Tomorrowland News
David, Devindra, and Jeff continue their coverage of SIFF, discuss one of Steven Soderbergh’s underappreciated thrillers, and wonder how some great films get lost in the ether. Also, in this week’s After Dark, the guys discuss how difficult it is to come up with a lasting, meaningful name for something.
- We Got This Covered: Why Tomorrowland And Mad Max Are More Alike Than You Think
- We Got This Covered: Tomorrowland Adds Trance Addict And Star Warz Stages
- Fandango Movie Blog: Watch: Pixar's Deleted Animated Scene from 'Tomorrowland'
- The Wrap: ‘Tomorrowland’ Sputters in First Day at China Box Office
- Filmonic: Box Office: Tomorrowland Takes Soft Memorial Weekend
- Twitch: Destroy All Monsters: The Problem With The TOMORROWLAND Thesis
Walt Disney Pictures
Let’s just get this out of the way right now: movies are for everyone, but some movies are more specifically tailored for different audiences. Tomorrowland, Disney’s latest attempt at an original live-action outing, is a feel-good family-friendly feature that, thanks to an assortment of slip-ups and mishaps, was not only made for the wrong audience, but then sold to them to boot.
The George Clooney-starring feature opened over the holiday weekend, and was quickly dinged as a flop, thanks to a weekend take that currently sits just below $42 million (per BoxOfficeMojo).
- USA Today: 'Tomorrowland' wins so-so holiday box office
- Moviefone: What Happened to Disney's 'Tomorrowland' at the Box Office?
- Variety: ‘Tomorrowland’ Exposes Hollywood’s Originality Problem
- Denver Post: 'Tomorrowland' takes top spot at box office on slow weekend
- MovieWeb: BOX OFFICE: 'Tomorrowland' Wins Memorial Day Weekend with $40.7M
- Empire Magazine: Tomorrowland Plants Its Flag At The Top Of The US Box Office Charts
- Empire Magazine: Tomorrowland Disappoints At The Top Of The US Box Office Charts
- Empire Magazine: Tomorrowland Spoiler Special - Brad Bird And Damon Lindelof
- The Playlist: Watch: Deleted Animated Sequence By Pixar From 'Tomorrowland'
There were early reports that said Universal’s “Pitch Perfect 2” was going to have the edge over Disney’s “Tomorrowland,” and while those calculations were wrong, it was close. “Tomorrowland” took the #1 spot this weekend with a $32.2 million bow, but considering it was a would-be four-quadrant tentpole on almost 4000 screens that could crossover into the lucrative kids market (and the parents that have to take them there), this wasn’t exactly a stellar opening, and you can bet Disney was hoping for something north of $50 million.
- Coming Soon: Tomorrowland Wins Tight Memorial Day Weekend Against Pitch Perfect 2
- Thompson on Hollywood: Top 10 Takeaways: Memorial Day Previews Summer 2015, Why 'Tomorrowland' is like 'The Lone Ranger'
- BoxOfficeMojo: Analysis: Weekend Report - 'Tomorrowland' Takes Sleepy Memorial Weekend
- Dread Central: Happy Memorial Day 2015
- Chud: Flynn’s Review: Tomorrowland
- USA Today: Mothership: Movies take us to 'Tomorrowland'
- AintItCool: Harry's been to TOMORROWLAND and is ready for his jetpack please!!!!
- Chud: Movie Curiosities: Tomorrowland
- USA Today: In 'Tomorrowland,' Clooney loves... who?
- Chud: The Drew Reviews: Tomorrowland
Rentrak.com announced the weekend box office results for this past week where Disney and Marvel Studios' film "Avengers: Age of Ultron" dominated the international box office yet again. The Avengers sequel grossed $66.7 million internationally; the film has already grossed an astounding $860 million worldwide with an added $210 million made in China.Disney's sci-fi adventure film, "Tomorrowland", opened this weekend with an estimated $26.7 million internationally. Warner Bros. Pictures "Mad Max: Fury Road" continues to perform well overseas.
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Tops $200 Million in China
- HitFix: Box Office: 'Tomorrowland' no. 1 as 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' passes $400 million
- Comic Book Movie: BOX OFFICE: AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Hits More Milestones As It Nears $1.3 Billion
- Variety: ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Edging Out ‘Tomorrowland’ in Tight Box Office Race
- Hollywood Reporter: Box Office: 'Tomorrowland' Narrowly Beats 'Pitch Perfect 2' in Disappointing Debut
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Crossing $100 Million Mark
- Thompson on Hollywood: Friday Box Office: 'Tomorrowland' and 'Poltergeist' Fail to Equal Past Memorial Day Openers
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Tomorrowland’ Tops Slow Memorial Day Weekend With $32.2 Million
- We Got This Covered: Box Office Report: Tomorrowland Tops Mild Memorial Day Weekend
- Dread Central: Box Office – Did Poltergeist Rise from the Dead this Memorial Day Weekend?
- Digital Spy: Tomorrowland claims US box office with $32.1m in quiet Memorial Day weekend
- Hollywood Reporter: Japan Box Office: 'Cinderella' Spends Fifth Weekend on Top
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Tomorrowland’ Stumbles to $41.7 Million in Slow Memorial Day Weekend
- Hollywood Reporter: Box Office: 'Tomorrowland' Faces Bleak Future After Soft $41.7M Debut
- USA Today: 'Tomorrowland' wins so-so holiday box office
- Moviefone: What Happened to Disney's 'Tomorrowland' at the Box Office?
- Hollywood Reporter: Italy Box Office: Paolo Sorrentino’s 'Youth' Crushes Competition
- HitFix: Box Office: 'Tomorrowland' squeaks by 'Pitch Perfect 2' for no. 1 Friday
- The Wrap: ‘Tomorrowland’ Surges Past ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ at Memorial Day Box Office
- MTV Movies Blog: ‘Pitch Perfect 2′ May Beat ‘Tomorrowland’ At This Weekend’s Box Office
- Screen Crush: Weekend Box Office Report: 'Tomorrowland' and 'Poltergeist' Struggle Against the Mighty 'Pitch Perfect 2'
- JoBlo: Weekend Box Office Report: May 22-24, 2015
- IGN Movies: Tomorrowland Tops Lackluster Weekend Box Office
- Entertainment Weekly: 'Tomorrowland' tops at box office: $32.2M
- The Wrap: Melissa McCarthy’s ‘Spy’ Flies High in Debut at Overseas Box Office
- Deadline: ‘Tomorrowland’ Bows Overseas With $26.7M, ‘Ultron’ Dominates With $45.8M, ‘Mad Max’ Adds $38.2M, ‘Spy’ Nabs $12.5M
For the second week in a row, director Elizabeth Banks' film remains on top.
- Variety: ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Edging Out ‘Tomorrowland’ in Tight Box Office Race
- Hollywood Reporter: Box Office: 'Tomorrowland,' 'Pitch Perfect 2' in Close Memorial Day Battle
- HitFix: Box Office: 'Tomorrowland' squeaks by 'Pitch Perfect 2' for no. 1 Friday
- The Wrap: ‘Tomorrowland’ Surges Past ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ at Memorial Day Box Office
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Tomorrowland’ Heading for Narrow Memorial Day Weekend Win With $45 Mil
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Crossing $100 Million Mark
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Tomorrowland’ Tops Slow Memorial Day Weekend With $32.2 Million
- Deadline: ‘Tomorrowland’ Bows With $26.7M Overseas, ‘Pitch Perfect 2′ Gains $15.2M
- Variety: Digital Tracking: The Future of ‘Tomorrowland’ at the Box Office
- Thompson on Hollywood: Friday Box Office: 'Tomorrowland' and 'Poltergeist' Fail to Equal Past Memorial Day Openers
- Hollywood Reporter: Louisiana's Anti-Gay Order Won't Disrupt Its Film Industry, Says 'Pitch Perfect' Producer
- The Wrap: Memorial Day Mashup: A Tribute to the Holiday Box Office (Video)
- MovieWeb: 'Jurassic World' on Track for $100M+ Box Office Opening
- Digital Spy: 11 things you may not know about Tomorrowland star Britt Robertson
- Deadline: Memorial Day B.O. Runs Cold: ‘Tomorrowland’ Is No Flying Car With $40.7M Bow – Second Sunday Update
- Badass Digest: How FURY ROAD Debunks TOMORROWLAND
- Shockya: Tomorrowland Movie Review
- Hollywood Reporter: 'Tomorrowland' Cinematographer Claudio Miranda Talks About Creating First Dolby Vision Theatrical Release
- Cinema Blend: Tomorrowland: The 2 Crucial Elements That Led To The Film's Creation
- AintItCool: HERCULES ON THE RADIO!! Learn What He Thinks Of Brad Bird’s TOMORROWLAND And The MAD MEN Finale!!
- Chud: Flynn’s Review: Tomorrowland
- USA Today: Mothership: Movies take us to 'Tomorrowland'
- AintItCool: Harry's been to TOMORROWLAND and is ready for his jetpack please!!!!
- Chud: Movie Curiosities: Tomorrowland
- USA Today: In 'Tomorrowland,' Clooney loves... who?
- Film School Rejects: 12 Movies to Watch After You See Tomorrowland
- FirstShowing.net: Review: Brad Bird's Sci-Fi 'Tomorrowland' is Full of Yesterday's Ideas
- FirstShowing.net: Sound Off: Brad Bird's Sci-Fi 'Tomorrowland' - What Did You Think?
- Filmonic: Watch a Few Clips and Go Behind the Scenes of Tomorrowland
This long holiday weekend serves up box-office bait “Tomorrowland” and a “Poltergeist” retread, but let’s not forget all of the great (and not so great) Memorial Day weekend releases that entertained past audiences.
Watch TheWrap’s “Memorial Day,” a trailer mash-up tribute to the biggest box office hits the holiday has ever seen.
What’s your favorite?
See TheWrap’s Memorial Day Viewing Guide: 11 Alternatives to Avoid Summer Sunburn:
Related stories from TheWrap:Memorial Day Mashup: A Tribute to the Holiday Box Office (Video)'Human C
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Tomorrowland’ Heading for Narrow Memorial Day Weekend Win With $45 Mil
- Hollywood Reporter: Box Office: 'Tomorrowland,' 'Pitch Perfect 2' in Close Memorial Day Battle
- The Wrap: Why George Clooney’s ‘Tomorrowland’ Risk Could Bring Rewards at Holiday Box Office
- Deadline: ‘Tomorrowland,’ ‘Pitch Perfect’ Battling For No. 1; ‘Mad Max’ Holds Strong; ‘Ultron’ To Cross $400M – Box Office Saturday
- Variety: Digital Tracking: The Future of ‘Tomorrowland’ at the Box Office
- Variety: ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Edging Out ‘Tomorrowland’ in Tight Box Office Race
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Crossing $100 Million Mark
- MovieWeb: BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS: Can 'Tomorrowland' Beat 'Poltergeist'?
- ScreenRant: ‘Power Rangers’ Reboot Was Pushed to 2017 for Box Office Benefit
- The Wrap: Memorial Day Viewing Guide: 11 Alternatives to Avoid Summer Sunburn
If you’re still not sold on the sci-fi adventure, then maybe these clips will change your mind. Based on early Friday numbers Tomorrowland is on track to finish Memorial Day weekend on top at the domestic box office. So I guess the pin doesn’t work on anyone. This clip is called “All will be explained” […]
Read Watch a Few Clips and Go Behind the Scenes of Tomorrowland on Filmonic.
- Coming Soon: Tomorrowland Reviews – What Did You Think?!
- Digital Spy: 11 things you may not know about Tomorrowland star Britt Robertson
- Badass Digest: How FURY ROAD Debunks TOMORROWLAND
- Shockya: Tomorrowland Movie Review
- Hollywood Reporter: 'Tomorrowland' Cinematographer Claudio Miranda Talks About Creating First Dolby Vision Theatrical Release
- Cinema Blend: Tomorrowland: The 2 Crucial Elements That Led To The Film's Creation
- AintItCool: HERCULES ON THE RADIO!! Learn What He Thinks Of Brad Bird’s TOMORROWLAND And The MAD MEN Finale!!
- Chud: Flynn’s Review: Tomorrowland
- USA Today: The Mothership: Movies that take us to 'Tomorrowland'
- Entertainment Weekly: 'Tomorrowland': What did the critics think?
- SlashFilm: How Harry Potter, Close Encounters and The 1952 Box Inspired Tomorrowland [Jeff Jensen Interview]
- Film School Rejects: 12 Movies to Watch After You See Tomorrowland
- FirstShowing.net: Review: Brad Bird's Sci-Fi 'Tomorrowland' is Full of Yesterday's Ideas
- FirstShowing.net: Sound Off: Brad Bird's Sci-Fi 'Tomorrowland' - What Did You Think?
Production designer Scott Chambliss on the design of Disney's new utopia
- USA Today: 'Tomorrowland' isn't short on wonders
- Cinema Blend: 5 Tomorrowland Easter Eggs To Keep An Eye Out For
- Hollywood Reporter: 'Tomorrowland': What the Critics Are Saying
- Shockya: Cast and Filmmakers Talk Tomorrowland
- Moviefone: Britt Robertson Facts: 15 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About the 'Tomorrowland' Star
- Hollywood Reporter: Box Office: 'Tomorrowland' Earns $725,000 in Limited Thursday Night Run
- Moviefone: 'Tomorrowland' Family Review: 5 Things Every Parent Needs to Know
- AintItCool: Capone found Brad Bird's TOMORROWLAND missing the creative spark that it celebrates
- Badass Digest: The Two NASA Events That Inspired TOMORROWLAND
During an interview with IGN, Tomorrowland writer Damon Lindelof described his (serious? silly?) pitch for a post-credits sequence that unsurprisingly didn’t happen:
At the very end of the movie — if you watch the credits — there’s a pin, and you see someone picking it up.
- Coming Soon: CS Interview: Brad Bird, Architect of Tomorrowland
- Vulture: Tomorrowland Is the Anti–Hunger Games
- Digital Spy: 5 secrets of Disney's Tomorrowland: Easter eggs, utopia vs dystopia, sequels and more
- Denver Post: Tomorrowland review: George Clooney and Disney do dystopia — sort of
- Moviefone: New Movies: 'Tomorrowland,' 'Poltergeist,' & More
- Cinema Blend: Tomorrowland Almost Had A Stanley Kubrick Cameo
- SlashFilm: Here’s Why All Walt Disney References Were Cut From ‘Tomorrowland’
- MovieWeb: Why Did 'Tomorrowland' Cut All Walt Disney References?
- MovieWeb: Brad Bird Talks Turning Down 'Star Wars 7' for 'Tomorrowland'
- MTV Movies Blog: Which ‘Tomorrowland’ Gadget Does George Clooney Want IRL?
- MovieWeb: 'Tomorrowland' Review: Not Quite a Jetpack Ride
- ScreenRant: ‘Tomorrowland’ Writer Talks Script Development & Nerdy Tangents
Damon Lindelof has taken a swipe at online reactions to Tomorrowland, claiming that "fanboys" won't admit to liking the film on account of their wanting
- The Playlist: Damon Lindelof Says Fanboys Will Be Too Cynical To Admit They Liked 'Tomorrowland'
- Screen Crush: Damon Lindelof on Why They Cut All the Walt Disney References Out of 'Tomorrowland'
- Digital Spy: Damon Lindelof has a quirky idea for a Star Wars spinoff
- We Got This Covered: Tomorrowland Review
- We Got This Covered: Tomorrowland Announces Bakermat & Friends Stage
- Cinema Blend: How Tomorrowland Completely Altered The Course Of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Variety: ‘Tomorrowland’ Production Designer on Creating a Utopia From the Ground Up
- Latino Review: Film Review: 'Tomorrowland'
- ScreenRant: Box Office Prediction: ‘Tomorrowland’ vs. ‘Poltergeist’
- Screen Crush: 'Tomorrowland' Almost Featured a Stanley Kubrick Cameo
- IGN Movies: How Disneyland Inspired Tomorrowland
- SlashFilm: Win a ‘Tomorrowland’ IMAX Poster Signed By Brad Bird
- Film School Rejects: Tomorrowland Suggests That Today Is Worth Fighting For
- SlashFilm: Trivia: Stanley Kubrick Almost Had a Cameo in ‘Tomorrowland’
- SlashFilm: Brad Bird ‘Tomorrowland’ Interview: ‘The Iron Giant’ Blu-Ray, Epcot, NASA, Space Mountain, ‘Incredibles 2′ and Disneyland
- ScreenRant: Brad Bird Explains Passing On ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ To Make ‘Tomorrowland’
