{"id":2454683,"date":"2025-07-02T10:27:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T14:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-exposes-just-how-doomed-disney-is-after-historic-flop-of-a-film\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T10:28:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T14:28:59","slug":"report-exposes-just-how-doomed-disney-is-after-historic-flop-of-a-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-exposes-just-how-doomed-disney-is-after-historic-flop-of-a-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Report Exposes Just How Doomed Disney Is After Historic Flop of a Film"},"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\">26<\/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%2Freport-exposes-just-how-doomed-disney-is-after-historic-flop-of-a-film%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=2454683&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--><p>disney&#8217;s recent animated film, &#8220;Elio,&#8221; has reportedly become one of Pixar&#8217;s worst-performing releases, opening to only $20 million domestically against a production budget of $200 million. Initially, the film was centered on an 11-year-old boy who loved fashion and had a crush on another boy, a storyline that was later altered in an attempt to appeal to a broader audience. This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >change alienated key cast members<\/a>, including actress America Ferrera, who expressed disappointment over the lack of Latino depiction. Critics have pointed to the studio&#8217;s ongoing focus on identity politics and social agendas at the expense of quality storytelling as a significant factor in the film&#8217;s failure. The report highlights a series of missteps by Disney and Pixar in recent years, indicating a trend of declining performance and dissatisfaction among audiences.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Disney has once more run face-first into the wall that conservatives have been warning the company about for years.<\/p>\n<p>A new Hollywood Reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/elio-pixar-america-ferrera-director-queer-2-1236301860\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expos&eacute;<\/a> that dropped Sunday pulled back the curtain on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disney-suffers-another-blow-new-pixar-movie-bombs-historic-fashion-opening-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pixar&rsquo;s<\/a> catastrophic animated flop &ldquo;Elio,&rdquo; a film so mismanaged, confused, and creatively compromised that it could go down as the worst-performing theatrical release in Pixar&rsquo;s history.<\/p>\n<p>The report details how &ldquo;Elio&rdquo; began as a movie about an 11-year-old boy who loved fashion and had a crush on another boy.<\/p>\n<p>That version of the story, originally championed by co-director Adrian Molina and others, such as actress America Ferrera, was quietly scrapped for something more palatable to wide audiences.<\/p>\n<p>The studio had a team, including three total directors, who overhauled the story a number of times to offer viewers a more traditional lead, but not before alienating the cast and crew.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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No Red Carpet. No Media. No Audience. Coronavirus Protocols Galore\">alienated viewers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A person who was not named told THR that Ferrara was &ldquo;upset that there was no longer Latinx <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-fec-complaint-raises-legal-stakes-for-swapping-harris-in-for-biden-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump FEC complaint raises legal stakes for swapping Harris in for Biden - Washington Examiner\">representation&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and ultimately left the project.<\/p>\n<p>The result of the mess Pixar made? A $200 million dud that no one wanted to see. &ldquo;Elio&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/title\/tt4900148\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opened<\/a> to just over $20 million domestically when it released three weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, $20 million is a movie death sentence for a studio once known for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/franchise\/fr3796340485\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">billion-dollar franchises<\/a> such as <em>Toy Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Pixar and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vile-ending-disneys-newest-live-action-adaptation-eschews-family-feminist-nonsense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the House of Mouse<\/a> have been falling since their earlier hits, and &ldquo;Elio&rdquo;&nbsp;isn&rsquo;t just a one-off that flopped.<\/p>\n<p>As a father with children, I saw the initial trailer and never once considered driving a mere 14 blocks to subject my family to what was clearly a woke monstrosity.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&rsquo;t alone. As of Tuesday, &ldquo;Elio&rdquo; had only hauled in about $42 million from generous American filmgoers.<\/p>\n<p>Almost halfway through an average theatrical run, &ldquo;Elio&rdquo;&nbsp;is a certified flop. The DEI-saster is the latest in a string of missteps for Disney and its subsidiaries.<\/p>\n<p>Remember <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disneys-snow-white-flop-gotten-bad-now-altering-upcoming-movie-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this year&rsquo;s sterile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-cancels-gina-carano-over-tweets-while-ignoring-far-worse-from-others\/\" title=\"Disney Cancels Gina Carano Over Tweets While Ignoring Far Worse From Others\">live-action remake<\/a><\/a> of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/title\/tt6208148\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snow White<\/a>&rdquo;? Relatively speaking, neither does anyone else.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Elio&rdquo; is further proof that Hollywood&rsquo;s ongoing obsession with identity politics and &ldquo;representation&rdquo; over storytelling has expensive consequences.<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood Reporter lays it all bare: Pixar executives couldn&rsquo;t decide if they wanted to tell a good story or push a social agenda on children.<\/p>\n<p>Disney\/Pixar failed at both.<\/p>\n<p>For years, conservatives have sounded the alarm as Disney abandoned its role as a creator of timeless, family-friendly content and veered headlong into degenerate activism.<\/p>\n<p>From gay plotlines in &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disneys-woke-lightyear-tanks-us-box-office-mainstream-media-cant-seem-figure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lightyear<\/a>&rdquo; to race-swapping beloved characters to DEI initiatives that alienate core audiences, Disney has repeatedly chosen preaching wokeness over the wisdom of old.<\/p>\n<p>Parents are tuning out. Moviegoers are staying home. holders are probably the only ones affiliated with the studio who are actually watching screens.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, &ldquo;Elio&rdquo; was never going to be &ldquo;Toy Story.&rdquo;&nbsp;But it didn&rsquo;t have to be a quagmire, either.<\/p>\n<p>Had Disney\/Pixar focused on their tried and true formula of character, plot, and unifying themes, the film might have stood a chance of at a minimum gaining back some of its production and advertising budgets.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Pixar created an expensive disaster by a woke committee that had no appeal, and the company has another loss on its hands, en route to certain doom if someone doesn&rsquo;t turn the ship around.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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A recent expos\u00e9 by the Hollywood Reporter revealed the disastrous state of Pixar&#8217;s animated film &#8220;Elio,&#8221; which has been so poorly managed and creatively compromised that it may become Pixar&#8217;s lowest-grossing theatrical release ever. The report explains how &#8220;Elio&#8221; started as a story about an 11-year-old boy with a passion for fashion and a crush on another boy, but this version was quietly abandoned in favor of something more mainstream. The studio, involving three directors, repeatedly altered the narrative to create a more conventional lead character, ultimately alienating both cast and crew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2454684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Elio.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36834,6344,36251,38152,58282],"class_list":["post-2454683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-box-office","tag-disney","tag-entertainment-news","tag-film-industry","tag-movie-flop"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Elio.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454683","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=2454683"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2454687,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454683\/revisions\/2454687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2454684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}