By Dave McNary
10.04.2020 - 02:49 / variety.com
An animated movie about cultural appropriation? Hollywood is increasingly hip to the idea.
By James Patrick Herman
For the animated musical “Trolls World Tour,” DreamWorks producer Gina Shay racked up her share of frequent flyer miles over four years — traveling to New York City for reggaeton superstar J Balvin, South Korea for K-Pop girl group Red Velvet and Stockholm for star and music curator Justin Timberlake. “It felt like I was going around the world collecting people’s voices,” she
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The CEO of AMC accused Universal of wanting to "have its cake and eat it too"
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is taking a victory lap for the decision to debut Trolls World Tour on premium VOD instead of waiting for cinemas to reopen post-coronavirus pandemic, saying it could herald a permanent change in how Universal Pictures releases its movies. Trolls World Tour racked up an estimated $100 million in on-demand rentals in its first three weeks of play in North America, more than enough to put the film on the road to profitability, according to the conglomerate.
AMC is firing back at Universal Pictures after the CEO opened up about the success of their straight to VOD success with Trolls World Tour.
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By Anthony D'Alessandro
Dreamworks’ Trolls World Tour has reportedly made a whopping $95 million in rental fees in the first 19 days on demand, Deadline reports!
By Anthony D'Alessandro
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a major toll on Hollywood's box office, as social distancing and shelter-in-place orders across the U.S. have led to release date delays, production shutdowns, theater closures, and, as a result, record-low movie ticket sales with no end in sight.
Trolls World Tour hit streaming and on-demand on April 10 rather than heading to theaters, as originally planned. As a result, the Universal family film became the first major movie since the coronavirus pandemic began to bypass theatrical release entirely, and the studio is reporting the digital release to have been a massive success.
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Trolls World Tour hit streaming and on-demand on April 10 rather than heading to theaters, as originally planned. As a result, the Universal family film became the first major movie since the coronavirus pandemic began to bypass theatrical release entirely, and the studio is reporting the digital release to have been a massive success.
Trolls World Tour became the biggest digital debut of all time this weekend, Universal Pictures said on Monday (April 13). The animated sequel featuring the voices of Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick was No. 1 on all the major platforms, including Apple, Amazon and Comcast. FandangoNow also said the release of Trolls World Tour helped the service have its best weekend ever. It was also its most preordered film ever. Trolls Wo