That is what happened with Treasure Planet, one of Disney’s biggest financial flops. The movie cost $140 million to make and only made back $109,578,115 so they lost money. You’ve also got to consider that a movies budget isn’t taking into account marketing costs so they lost even more than the $30 million shown here. The movie has an interesting history which I think I should briefly go over before talking about the film itself. This movie was thought of at the same time as The Little Mermaid by Ron Clements and John Musker who pitched both ideas to Disney. They were told to make The Little Mermaid but forget about making Treasure Island in space. The two didn’t give up though, after finishing work on The Little Mermaid they asked again but were once more declined. After making Aladdin the duo asked then head of Disney Jeffrey Katzenberg who responded that he wasn’t interested. Disney and essentially told on Jeffrey Katzenberg for being a big bully so Roy went and put him in his place.
They agreed that if they made Hercules for them, they would be allowed to make Treasure Planet. Even when they were allowed to do it the technology simply wasn’t there so they had to wait a few years to start production. Eventually they started production and created Treasure Planet.
The movie came out in 2002 and underperformed in every way possible. There really isn’t any justice in this world is there? This was meant to be a story of two creatives proving their corporate overlords wrong but instead the corporate overlords were right, nobody at the time wanted Treasure Island in space. But that was a long time ago, the movie has a following now and many people will vouch for its quality so I was excited to give this one a watch. We open to the protagonist Jim Hawkins reading a story about a pirate called Captain Flint. Well I say reading but it’s more like watching. Imagine a pop-up book but instead of paper popping up it’s a hologram. This movie features numerous original devices that really make you feel like you’re in a new world. We have these hologram books, we have solar surfers, and the flying ships as only a few examples. In this story Captain Flint hides his fortune in the legendary Treasure Planet. Jim’s mother Sarah enters the room and tells the story to him with the book. We cut to 12 years later where Jim has gone full on emo. #Treasure planet battle at procyon silver series #Treasure planet battle at procyon silver full #Treasure planet battle at procyon silver movie
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