Marketing ABSOLUTELY played a hand of this. I could not escape Lilo/Stitch and HTTYD ads, but barely saw adds for Elio. It stinks cause Elio was REALLY WONDERFUL 😭
2025-06-26 01:28:09
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Meggan || Sci-commer | Actor :
I think part of it was marketing. I hadn't even heard about it till I saw a few sci commers at the premiere.
2025-06-25 22:41:48
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debbieg :
I didn't see a single advertisement for it
2025-06-25 23:07:56
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taj :
it’s interesting to say we don’t want original stories when Kpop Demon Hunters has gone so viral that some songs from the soundtrack are breaking global music lists. I think limited advertising hurt Elio :/
2025-06-25 23:05:13
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Lauren :
honestly part of this is Disney+. if they pay for the service, they're going to just wait until it shows up there because we know it will. especially in this economy where it can be incredibly expensive for even just two people to go to the theatre
2025-06-25 23:17:59
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adam_dat_kat :
I’m sick of being told to blame the consumer so corporations and execs can hide from any blame
2025-06-26 03:22:26
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Aizen Sosuke :
Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon just came out plus it's summer vacation. Parents don't want to spend $200 every 2 weeks to go see a new movie plus keep paying for these streaming services.
2025-06-26 01:38:13
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KD Confidential :
K-Pop Demon Hunters is crushing it. I hope the industry notices that…
2025-06-25 22:45:12
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Agentpink99 :
I think Disney massively under advertised to this film, just so they could gaslight us into thinking that we don’t wanna original content.
2025-06-26 02:41:19
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Demon Boogie :
I found the trailers so confusing. Who is this boy, why is it a rainbow of colors, what are these blob creatures? What is an Elio?
2025-06-26 17:30:34
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A.K. :
for me personally, the movie itself just looked extremely generic. there's nothing that stood out to me remotely as a consumer and I did get a lot of youtube and TV ads for it.
2025-06-26 00:06:17
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N :
Also the timing of its release, why is Disney and Pixar releasing it so close to Lilo and Stitch? they didn't give it the time to shine
2025-06-26 21:31:49
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shannonsbookcorner :
Sinners was a huge hit, people want original stories. This particular movie just didn’t look very good
2025-06-26 02:17:53
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Didi Ibarra Rake :
There was NO marketing, they had no chance
2025-06-26 13:29:09
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Amarachi okolo :
that's heartbreaking, I didn't see much promotion, but I heard so many great reviews
2025-06-25 22:47:29
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Lulr :
Didn't invest in marketing, letting go the og director, micromanaged the whole plot to avoid inclusion. If they didn't care about it, why should we?
2025-07-14 13:03:02
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Megan Brooks :
I just wish they would stop using that animation style. That is the main turn off for me. I didn’t like it in Luca or turning red either
2025-06-26 05:47:36
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Almost Fictional :
They keep having flops that they aren’t telling people exist
2025-06-26 17:51:09
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bbbbbbbbbbergbbssderrhbmmkkutd :
People blaming marketing. Are you going watch it now you've heard of it? Still probably not! Marketing isn't the main issue
2025-06-25 22:53:25
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James :
Wait Pixar has a new movie?
2025-06-27 02:56:48
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chwllhzr1ud :
Nope. I will not be shamed. Audiences love original content- I just didn’t go see something that looks identical to everything else they made for years and the story felt the same too. I am so sick of this animation style. I used to see very animated movie for years. They all look the same now
2025-06-26 13:18:48
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Jill Velez :
There’s also this: going to the movies is expensive now. A family of 4 with popcorn is $100. Unless I feel it needs the big screen, I will wait for Disney Plus. So blame Disney Plus and the economy.
2025-06-26 02:41:35
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Melanie Lauren :
Not to sound like a conspiracy theorist but I almost feel like Disney is purposely not marketing their original movies (Elio, Strange World, etc) because they’re actually trying to make sure those movies fail in order to back up their claims that nobody wants to see those movies anymore so they don’t even have to try making them. Why did I not see ANY trailers for Elio or Strange World and only heard about them through word of mouth, but I’m always bombarded with ads for the sequels and remakes??? You can clearly see where the company’s priorities are and that they have no faith in originality and creativity anymore.
2025-06-26 00:45:58
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SpindleSenpai :
They’re gonna use this to say “see? This is why we don’t have diverse character leads”
2025-06-25 22:56:02
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