antilia — 1 year ago(September 02, 2024 04:36 PM)

https://theplaylist.net/tim-burton-says-he-almost-retired-after-dumbo-flop-beetlejuice-sequel-save-him-20240823/
It’s pretty easy to argue that Tim Burton’s “Alice In Wonderland” started the whole live-action remake trend over at Disney. Released in 2010, in the heyday of 3D coming back as a fad, the film grossed $1.025 billion and ushered in an era where Disney began to remake each and every one of their beloved animated classics (with dozens more to come). But when Burton came back to this well in 2019 with the live-action “Dumbo” remake, it was a totally different story.
The film didn’t do terribly at the box office, per se, earning $353.3 million off a reported $170 million budget, but considering promotion and advertising, it likely wasn’t a huge profit-maker either.
Regardless, in a recent Variety interview, the filmmaker said that after he directed “Dumbo,” he felt as if he were at a crossroads and might pack it in.
“Honestly, after ‘Dumbo,’ I really didn’t know. I thought that could have been it, really. I could have retired or become … well, I wouldn’t have become an animator again; that’s over,” he laughed, noting that both “Wednesday” and the “Beetlejuice” sequel “did reenergize me.”