[quote="TheLionPrince"][quote="Timon the great"]^Well, from what I read outside of here, it's because Frozen's all-time gross at the cinema went over TLK 's (which wouldn't surprise me if so), and I saw someone on another site complain about this a short while back.[/quote]
Not exactly. As MooLion pointed out,
Frozen recently eclipsed
Toy Story 3's record of the highest-grossing animated film of all time.
Frozen surpassed
Lion King's box office record back towards the end of January 2014. (
source)
The Lion King is still the highest-grossing traditionally animated film to date.
For me, the record was going to be beaten someday, so while I am amazed at
Frozen's accomplishments, box office success does not measure a film's artistic quality, and never will. This
article by Jim Hill still proves
Lion King is still a franchise juggernaut.[/quote]
You simply misread what I wrote in my post that you quoted above. I only mentioned that Frozen went passed the all-time animated film gross
at the cinema, which means the movie theater/box office. And we still don't even know how All of this is all going to turn out in the end since Frozen was just recently released on DVD/blu-Ray too. The franchise has only been around for several months (vs. nearly 20 years for Lion King) and this could also affect how Disney treats the LK franchise in the future.
Even if it turns out later on that
Frozen does become the highest grossing animated film of all-time or over TLK (I'm not saying it actually will or trying to start any drama with this post), it definitely won't make me freak out or see the Lion King film franchise any lower at all. But when it comes to things like this with Frozen,
I am considering all possible outcomes. All in all, the keyword I'm saying here is "
could". Not "will".
But on the flip side, when you really think about if Frozen is to take over later on, this could actually get more people involved or back to being involved with TLK once again like on this forum. This may sound farfetched, but I really feel that it could. So this is also one reason why I definitely won't go crazy about it, even if Frozen does go over TLK altogether. But then again, nothing on this earth lasts or stays the same forever.
[quote="Lauren"]Even though I loved Frozen, it's not the best Disney film and it's not on my favorites list. Frozen doesn't even come CLOSE to the epicness of The Lion King and I think the commercial advertising for the film was a bit off since they compared this film to an animal film that's practically 20 years apart.[/quote]
I read about this on the DVD/blu-Ray combo pack that my sister bought of Frozen and it kind of bothered me when I read that it was the best Disney animated film since TLK. It tells me that Disney itself also doesn't see TLK as their best animated film franchise anymore like they use to before Frozen came about, if they wanted to show this on the film's summary on the back of the case.
I've never seen Disney as perfect and they do have their flaws like with what I described above. Even though Timon and TLK are the exceptions to me, it still doesn't mean I have to like everything about Disney and I honestly don't.
It seems that in this day and age we live in is also affecting what Disney is seeing as "the best" in their book too. But of course, a good deal of this unfortunately involves money (and I think many will agree with this), but it seems to be even more so today than ever before.
"I found a place that was beyond my wildest dreams. But..., it still wasn't home." - Timon; Lion King 1 1/2 (3)
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