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 Is Illumination creeping up on Pixar ? 
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Post Is Illumination creeping up on Pixar ?
Yet another $200m blockbuster in Grinch. Their films tend to do very well overseas as well. Since 2011 both studios have released 9 films with a similar boxoffice average. In terms of quality, no question - Pixar. With respect to boxoffice performances it’s a bit closer. Is it time to bring back the early 2000s flame wars and have the internets
fight over Illumination vs Pixar?

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Post Re: Is Illumination creeping up on Pixar ?
We'll see. Probably. But let's see how Secret Life of Pets 2 performs before declaring them close to Pixar.


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Toy Story 4 & Frozen 2
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The Secret Life of Pets 2

No contest lol $$ or quality

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Box office wise they’ve been equal to Pixar except for Hop. Quality wise they’re garbage other than the first two Despicable Mes.


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Rev wrote:
Frozen 2


That's not Pixar.


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Algren wrote:
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Frozen 2


That's not Pixar.

Oh shit that’s right lol
DAS & Pixar = Disney domination

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Like Pixar they seem to have the ‘it’ factor. A knack for crafting a story that audiences worldwide love and come see in droves. Disney Animation, Pixar and Illumination are alone at the top in this regard (Studio Ghibli has the quality but not mass appeal).

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The Grinch ain't doing the thing overseas, but I suppose that's to be expected.


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Opens in China soon. Should do well.


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Post Re: Is Illumination creeping up on Pixar ?
Not at all. The only iconic thing they've done is the Minions. At the same point, Pixar had a multitude of iconic characters and BELOVED, future classic films (Toy Story, Nemo, Incredibles). Audiences will still be watching Pixar films in 50 years. No one will know what a Sing or Pet's Life is at that point.

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Well, it is much harder to follow a powerhouse like Pixar. They've done well to create one iconic character set that has stuck (Gru and the Minions). Though The Grinch is also iconic. They did not create him, I know, but they have characterized him in their way, and they will rightly ride that popularity. Pixar did not create Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Green Aliens, or clown fish for that matter. Everyone piggybacks on something.


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Surprised Grinch didn't do better internationally but then I saw how the Jim Carrey film performed. It did poorly internationally even adjusting for the much smaller global marketplace. The Grinch story just doesn't travel well.

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The Grinch is not part of any nation's childhood, only the US.


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Illumination has hits but their films have little legacy like the iconic Disney or Pixar films. I don't see many people going to Illumination films because it's by Illumination

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Illumination has hits but their films have little legacy like the iconic Disney or Pixar films. I don't see many people going to Illumination films because it's by Illumination


Give it time. How long have Disney been around? And Pixar are synonymous with Disney as far as the general public goes, so they were helped a lot in the beginning. Illumination have started from scratch, and they are the third or fourth to make it big in terms of animation studios...so the marketplace was much more packed when they came on the scene. They've done phenomenally well to get where they are.

I hate this expectation that Illumination should be as beloved as Pixar already. It's like saying Tesla are a failure because they're not winning Formula 1 championships already.


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Quality isn't strong enough so I'd say no. I mean Grinch was a snowball for success and couldn't get a fresh rating? That should have been a low 90s RT score.

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