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2017-12-19 01:49:35 UTC
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Kevthewriter wonders why audiences danced to the first Happy Feet but sat out the sequel.
Happy Feet was a surprise success in 2006. It ended up being #1 at the box office for three weeks and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Film (before that award became Best Animated Disney Film). Surprisingly, then, Happy Feet Two bombed at the box office 5 years later. But why did the sequel bomb? And, really, why was the first even a hit?
Back in the mid 2000’s, penguins became really, really popular. The Penguins from Madagascar were the most popular characters of that movie (even scoring their own animated TV series) and March of the Penguins was a huge hit with audiences.
March of the Penguins wasn’t the only documentary that was a big hit in 2005. An Inconvenient Truth was also very popular and reignited many people’s interest in saving the environment (well that coupled with Bush’s environmental policies having a negative effect on the environment which were making everyone afraid of global warming).
So then comes Happy Feet, which was a movie that combined penguins (an animal that everyone was going crazy for) and a message about global warming (which everyone was concerned about). I remember when it first came out everyone was talking about how political this movie was which probably caused it to strike a chord with audiences and lead it to have longevity with the audience. Then you couple that with the fact that there wasn’t much out for kids back in December 2006 therefore this was really the only option for family entertainment and it’s not that surprising it was a box office hit.
Kevthewriter wonders why audiences danced to the first Happy Feet but sat out the sequel.
Happy Feet was a surprise success in 2006. It ended up being #1 at the box office for three weeks and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Film (before that award became Best Animated Disney Film). Surprisingly, then, Happy Feet Two bombed at the box office 5 years later. But why did the sequel bomb? And, really, why was the first even a hit?
Back in the mid 2000’s, penguins became really, really popular. The Penguins from Madagascar were the most popular characters of that movie (even scoring their own animated TV series) and March of the Penguins was a huge hit with audiences.
March of the Penguins wasn’t the only documentary that was a big hit in 2005. An Inconvenient Truth was also very popular and reignited many people’s interest in saving the environment (well that coupled with Bush’s environmental policies having a negative effect on the environment which were making everyone afraid of global warming).
So then comes Happy Feet, which was a movie that combined penguins (an animal that everyone was going crazy for) and a message about global warming (which everyone was concerned about). I remember when it first came out everyone was talking about how political this movie was which probably caused it to strike a chord with audiences and lead it to have longevity with the audience. Then you couple that with the fact that there wasn’t much out for kids back in December 2006 therefore this was really the only option for family entertainment and it’s not that surprising it was a box office hit.