"The Wild"

Post by **Ben** » April 3rd, 2006, 3:52 pm

So...we're predicting the box office take with the director present? Hoho!!

Okay, I'm game... I reckon on the holidays helping Ice Age to either keeping the number one slot, or going to just two, with over $30m.

We're still in holiday time come The Wild, which may benefit from everyone enjoying IA, or not, with families having done their cinema outing for the holiday. I'd look at a $20-30m opening for The Wild, based on Doogal coming out so soon after Hoodwinked.

I hope I'm wrong!!

Post by **spaz** » April 3rd, 2006, 7:04 pm

anyone here remember Blade Runner's opening weekend in adjusted $ ?

Post by **Ben** » April 4th, 2006, 8:35 am

BR's opening was $6.1m, with a total domestic gross still shy of $30m. It was when Dolby Labs asked for a copy to be shown and they accidentally got a hold of the longer workprint cut that it really started to get buzz, and then on home video that this one got a bigger audience, leading to a proper "director's cut" issue in the early 1990s.

But I see your point.

To be honest, after their pooh-poor attempt at Valiant, which I thought was a fun little picture, I have been thinking that The Wild is getting some much more healthy publicity. It's pretty much been present on most Disney product since the new year and we've been getting a lot of pre-release stuff here to post.

Spaz, how do you feel Disney is handling the marketing, and what, if any, input have you had as director?

Post by **spaz** » April 4th, 2006, 4:37 pm

i'm extremely happy about the marketing and it's strategy. the head of marketing at Disney is a nice guy and sincere. his department became very fired up with this film last year. as you can imagine , with so many animated films coming out this year, the marketing of a movie has to be a science. they're really supporting us. i'm pretty happy about this.

Post by **ShyViolet** » April 4th, 2006, 9:29 pm

I think it's so cool that you're on the forum Spaz!

Post by **spaz** » April 4th, 2006, 10:05 pm

it's been raining so bloody much, theres not much else to do.

Post by **Meg** » April 5th, 2006, 7:41 am

It's been raining down here, too. And snowing.

Well, hopefully we're not going to get another ice-storm in the middle of April...

Post by **Dacey** » April 5th, 2006, 10:37 am

Meg and Spaz must live next door to each other.

Post by **Meg** » April 5th, 2006, 2:46 pm

Almost, but not quite!

Post by **Dacey** » April 5th, 2006, 11:41 pm

Hey, I was close.

So, Spaz, I have a few questions to ask you:

Who's your favorite character in "The Wild"?

How much did the film cost to make (or is that stuff kept secret)?

Can we expect McDonalds toys?

Post by **spaz** » April 6th, 2006, 12:44 am

it's impossible to chose a favorite character. the most insane character though is the rock hyrax played by this nutty bugger from Toronto named Colin Cunningham. i still widdle myself watching this scene.

Post by **9 Ball** » April 7th, 2006, 12:32 pm

Hey guys more propoganda!

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news ... 939&k=3248

Post by **Dacey** » April 7th, 2006, 5:54 pm

Here's our own Spaz discussing "The Wild" in an interview taken from comingsoon.net:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14010

Post by **Meg** » April 7th, 2006, 7:14 pm

Williams doesn't believe in sacrificing a film to make a political statement—that's a personal preference. He feels the best thing you can give to someone is the gift of laughter. It doesn't have to be at someone else's expense.

I could not agree more. I'm tired of films trying to make political statements all the time - I just wanna be entertained.

Post by **Dacey** » April 7th, 2006, 7:21 pm

Yeah, but since when do animated films have political statements hidden in them (besides all of the global warming jokes in "Ice Age 2")?