Comments on: A Recap on 2017’s Mainstream Animated Features

By: Ernesto Chacon

Ernesto Chacon — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 05:37:00 +0000

Aside from Coco and the 2017 Wonder Woman film (even though that’s not animated :P), My family and I have not seen ANY animated films last year although, I still want to see Ferdinand.

However, in the article regarding the Box Office of “Ferdinand” Karl, I’m going to have to disagree with you on calling the film a “flop”. It currently has grossed $79.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $156.8 million internationally for a total of $236.1 million as of now. So it’s not really a “flop” but doesn’t reach the Box Office star power of the “Ice Age” and “Rio” films.

And going by the box office grosses for the non-“Ice Age” and “Rio” films Blue Sky Studios has released, the majority of them finish around the $240-$290 million range:

1. Robots (2005) – $260 million

2. Horton Hears a Who! (2008) – $297 million

3. Epic (2013) – $268 million

4. The Peanuts Movie (2015) – $246 million

5. Ferdinand (2017) – $236 million (as of right now)

But of course, Ferdinand’s budget is the most expensive at $111 when compared to the other Blue Sky Films.

By: Manuel Orozco

Manuel Orozco — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 06:52:00 +0000

In reply to Chelsea Warner. Let me know how you like Ferdinand please

By: Manuel Orozco

Manuel Orozco — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 06:51:00 +0000

In reply to Walshy. For sure I will see Incredibles 2, Wreck It Ralph 2, Spider Man, The Grinch and Hotel Transylvania 3.

By: Chelsea Warner

Chelsea Warner — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:52:00 +0000

This year wasn’t that great. Out of the movies I saw, Coco was the only movie I thought was great. Cars 3, DM 3, and Lego Batman were good, but not great to me. Boss Baby was pretty bad. I still want to see Ferdinand and I want to see Emoji just to see how bad it is.

By: Katie Lewis

Katie Lewis — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 23:40:00 +0000

Coco and the My Little Pony movie is my favorite films of 2017!

By: Manuel Orozco

Manuel Orozco — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 15:01:00 +0000

In reply to Jacob Nacilla. No thanks. I'll just watch in English

By: Jacob Nacilla

Jacob Nacilla — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 11:08:00 +0000

In reply to Manuel Orozco.

Protip: In case you hate the English voice acting in Leap!, watch the original French version with English subtitles.

I really loved that movie, even with the English dubbed versions (there are two English dubs).
In fact, I personally prefer the English dubbed versions over the French version but that’s just me.

By: Amber Dvorak

Amber Dvorak — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 05:08:00 +0000

Thank you for this comprehensive review on feature animation in 2017, Karl! Unfortunately, I was not impressed with most of the animated films released this year. Only The LEGO Batman Movie and Coco seemed worth my checking out, but thankfully both of those were highly entertaining. I’m hoping that 2018 will be a better year for animation, and by the list of what’s coming out, that seems highly likely. 🙂

By: CarFan

CarFan — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 05:00:00 +0000

I’ve only watched 5 animated movies this year.
Here are my ratings of them in order by date.

Lego Batman- 5/10
Smurfs: The Lost Village- 4/10
Cars 3- 7/10
My Little Pony: The Movie- 6/10
Coco- 9/10

By: CarFan

CarFan — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 04:54:00 +0000

2017 especially compared to last year was poor
on the animation front. The only good movie we
got this year was Coco. In 2016, there was films
like King Fu Panda 3, Zootopia, Dory, Kubo and
the Two Strings, perhaps Moana, and so on.