Lightyear
Action & Adventure Disney PG 1h 50m Released Jun 17, 2022 Discussed 2021–2023
Opening weekend
$50.6M
4,255 theaters
Per-theater average
$11,887
opening weekend
Domestic total
$118.3M
2.3× its opening
Worldwide total
$226.4M
52% domestic
Production budget
$200.0M
1.1× worldwide
RT critics
74%
RT audience
84%
+10 vs critics
Metacritic
60
Where it turns up
Friday, June 18, 2021 Father's Day weekend 2021
Expected 'By next year when Lightyear prints $100 million': the Pixar-brand assumption Actual: Lightyear opened $51M and stalled, the brand assumption failed
In the note
But things are still getting back to normal, and by next year when Lightyear prints $100 million, the starts and stops we went through this year should be a distant memory.
Friday, June 16, 2023 Father's Day weekend 2023
In the note
But even though Ezra crushed this job, his personal life has now become an issue; and who cares about his personal life? The middle of the country where the culture wars are taking hold, and just like we saw last year on Lightyear, the right has made this an issue.