{"id":1521856,"date":"2022-06-18T08:35:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T12:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1521856"},"modified":"2022-06-18T08:35:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T12:35:44","slug":"is-lightyear-suffering-from-tim-allen-same-sex-kiss-controversies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-lightyear-suffering-from-tim-allen-same-sex-kiss-controversies\/","title":{"rendered":"Is \u201cLightyear\u201d Suffering From Tim Allen, Same-Sex Kiss Controversies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fis-lightyear-suffering-from-tim-allen-same-sex-kiss-controversies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1521856&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><strong>The summer box office is performing as if a global pandemic never happened.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Witness (all figures U.S. box office via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Box Office Mojo<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>Yet Disney\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/lightyear-review-chris-evans\/\">Lightyear<\/a>,\u201d the high-profile spinoff from Pixar\u2019s \u201cToy Story\u201d franchise, opened to a \u201csoft\u201d $5.2 million Thursday night. That\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/scottmendelson\/2022\/06\/17\/movies-box-office-lightyear-6m-thursday-chris-evans-pixar-disney\/?sh=76d827af5802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take from Scott Mendelson<\/a>, a progressive film scribe at Forbes.com.<\/p>\n<p>For context, \u201cToy Story 4\u201d generated a <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/box-office-lightyear-pixar-disney-thursday-previews-1235297231\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whopping $12 million in 2019 <\/a>from its Thursday preview screenings.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the opening figures, Pixar\u2019s \u201cLightyear\u201d could earn $52 million, according to Mendelson. It\u2019s a far cry from earlier estimates, and a number he says would be lower than \u201cmost non-event Pixar \u2018originals.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What happened?\u00a0Let\u2019s start with two self-inflicted controversies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/disney-employees-open-letter-woke\/\"><strong>RELATED: Unwoke Disney Employees Have Had Enough\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, Team Disney cut ties with \u201cToy Story\u201d voice artist Tim Allen, who memorably played Buzz Lightyear in four installments. \u201cAvengers\u201d mainstay Chris Evans, a prominent progressive, got the call instead.<\/p>\n<p>The move seemed odd given Allen\u2019s connection to the saga and outstanding performances. Observers quickly noted Allen\u2019s conservative bona fides may have hurt his chances at a new \u201cLightyear\u201d production.<\/p>\n<p>In Disney\u2019s defense, the studio is re-teaming with Allen for an upcoming \u201cSanta Clause\u201d series.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Finished shooting at the pole. The magic begins this fall. Don\u2019t tell anyone I shared this photo looking out Santa\u2019s window. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O1I4yBhDqF\">pic.twitter.com\/O1I4yBhDqF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Allen (@ofctimallen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ofctimallen\/status\/1532848785042182144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The change still made little sense and generated ill will on social media, coming at a time when many Americans are furious with Disney\u2019s progressive agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Next, the film\u2019s creative team not only made the movie\u2019s one romantic relationship a same-sex union but included a lesbian Space Ranger named Hawthorne (Uzo Aduba) kissing her long-time partner.<\/p>\n<p>That gender-based buss, which comes early in the film, outraged some parents who prefer family-friendly content avoid culture war skirmishes. Talk of an audience <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcrw.com\/culture\/shows\/hollywood-breakdown\/disney-pixar-lightyear-same-sex-kiss-boycott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boycott over the sequence<\/a>\u00a0greeted the film\u2019s release. Outside the U.S. a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/united-arab-emirates-bans-pixars-lightyear-from-showing\/2022\/06\/13\/5806eb9c-eaf9-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> dozen Muslim nations<\/a> already banned \u201cLightyear\u201d from showing in local theaters.<\/p>\n<p>Evans didn\u2019t take the diplomatic route over the kerfuffle, saying the film\u2019s critics will \u201cdie off like dinosaurs.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThe real truth is those people are idiots\u2026 There\u2019s always going to be people who are afraid and unaware and trying to hold on to what was before. But those people die off like dinosaurs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Evans on critics of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lightyear?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lightyear<\/a>\u2019s inclusion of a gay couple <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NDtEU5us62\">pic.twitter.com\/NDtEU5us62<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1537192863036870656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s hardly the first film to endure social media-fueled outrage, from the Left or Right. Typically these digital dustups don\u2019t damage the box office totals. That\u2019s especially true for bulletproof franchises like the MCU and, up until now, Pixar.<\/p>\n<p>Did something change?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Disney is having a horrible, no good year from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10679783\/Families-speak-having-swear-Disney-swing-left-woke-policies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cultural perspective.<\/a> Progressives raged against the company for not immediately protesting Florida\u2019s falsely named \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d legislation. Conservatives, in turn, howled over news that Disney will be <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/05\/disneys-obsession-with-grooming-children-is-nothing-new-but-their-openness-about-it-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actively using its content<\/a> for propaganda purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Is this a rare case of Twitter actually being like real life?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/kevin-sorbo-walt-disney-spinning-grave\/\"><strong>RELATED: Kevin Sorbo: Walt Disney Is Spinning in His Grave<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s very early \u201cLightyear\u2019s\u201d release cycle. Word of mouth may still ride to the rescue, although early reviews are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/lightyear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">far from glowing by Pixar standards<\/a>. The film should have the kiddie market to itself, at least for now (both \u201cBad Guys\u201d and \u201cThe Bob\u2019s Burgers Movie,\u201d already in theaters, pose no economic threat at this point).<\/p>\n<p>Should \u201cLightyear\u201d underperform, though, Hollywood may realize stirring controversies can impact the bottom line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: Two days ago, Variety predicted \u201cLightyear\u201d would earn between\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/box-office\/box-office-lightyear-opening-weekend-1235294699\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$70-80 million<\/a> on its opening weekend, far below what \u201cToy Story 4\u201d earned in its debut frame (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/title\/tt1979376\/?ref_=bo_se_r_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$120 million<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Now, Deadline.com says the film is tracking for a <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/06\/lightyear-box-office-2-1235047729\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$55+ million haul.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The summer box office is performing as if a global pandemic never happened. Witness (all figures U.S. box office via Box Office Mojo): Yet Disney\u2019s \u201cLightyear,\u201d the high-profile spinoff from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1521856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1521856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1521856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1521856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1521856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}