Comments on: Disney jumps ship on next Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

By: love ben barnes

love ben barnes — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:08:10 +0000

disney is so stupid to totally dump the narnia movies… i love narnia, and seriously! isn’t four hundred million a lot anyway? i mean, seriously, i don’t understand! and i really think that really cute mouse…well, all i can say is that i was expectant to see him, because in “Prince Caspian” it was sooo cute! and hey, i bought a lot of prince caspian stuff; prince caspian calendar, prince caspian BOOKMARKS, prince caspian STORYBOOKS, prince caspian BOOK, maybe even a prince caspian POSTER… by golly, isn’t that enough for them? i think disney has gotten greedy!

By: Dolores Moore

Dolores Moore — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:10:27 +0000

You are absolutely right! Deviating from the book so greatly to make it one huge battle scene was abhorrent! No wonder they lost sales! You don’t take a fantastic book, rewrite in your own plots and imagination (as if CS Lewis didn’t do it right) and then expect everyone to come flocking. And every business person knows about advertising… they set themselves up to fail (If you call more than doubling your investment a failure…) I hope the Dawn Treader stays true to the script, Fox takes it, and it goes blockbuster! Disney can sit with egg on its face.

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:52:17 +0000

Very disappointed with disney!!
I enjoyed both Narnia films and was really looking forward to “The voyage of the Dawn Treader”, one of my favourites in the series. And Reepicheep plays a big part in it!
maybe all fans should bye an extra “Prince Caspian” DVD, as presents. Read somewhere that it has sold well. But really huge sales may encourage another company to take on the film.
I hope the next film will be made, with the same cast!

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:47:50 +0000

400 million is not enough money? what is the world coming to?

By: Maggie

Maggie — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:52:39 +0000

Matt, Sorry. Didn’t mean to say that I totally and completely disagree with you. I just don’t like anybody bashing anything with Narnia in its title. You are right. I do think the writers left out a lot of feelings and messages in the book which would have made PC a better movie. However, I still thoroughly enjoyed PC, even with all of its faults.

By: Prince Caspifan

Prince Caspifan — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:25:17 +0000

I agree that Disney made a purely financial decision here, but numbers are not always a sign of a films quality of franchise’s potential.

Star Wars Domestic (Initial) $307,263,857

The Empire Strikes Back Domestic (Initial) $209,398,025

Total Lifetime Grosses

Star Wars Worldwide: $775,398,007

The Empire Strikes Back Worldwide $538,375,067 (This includes the 1997 release after twenty years of being viewed as the best of the saga)

There are a lot of factors that affect box office. For example:

The Matrix Domestic (Initial) $171,479,930

The Matrix Reloaded Domestic (Initial) $281,576,461

What is clear from all theses discussions, that many of us have had on this board, is that some fans liked Prince Caspian and some fans did not. ALL of us would like to see a well done Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I for one am convinced that these discussions are moot because in this economy Disney has dealt the franchise a deathblow.

By the time the film gets funding the original actors will be too old, the creative team will have moved on, and they might as well just start fresh in 10 to 15 years. Sorry to be a pessimist.

I for one feel like I got two good films out of this series, and am sad that it is most likely over. I know some of you only feel like you got one good film out of this series so the franchise may not be something you care to see continue.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:49:58 +0000

Here’s another stat for you: It took just one day for LWW to sell 4 million copies of the movie on DVD. PC? 10 days to sell the same amount.

Link: http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2008/12/29/monday-mouse-watch-numbers-do-in-disney-version-of-dawn-treader.aspx

Hence, bye bye Disney.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:45:56 +0000

The figures do not lie:

LWW: $292,000,000 North America / $453,300,000 Worldwide = $745,000,000
PC: $141,622,000 North America / $278,000,000 Worldwide = $420,000,000

Less than 50% the North American gross of the first and only 60% Worldwide of the last film.

Hence, bye bye Disney.

By: Prince Caspifan

Prince Caspifan — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:40:00 +0000

LOL!

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:11:58 +0000

Matt hit the nail on the head. PC was TERRIBLE!