Post-Minions Animation Box Office Thoughts & Such

Some opinions on where animation is at right now, in theaters and on streaming services, as the summer season winds down.

What’s Going On Here?

I see more fretting in the animation fan-spheres again, though largely in the film fan spheres as well... Another big-time animated feature has left the theatrical space once more, the Domee Shi-directed Pixar picture Turning Red. The third Pixar original picture in a row, no less. Understandably, this is very concerning news for some... Why …

A Changing Landscape?

2021 is actually a jam-packed year in wide-release feature animation. We're out of the first quarter, and so many features that can be viewed by a wide audience are on the horizon. We're already four films in, too. We had the stateside release of the CG Studio Ghibli film Earwig and the Witch, Warner Animation …

Don’t Worry About the Sea Monsters

Before I start, I want to re-emphasize that I think these studios and distributors need to safely roll out all of their films, and that I care more about vulnerable human lives than I do these films' release strategies or even the future of the medium that I love. We still have this pandemic to …

Streamation

I have wondered all throughout the spring and summer of this disastrous year if the most recent animated features were all going to go to streaming, and possibly relegate animated features to the small screen only in the foreseeable future. Sometimes the Chicken Little in my head goes off in scenarios like these, because animation …