Oh No, Lightyear's Box Office Is More Bad News For Pixar's Future
The disappointing box office for Disney Pixar's Lightyear is the latest piece of bad news for the beloved animation studio's future. After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic that closed, then reduced the capacities of the world's movie theaters, Pixar finally returned to the big screen with its Toy Story spinoff. However, Lightyear failed to perform as hoped and failed to knock Jurassic World Dominion from the top spot at the global box office. Lightyear's mixed reviews are just one of a confluence of factors contributing to why Lightyear's box office is so disappointing.
Lightyear is Pixar's first theatrical release since 2020's Onward, released just before the pandemic. The release of Soul in 2020 was hampered by the second wave of COVID and subsequent winter lockdowns in many of Disney's key markets and the same went for Luca. While many countries were transitioning back to the way things were pre-COVID by the time of Turning Red's release in early 2022, but was ultimately released on Disney+ due to the rising spike in the Omicron variant. Depending on how Pixar and the wider Disney corporation respond to the poor performance and audience reactions to Lightyear, more new Pixar films may find their way onto the studio's streaming service rather than theaters.
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As theaters continue to emerge from a financially challenging global pandemic, Disney's attitude to releasing future Pixar movies appears to have shifted direction. Chairman of Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution Kareem Daniel said earlier this year of the decision to releaseTurning Red on Disney+ that "Given the delayed box office recovery, particularly for family films, flexibility
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