Domestic weekend box office is now up:
Big Hero 6-- $56.2M (3 Days)
Notes:
Big Hero 6's numbers are higher than the opening for Wreck-it Ralph ($49M)
I just came home from seeing this movie, and they had a full-house for UltraAVX and 3D. I walked in with pretty high expectations and the shortest way to describe my feelings is that I was very satisfied with it. To add on, I'd go as far as to place this film above Wreck-it Ralph, And make sure you stay after the credits, people!
Details:
+With a length adjustments in certain scenes, I think the emotions in the movie would have more resonance, but it was definitely a heartfelt story for me.
+It's an eye candy with broadening cinematic feel.
+Baymax is a big star. He's both very merchandisable as well as a very crucial character. Every scene he appears in intrigues/entertains the audience, while other times he really makes emotional scenes.
+Coherent story to tell whatever is necessary and the morals to the audience.
+Lots of comic relief from Wasabi and Fred.
+The audience seemed to like Gogo's personality, and it was agreeably awesome.
+Villain's plan was ridiculously extravagant for its purpose, but that's where the fun comes along.
-"Feast" started out very cute, but it feels like a derivative of Paperman
-Some more scenes to flesh out the other members of the team would be great, even though this story specifically centers on Baymax and Hiro.
-The ending scene before credits looked a bit out of place, though it's not really distracting.
Well, that's all for me to say. Definitely a strong animated movie for this year; on par with the emotional qualities of HTTYD2, but is funner to watch IMO.
Oh yeah, did anybody pay attention to the reactions of Pixar's Inside Out teaser? I noticed that Pixar's teaser didn't get much of an audience reaction; the throwbacks got more reactions than the actual sneak preview, and it's kinda disheartening to see that.