dynamic with The Furious Five have always been a highlight but removing that, makes this less interesting. The villain, The Chameleon, is also extremely underwhelming. She can steal the Kung-Fu of martial artists, including previous movie villains. Her motives are weak and her presence is just not menacing enough. They try to say throughout that Po might finally meet his match but they don't do a good job of convincing us that this is true. If anything, the big final battle feels like the easiest fight that Po has ever had so far. How is The Chameleon a threat if the Furious Five weren't even needed?! Ke Huy Quan is also in the movie but his character has no depth at all so it feels like a glorified cameo. Additionally, many of the jokes didn't land. I hate that they leave awkward pauses cause they clearly thought we the audience would laugh.

Overall, this 4th movie had no reason to exist. The story is not meaningful enough to justify its existence. This will be the start of the second trilogy but the ending itself doesn't do much to make me interested in more. The ending is a fine ending to wrap up the series (again). Hopefully, the 5th entry is a lot better and this time, make sure The Furious Five are actually in the movie!

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[tautozhone]

cant believe i’m in a heated tense micro-argument with a teenager because she keeps saying she HATES shrek three cannot stand it but also by her own account has never seen it. she won’t say anything beyond “he hates being royal and hates being a dad big deal” and that it’s a poor quality movie. i accidentally started a whole thing because i mentioned if she wanted to watch shrek four then watching three made sense, at the very least if you’re going to shit on a movie you need to know what you’re talking about. we’re talking about shrek here though. what the fuck is happening

[fandom]

Movies

Nine rings for mortal men doomed to die, five nights in an abandoned pizzeria, and one (1) fourth-generation Honda Odyssey.

Deadpool & Wolverine

Five Nights at Freddy's +26

Lord of the Rings +4

The Hunger Games +10

Saw +18

Dune +53

Barbie -6

Challengers

Trolls Band Together

Saltburn

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse -9

Red, White, and Royal Blue -6

Transformers One

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes +76

A Minecraft Movie

Nimona -12

The Hobbit +10

Inside Out 2

Scream

Mean Girls +17

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Venom: The Last Dance +21

Twilight +1

How to Train Your Dragon +8

Dead Poets Society

The Boy and the Heron

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Ultraman: Rising

The Marvels +48

Goncharov -27

Coraline +16

Lisa Frankenstein

Howl's Moving Castle -7

Top Gun: Maverick -14

Les Misérables +9

Luca

An Extremely Goofy Movie

Steamboat Willie

The Addams Family -30

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Shrek -24

Spirited Away -2

The Batman -2

Twisters

Trolls World Tour

Brokeback Mountain

Fight Club +41

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

I Saw the TV Glow

Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith +12

Knives Out -40

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Rite Here Rite Now

The Nightmare Before Christmas +19

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem -34

The Princess Bride +4

Frozen -3

Little Shop Of Horrors

Monkey Man

Thunderbolts*

Night at the Museum +9

Gladiator II

The Lion King

Alien: Romulus

Ratatouille

Soul +5

Wreck-It Ralph

The Wild Robot

Pacific Rim -6

Avatar: The Way of Water -55

Princess Mononoke -13

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

American Psycho -16

The Thing -26

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

The Mummy -4

Longlegs

Heathers +18

Beauty And The Beast -46

Oppenheimer -67

Alien (1979)

Titanic

Equestria Girls -9

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story -42

The Little Mermaid -67

Marie Antoinette

Pirates of the Caribbean -3

The Lost Boys -12

The Dark Knight

My Neighbor Totoro -9

John Wick -42

Ponyo

Kung Fu Panda +4

Hellraiser -19

Encanto -50

Wish

The Shining

Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope

Ghostbusters

Lilo & Stitch -13

The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last year.

Love movies? Discuss plots, follow franchises, and share movie memes. Right this way.

[petewentzsvaginabones]

Proper Introduction

Sup i’m Max

About me: i’m the #1 mike fuentes hater, and extremely socially awkward. i’ve been told that i’m pretty odd :) /ref

‼️‼️‼️I AM A MINOR‼️‼️‼️

important dates and shit:

Deftones- March 29th 2025

MCR- August 15th 2025

People/groups i’ve seen in concert!!

PTV

the lumineers

beach bunny

james bay

duran duran

indigo girls

cavetown

mother mother

plays/musicals/ballets i’ve seen live!

hairspray x3

wicked x2

beetlejuice

hamiton

hair

newsies x4

sound of music

the nutcracker x7

jesus christ superstar

SIX

fiddler on the roof

the little mermaid

you’re a good man charlie brown

Dorothy and the prince of oz

emojiland

addams family

status: on n off

Current Vibe: down so bad for this mf

Lyric that i’m feelin rn: “You’re a fuckin angel ” —-Emergency Contact , PTV

song that fits the vibe:

DNI- Racists, Homophobes, Bigots generally unpleasant people, anyone younger than 13, DSMP fans, Tx2 fans. I block freely lol

more shit under the cut cuz this is long

any random blurbs abt life or fandom/bandom shit go under #occasionally ace rambles

my mom is @whats-a-girl-to-do

my beloved is @randomslinky

Sexuality: GAYYYYYYYY (bisexual, homo-romantic, aroace-flux)

Gender: Dude (ftm)

my silly little issues: Chronic joint pain, autism, depression, anxiety, anger issues

current hyperfixations:

dan and phil

P!ATD (pre-split ofc)

FNAF‼️‼️

past hyperfixations:

the grinch

monster high

anime (mha demon slayer ect)

cavetown

hamilton

greek and norse mythology

satanism

catholicism

cults

ghosts

sewing

crust punk fashion

scene fashion

scene music

It (2017, 2019)

SFX makeup

Gorillaz

stranger things

gravity falls

cirque du freak

asl

Harry Potter (i was 8)

beetle juice the musical

heart stopper

the little mermaid

SIX the musical

FOB

Queen (band)

The Beatles

Goth music and culture

favorite media:

Will Trent (books and show)

BBC Sherlock

Heartstopper

Dan and Phil (DanAndPhilGAMES, DanAndPhilCRAFTS, Daniel Howell, AmazingPhil)

Kaos

Cirque Du Freak

the Saw franchise (i’ve watched all of them at least three times)

Childs Play/the Chucky movies

Coraline

Nightmare Before Christmas

The Black Parade Is Dead!

Heathers (musical and movie)

The Crow (1993)

Bohemian Rhapsody

A Hard Days Night

Beetlejuice (musical and first movie)

Hamilton

Six The Musical

Shrek (1, 2, 3, and the musical, 4 is bs and unhappiness)

Flatliners (the one with Kiefer Sutherland)

RHPS

Bodies (netflix show)

special interest: Music (playing and listening)

bands/artists I listen to:

MCR, PTV, SWS, Paramore, Blink-182, Green Day, Misfits, Ramones, The Cramps, Radiohead, Pixies, FOB, FIR, Weezer, Nirvana, Deftones, Frank Iero, The Beatles, Queen, David Bowie, Roger Taylor, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Wings, Pink Floyd, Gorillaz, Dolly Parton, SOAD, Tame Impala, Peter Gundry, Lil Darkie, Rob Zombie, McCafferty, The Cure, TV Girl, Dead Original, Grateful Dead

Instruments I play: Piano, guitar

fun fact: idk bro i’m actually boring asf

me lolz

[lawbreaker13]

My Trolls 4 concept

I posted this somewhere as a comment or a reblog, but I think I still wanna put it out there anyway

I firmly believe that Trolls 4 should explore the relationships between Viva, Peppy, Poppy, and Branch in regards to Peppy’s sketchiness and who “deserves” to be on the throne.

The actual plot line might be similar in nature to that of Shrek the Third (Justin Timberlake as a candidate for king doesn’t help), but the general concept is something like Branch and Poppy are finally getting married but Branch doesn’t actually want to be king (let’s be real, he’s made strides, but that boy would be so uncomfortable as king), meanwhile Viva pipes up and is like “well…shouldn’t I actually be queen anyway?” and Poppy is like “ok but…I’ve actually already been sworn in?? So…” Then some other semi-catastrophic probably world-building event happens that sends them all on a tangentially related mission (could be anything, but I think it should be something that exists within the pre-established world, I’d love to see something go wrong with a troll tribe or like, a need to prevent a war or something) while they’re still in the midst of figuring out the whole royalty issue and the movie ends with a lesson along the lines of “the titles don’t matter, what really matters is how you treat your family and your community.” The movie ends with the wedding and Viva and Poppy becoming co-queens and Branch becoming either Poppy’s consort or like, the royal safety consultant or something. There’s a million different endings so long as they’re executed properly (dismantle the monarchy, Branch becomes king, Viva marries Clay, Peppy dies, I don’t know), but regardless the story is a character-building opportunity for our main bunch, it provides opportunities for Branch to have heart-to-hearts with his funk trolls buds and his bros, it allows a chance to bring all the leaders of the genres back, and it gives the focus back to Poppy and Peppy and lets them develop through some real and much-needed conversations with Viva. A secondary lesson about trust mayhaps? A reminder that every good relationship takes work, be it friends, significant others, or even familial ones?

Just miscellaneous thoughts of course, I just think there’s so much to be done within the already established world of Trolls and I really just want to see them explore it and develop their characters properly.

[bobbydagen24]

a few people myself included have talked about the idea of Chef coming back as the main villain again in the 4th film and to add a little onto the past ideas I think it'd be neat if we got to see a final fight of Bro zone all working together to take her down sorta similar to Shrek 4 with its Dragon fight.

sorta something along these lines if you catch my drift? like following on from my past ideas of the movies main story using Chef as a plot device to confront more problems Branch and his Brothers could have.

so after the movie's main story beats of Branch still not feeling like he belongs in the family or any family for that matter given how long he spent as a loner and how he still can't bring himself to really trust his Brothers.

that they won't leave again when things get get even a little bit hard and the films main plot revolves around Bro zone and Poppy coming to save Branch after he's taken by a returning Chef.

who wants to Drain his certain Troll magic as part of some revenge plan against both Pop Village and Bergen Town.

and the climax could have some neat little things like for one Chef in a last ditch effort of spite goes to try and kill Branch and there's a scene that's a direct parallel to when their Grandma died but this time where John Dory or Bruce dives in to sacrifice themselves for him instead.

tho they don't die and are rescued soon afterwards but the overall action is the same where they made that choice to give up their own life for their Baby Bro.

and afterwards the Brothers all work together in the final showdown to bring down Chef could even have it tie back to their Grandma somehow.

like maybe in a flashback scene at the start of the film we could see the younger bros again with their Grandma and she could be teaching them a kinda card trick or game strategy or something which acts as a metaphor for how Bro zone bring Chef down in the climax.

just something cute like that ya know? that ties everything all back together nicely I think Chef coming back would work great as a plot device to explore Bro zone more.

and bring out some emotional story beats for Branch and his brothers plus it'd just be nice to see since in the first movie her having killed Grandma.

was never actually acknowledged in present day her and Branch never even Directly interacted outside of one scene where she nearly kills him where their obviously wasn't direct dialogue between the two of them.

so yeah it'd be satisfying to see them properly face off and the movie ultimately ending with his Brothers helping him confront and overcome his greatest fear.

hell maybe the movie even leans back into this certain trauma and it starts with Branch having nightmares about the day his Grandma died making it clear by his reaction that this has been happening for a while.

but he just hasn't told Poppy due to not wanting her to worry and he still isn't comfortable talking to his brothers about such things yet.

[marcmarcmomarc]

Miraculous Audio Description notes

When writing the scene descriptions, think of the Disney+ DVS track for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and the emotion of the one for Monsters, Inc. For more instructions, be sure to read the Ultimate Guide to Audio Description on u3playmedia.com.

Characters and locations (unless the location is a real-life landmark) will have placeholder descriptions until their names are revealed in the show. Offscreen mentions do not count.

Narrator: Leilani Jones-Wilmore (The Nightmare Before Christmas, the Monsters, Inc. duology, the Finding Nemo duology, Shrek 2, the Cars trilogy, the High School Musical trilogy, Ratatouille, Cars Toons: Mater’s Tall Tales, Up, The Princess and the Frog, Alice in Wonderland (2010), Toy Story 3, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The Social Network, Gnomeo and Juliet, Brave, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, The Radiator Springs 500 1/2, Annie (2014), Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, Despicable Me 3, The Boss Baby: Family Business, Sing 2, Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Trolls Band Together)

[emotionaldashtoons]

If there was a Inside Out 3, what would it be like?

(Poster Edit by Me/App on Android: PixelLab)

Like we already got how Sadness and Joy were lost in the first movie, than Anxiety taking control in the second film, I think I the third should be about Riley is ready to go to college next Thursday, and then, nine new emotions appear to take over Riley's mind, the names would be Love, Courage, Surprise, Pride, Trust, Suspicion, Frustration, Shaudenfreude, and the dark emotion himself, Spite. The nine emotions cannot handle it when Riley develops a new crush onto the new boy and that's where things get serious when Spite takes the eight new emotions in his control and uses Love to make Riley's crush into love madness.

As Spite gets rid of our nine heroic emotions out of their jobs, it's up to Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, Anger, Anxiety, Envy, Ennui, and Embarrassment to save Headquarters and go through place to place in Riley's new developed mind, which is practically now a Mindtopia. And it means it'll be a lot more tricky.

Returning Voice Cast

Amy Poehler as Joy, Lewis Black as Anger, Phyllis Smith as Sadness, Bill Hader as Fear, Mindy Kaling as Disgust (YES YES YES! I'M BRINGING THEM BACK! RISE OF THE O.G.!), Maya Hawke as Anxiety, Ayo Edebiri as Envy, Adele Exarchopoulos as Ennui, Paul Walter Hauser as Embarrassment, Kensington Tallman as Riley Andersen, Diane Lane as Mom, Kyle MacLachlan as Dad, and Lilimar as Val Ortiz.

WHO WOULD CO-STAR IN INSIDE OUT 3?

Sophia Bush (Incredbles 2, Van Wilder) as Love, James Marsden (the X-Men, and Sonic The Hedgehog films) as Courage, Charlie Day, (The Super Mario Bros Movie, The LEGO Movie) as Surprise, Kristen Wiig (the Despicable Me and How To Train Your Dragon films, Bridesmaids) as Pride, Natasha Lyonne (Uncut Gems, DC League of Super Pets) as Frustration, Diego Luna (Andor, The Book of Life) as Trust, Aubrey Plaza (Scott Pilgrim VS The World, The To Do List) as Suspicion, Flula Borg (DCU's The Suicide Squad, Ralph Breaks The Internet) as Shaudenfreude, Nathan Fillion (DCU's Superman, Cars 3, Monsters University) as Spite,

Xolo Maridúena (DCU's Blue Beetle, Cobra Kai) as the new boy Riley has a crush on, Cameron Rivera, Dan Fogler (the Fantastic Beasts films, Fanboys) as Mind Councilman Mr. Chairman, J.K. Simmons (Spider-Man, Klaus) as The Mind Warden, Nicole Scherzinger (Moana, Men In Black 3) as Spite's Big Fan, Grey Griffin (Onward, Tuff Puppy) as Miss Leah, Edie McClurg (A Bug's Life, Planes Trains And Automobiles) as (the new voice of) Nostalgia, Yong Yea (Inside Out 2) as Lance Slashblade, Ron Funches (Trolls, Hoops, Noelle) as Bloofy, James Austin Johnson (Saturday Night Live) as Pouchy, Steve Purcell (Brave, Toy Story: That Time Forgot) as Deep Dark Secret, Jeff Pidgeon (Toy Story) as The Mind Receptionist, Eli Fucile (the Incredbles films) as Awe,

Paula Pell (Sisters, The Cat In The Hat) as Mom's Anger, Conrad Vernon (the Shrek, and Madagascar films) as the Mind Constructor, Flea (Toy Story 4, The Big Lebowski) as Mind Cop Jake, Sam Richardson (Werewolf Within, Ruby Gillman, Veep) as Mind Cop Sam, Frank Oz and Dave Goelz (The Muppets, Sesame Street) as Mind Cop Dave and Mind Cop Frank, John Ratzenberger (Toy Story, Cars, The Incredibles, Up, Coco) as Fritz, Paula Poundstone (Inside Out) as Forgetter Paula, Bobby Moynihan (IF, Hoppers, We Bare Bears) as Forgetter Bobby, and Angela Kinsey (The Office, Furry Vengence) as The College Advisor.

Crew

Directed by Kelsey Mann

Co-Directed by Bob Peterson

Screenplay by Josh Cooley, Meg LeFauve, and Andrew Stanton

Produced by Galyn Susman, p.g.a., & Jonas Rivera, p.g.a.

Executive Producers Pete Docter, Mark Nielsen, and Ross Stevenson

Story by Josh Cooley & Meg LeFauve

Music by Mick Giacchino

Director of Photography by Kim White and Patrick Lin

Edited by Catherine Apple

Production Designer Jason Deamer

Animation Supervisors Jerome Ranft and Conrad Vernon

Visual Effects Supervisor David Ryu

Casting by Natalie Lyon & Kevin Reher

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What do you think about it?

It seems that I have creative ideas for it. And it also seems that director Kelsey Mann and Amy Poehler really want a third Inside Out, you guys can look up the new articles if you want. I'll see you soon.

[supernightboy08]

My favorite Princess movies:

1. Tangled (2010)

2. Frozen (2013)

3. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

4. Barbie: Princess Charm School (2011)

5. Enchanted (2007)

6. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

7. The Little Mermaid (1989)

8. Moana (2016)

9. Shrek (2001)

10. Anastasia (1997)

[emperoryumemomo]

First, hello :3 I go by Yume Momo, or simply Momo! I'm 20 and my pronouns are classified by the CIA

I mainly make Hetalia content for now, but sometimes i post about my own ocs and stories too. Everything useful is below the cut :)

Before we begin, know that you can find all my own nonfandom oc stuff under the tag #yumemomoverse

Speaking of Ocs, i have a few hetalia ocs, here's a few links to their lore rant posts (and a semi relevant Stomaria post cause i havent ranted about his lore yet):

Welland | #hws welland #aph welland

Femmerica | #hws femmerica #aph femmerica

Peroya | #hws peroya #aph peroya

Saxoland | #hws saxoland #aph saxoland

Stomaria (Stomaria is NOT my oc, he's a canon character from the manga, but i've shoved so many headcanons down his throat that at this point... he might as well be 3/4th of an oc) | #hws stomaria #aph stomaria

Rosetear (collab oc with @hws-scotland-enthusiast!!! ) | #hws rosetear #aph rosetear

Moria | #hws moria #aph moria

Additional lore posts!: What does Welland think about Saxoland?

Feel free to draw them if you want, i love getting fanart :33 None of my ocs represent real places, they're all entirely made up and have no relation to any real place named like them!

Some Aus, some developed, most not:

2P 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Nyotalia | 1 | 2

Pirate AU | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Personality swap AU | 1

Nekotalia | 1

Animal AU | 1

Mochitalia | 1 | 2

Home on the range/ Cowboy AU | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

My Little Country: Politics are Magic/MLP | 1 | 2 | 3

Ageswap AU | 1 | 2

Shrek AU | 1

Scooby doo AU | 1

Monster high AU | 1

Cells At Work! AU | 1

Random notable posts: Britannia design | Gangsta AU Nire and Scotland | microwaved stomaria | UK bros body types | glitter gifs | fake hetalia screenshot one , fake hetalia screenshot two | colonycaptor arthur | ME! My persona :333 | Stomaria and Welland voiceclaim | Furry Welland (it's just so good) | glitter gifs 2.0 | he's just so handsoap

I have a few blogs! This one obviously, but also:

My welland ask blog | @ask-welland-and-the-uk-bros This blog is mainly about Welland and his dads, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, but other characters also can appear! Sadly this blog is in an indefinite hiatus

My Stomaria ask blog | @ask-stomaria-n-the-micronations This blog is about Stomaria, but also about the other micronations! Sadly this blog is in an indefinite hiatus... also

My Spirou focused blog | @spirouadventures This blog is about Spirou and Fantasio, but also dabbles in other franco-belgian comic content. I lost the password to this account but it's still mine so... let's hope one day i will remember the password

I happen to kinda need money, so please if you like my art and can afford it, commission me

You can use my art as a profile picture or a banner, but please credit me! If you want me to draw a character, Hetalia or otherwise, send me an ask and maybe i will draw them

[soft-likethesunset]

4 + 8 + 9 for the music asks <3

JUNE MY LOVELYYYYYY

4. a song put on your playlist for a character you love

okok so there are many many MANY, but i'd have to go 'chiquitita' for my ultimate pookie james potter, he is the biggest girls guy out there and personally i absolutely love that so very much for him.

8. a song from a soundtrack

THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY MIXTAPE BRO I LOVE THAT SHIT WITH ALL MY HEART, or if we're talking a song specifically for a movie i'd say accidentally in love from shrek lowkey that's an actual banger.

9. a song in a language you don't speak

okay so this is like a technicality because i speak a little bit of french, but i absolutely LOVE 'la vie en rose', it's so so gorgeous or 'o sole mio' in italian <333

[90shetfield]

omg JAMES type of haircut would be LEGENDARY!!!

i was going to grow my hair out longer but i wanted to get a new style so i went for it! i got layers but kept the length pretty much. my hair is like a little bit past my shoulders now! (i’ve had it short like this for like 4 years 🤧 need to grow it out!)

i’ve been good!!! how have you been?

my hair honestly grows so slow so if I do wanna do a cut it takes me like 4 years to grow it back to the James or Jason cut is a big commitment (probably doing James) and a couple of days ago I cut my bangs uneven lmao😭😭

im doing alright I have a band and chorus concert coming up and my schools doing Shrek the musical (My ass is gonna be donkey bro trust even though I'm socially awkward)

[minijenn]

Dreamworks should do what Nick did and make a Smash Bros clone. Imagine the possibilities of Shrek beating the shit out of Boss Baby. Hiccup and Toothless tag teaming to roast Will Smith Fish into a delicious seafood dinner. Moses and the power of God vs Po and the power of Kung Fu. The Penguins of Madagascar 4 v 1 ing Puss in Boots. Spirit the horse trampling at least ten Trolls to death. It's a bloodbath. But a beautiful one.

I need it now, Dreamworks

[fandom]

Movies

Hi, Barbie.

Barbie

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Goncharov

Nimona

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Red, White, and Royal Blue

Lord of the Rings -3

Black Panther +24

The Addams Family

The Super Mario Bros. Movie -4

Knives Out

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

Oppenheimer

The Hunger Games

Avatar: The Way of Water

Guardians of the Galaxy

Shrek

The Little Mermaid +15

Scream -1

Top Gun: Maverick -1

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Everything Everywhere All At Once +7

Saw +14

Twilight -13

Wendell & Wild

Howl's Moving Castle -6

The Hobbit -3

Five Nights at Freddy's

Enola Holmes

My Policeman

Deadpool -8

How to Train Your Dragon +12

Beauty and the Beast +16

Avatar

Scream VI

Bottoms

Mean Girls +6

Megamind -4

Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar

Spirited Away -10

The Batman -38

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Venom -34

Les Misérables

Encanto -44

Iron Lung

Coraline

The Thing

John Wick

Strange Way of Life

Blue Beetle

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Legally Blonde

Frozen -14

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Ghosted

American Psycho -7

Princess Mononoke

Dune -49

The Princess Bride

Teen Wolf: The Movie

Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith -21

Pacific Rim

Renfield

Shrek 2

Saw X

The Old Guard -29

Nope -47

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Night at the Museum

Soul -26

The Mummy

The Nightmare Before Christmas

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls

Hellraiser

The Lost Boys

The Marvels

Emesis Blue

The Shape of Water

The Menu

My Neighbor Totoro

Shazam -40

Sonic the Hedgehog -66

Pirates of the Caribbean -48

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Elemental

Lilo & Stitch

Fight Club

The Dark Knight

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

The Princess Diaries

The Incredibles

Halloween Ends

The Lorax

10 Things I Hate About You

Heathers

Kung Fu Panda

The Devil Wears Prada

Rise of the Guardians

Birds of Prey

The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last year.

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The forecast indicates an opening well over $100m for INSIDE OUT 2, which is really no surprise to me. Animated movies, even sequels to beloved favorites, tend to be underestimated before opening. They don't make huge bucks right out of the gate like frontloaded fan-driven things like MCU movies and the like. Their business is more in the walk-ups at the theaters, and make those big totals on Saturdays and Sundays. Hence why projections can be quite low. MARIO is a good example, some analysts had that at $70-90m for its opening.

That looks to be the case with INSIDE OUT 2, a sequel to a movie that made $90m on its opening weekend unadjusted... 9 years ago. Of course it was gonna stay flat at the very least, but some projections are suggesting it could cruise past $120m.

The all-timer opening weekends for animated movies:

$191m - THE LION KING (2019)

$182m - INCREDIBLES 2 (2018)

$146m - THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE (2023)

$135m - FINDING DORY (2016)

$130m - FROZEN II (2019)

$121m - SHREK THE THIRD (2007)

$120m - TOY STORY 4 (2019)

$120m - SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (2023)

$115m - MINIONS (2015)

$110m - TOY STORY 3 (2010)

$108m - SHREK 2 (2004)

$107m - MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU (2022)

$104m - THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (2016)

$103m - THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)

So, it'll be with the big leagues either way, but I'll be curious to see how high it goes.

Of course, some of the trades are seemingly celebrating this win for all the wrong reasons... And I'm sure Disney execs will use it as some sort of justification for something regarding their original movies. Don't be surprised if another sequel gets slotted before D23 this year, or some time thereafter. But the good news is, people get to keep their jobs once more.

I think $300-400m domestic is also pretty much a lock, could even challenge $1 billion worldwide. For Disney, this is their biggest animated release since FROZEN II, nearly five years ago. In terms of animated movies in general released after March 2020, this may share the top spots with Mario and the Minions.

On the one hand, I'm happy to see Disney finally get some BIG animation box office cake after years of movies either having to release elsewhere for the safety of audiences (SOUL, LUCA, TURNING RED) or outright flopping (LIGHTYEAR, STRANGE WORLD, WISH), and they're sure to get some more with MOANA 2, and possibly MUFASA at the end of the year... But, at the same time, there's all the corporate nonsense. I keep thinking, what are they going to say if ELIO and such perform more like ELEMENTAL?: "Uhhh, uhhh? I guess trying to do this 'general appeal' thing didn't work either??"

INSIDE OUT 2, coupled with MOANA 2, ZOOTOPIA 2, TOY STORY 5, FROZEN III & IV, etc. should make back what was "lost" on the other movies. I'm not against sequels funding the originals, that's the way it has been with many studios since the 2000s, I'm just more concerned about how Disney will go about the originals being made at both studios. If INSIDE OUT 2 holds on at the box office in the coming weeks, it'll just tell me that audiences liked the new story, and that there doesn't need to be any of this needless meddling of Pixar's filmmaking processes. INSIDE OUT 2 was approached the same way ELEMENTAL, TURNING RED, etc. were - so if it has great legs after an expectedly big opening, then that just proves my point. And vindicates those so-called audience-unfriendly movies.

But yeah, I expect a big sequel drop from Pixar by the end of the year. Something that'll come out probably 2-3 years after TOY STORY 5.

SUNDAY UPDATE: Estimates have it at $155m. Could go higher when tomorrow rolls around... Big doins'.

MONDAY UPDATE: $154m. Great CinemaScore grade. This thing's smashing $400m domestic, maybe even makes a play for $500m. $1 billion worldwide locked, too?