When Pixar’s latest feature, Elemental, opened in theaters, it only got so-so reviews from critics and had one of the worst opening weekends at the box office in the studio’s history. (It made roughly the same amount of money the very first Toy Story made in its opening weekend — nearly 30 years ago.) But then a funny … Read more
ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive Elemental deleted scene from Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures‘ latest movie. The film is now available digitally and will release on 4K UDH, Blu-ray, and DVD on September 26. What happens in the Elemental deleted scene? The scene shows Wade and Ember meet with Ember’s father, Bernie, as … Read more
Audiences had plenty of options this weekend and ended up splitting the domestic box office between four films, namely Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ($19.4M), Elemental ($18.3M), the Jennifer Lawrence comedy No Hard Feelings ($15.1M ), and The Flash ($15M). Box Office Results Spider-Man continues to soar above all other summer releases and has snagged an … Read more
It’s a battle of animated films this weekend as Pixar’s Elemental and Sony’s Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse fight for 1st while The Flash looks to drop over 70% Working as a break between blockbusters, this weekend featured no huge tent pole releases. That is good news and bad news for the movies that were released … Read more
There is a long tradition of stories about parental issues in feature animation, dating all the way back to the earliest days of Walt Disney’s studio. Back then, the movies were mostly about children grappling with trauma inflicted by (or stemming from a separation from) their moms: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Dumbo, … Read more
“Elemental,” Disney and Pixar’s latest, feels emblematic of the studio’s struggle to recapture its original magic, making a mess of its world-building in service of a conventional story that fails the talent of the animators involved. Set in a world where natural elements—earth, fire, water, air—coexist in a New York-style metropolis, each representing different social … Read more