Haunted Mansion (2023)

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

Tickets for Haunted Mansion go on sale tomorrow.

[Sotiris]

Haunted Mansion is #4 most anticipated movie of July.


Source: https://www.thewrap.com/top-movies-july ... penheimer/

[PatchofBlue]

Haunted Mansion’: First Reactions To Justin Simien’s Film Based On Disney Ride Praise Mix Of Horror & Humor
https://deadline.com/2023/07/haunted-ma ... 235439415/

So the reactions seem to be pretty good, so far. That's a relief to hear. I was prepared for something middling like "Jungle Cruise," but I'd be happy if this ended up being even halfway decent.

[PatchofBlue]

New trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB_1o3c19y0

How on earth did I miss that Dan Levy is in this?

[PatchofBlue]

Justin Simien Says He Wouldn’t Have Directed Disney’s ‘Haunted Mansion’ Without a Black Leading Man
https://www.thewrap.com/justin-simien-h ... interview/

“My sense of Blackness is really rooted in Louisiana,” Simien told TheWrap. “That’s where my mom’s family is from. And I just felt like the version of New Orleans that I know and that I grew up with is beautiful and it’s Black. There’s something political and radical about realizing it properly in a movie like this that actually complements the ride and complements what the ride is trying to say thematically.”



Simien said that all things considered, having a Black leading man for his movie was a nonnegotiable. “I said there has to be a Black person, because this movie is set in New Orleans and New Orleans is an 85% Black town,” he explained. “I’m not telling a New Orleans story without a Black leader, I’m just not going to do it.”

[Sotiris]

But the ride is not set in New Orleans. So, why did this adaptation have to be set in New Orleans to begin with? Was it to justify having a Black lead and a predominantly Black ensemble?

[Marce82]

Sorry, Sotiris, but the ride IS in the New Orleans Square "land" of Disneyland (in Anaheim, which IS the original version of the ride), and the outside of the mansion is designed to reflect that.

[Sotiris]

Well, I'm not a parks fan, so I don't know a lot about the attractions. When I was looking the ride up, I came across an article that said the mansion was largely inspired by the Shipley-Lydecker House in Baltimore, Maryland.

[Sotiris]

Box office updates.

Long Range Box Office Forecast: Disney’s Haunted Mansion
https://www.boxofficepro.com/long-range ... penheimer/

Weekend Box Office Forecast: Haunted Mansion Hopes to Court Families as Barbie and Oppenheimer Will Reign Again
https://www.boxofficepro.com/weekend-bo ... ign-again/

‘Barbie’ & ‘Oppenheimer’ Combined Second Weekend Of $107M+ Could Lock Out Disney’s ‘Haunted Mansion’
https://deadline.com/2023/07/box-office ... 235448163/

‘Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’ & ‘Haunted Mansion’ Fuel Record Final Weekend In July With $217M+
https://deadline.com/2023/07/barbie-opp ... 235450156/

‘Barbie’ Pirouettes To Powerhouse $781M Global, ‘Oppenheimer’ A Phenom At $406M WW Through Sunday
https://deadline.com/2023/07/barbie-opp ... 235450844/

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ Slashes $3.8M Tuesday Previews, Eyes $30M+ 5-Day Opening
https://deadline.com/2023/08/teenage-mu ... 235453107/

July Domestic Box Office On Fire With $1.37 Billion, Second Best Ever
https://deadline.com/2023/08/barbie-opp ... 235452876/

2023 Domestic Box Office Surges Past $6 Billion This Weekend Due To ‘Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Turtles’ & ‘Meg 2’ As Strikes Continue
https://deadline.com/2023/08/box-office ... 235454860/

‘Barbie’ & ‘Oppenheimer’ Reach Major Milestones, ‘Meg 2’ Chomps On $142M Global Debut; Disney Tops $4B WW For The Year So Far
https://deadline.com/2023/08/barbie-opp ... 235455131/

Greta Gerwig Breaks Global & US Box Office Records For Female Director With ‘Barbie’; Why ‘Demeter’ Deep-Sixed
https://deadline.com/2023/08/box-office ... 235460243/

‘Barbie’ Sails Past $1.18B Global, ‘Oppenheimer’ Closing In On $650M, ‘Meg 2’ Tops $250M & ‘Gran Turismo’ Starts Early Overseas Engines
https://deadline.com/2023/08/barbie-opp ... 235475535/

‘Blue Beetle’ Lands At $25M+; ‘Strays’ Goes To The Dogs With $8M+
https://deadline.com/2023/08/box-office ... 235522235/

‘Oppenheimer’ Rises To $718M Global, ‘Barbie’ Basks In $1.28B, ‘Meg 2’ Chomps Past $300M; ‘Blue Beetle’ Scurries To $18M Overseas Start
https://deadline.com/2023/08/oppenheime ... 235523488/

‘Barbie’ Reaches $1.34B, Will Become WB’s Biggest Movie Ever Worldwide On Monday; ‘Oppenheimer’ Nears $800M Global
https://deadline.com/2023/08/barbie-opp ... 235529072/

‘Equalizer 3’ Clocks Franchise-Best WW Debut; ‘Oppenheimer’ Reaches $851M Global With Strong China Start, ‘Barbie’ Dances To $1.38B+
https://deadline.com/2023/09/the-equali ... 235535334/

Box Office: Disney’s ‘Haunted Mansion’ Eyes $30 Million Debut, ‘Barbenheimer’ to Remain on Top
https://variety.com/2023/film/box-offic ... 235679922/

Box Office: ‘Haunted Mansion’ Makes $3.1 Million in Previews, but ‘Barbenheimer’ Stays Strong
https://variety.com/2023/film/box-offic ... 235682235/

Box Office: ‘Haunted Mansion’ $9.9 Million Opening Day Can’t Scare ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’
https://variety.com/2023/film/box-offic ... 235682891/

Box Office: ‘Barbie’ Scores Massive $93 Million, ‘Oppenheimer’ Adds Huge $46 Million in Second Weekends
https://variety.com/2023/film/box-offic ... 235681039/

Why Didn’t Disney Save ‘Haunted Mansion’ for Halloween?
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/haun ... 235683293/

Box Office: ‘TMNT,’ ‘Meg 2’ Racing Against ‘Oppenheimer’ for Second as ‘Barbie’ Reign Continues
https://variety.com/2023/film/box-offic ... 235688517/

‘Barbie’ Rules Box Office Again With $53 Million, Taking Down ‘Meg 2’ and ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’
https://variety.com/2023/film/box-offic ... 235688787/

Box Office: ‘TMNT,’ ‘Meg 2’ Racing Against ‘Oppenheimer’ for Second as ‘Barbie’ Reign Continues
https://variety.com/2023/film/box-offic ... 235688517/

‘Barbenheimer’ Still Going Strong at U.K. Box Office in Fourth Weekend of Release
https://variety.com/2023/film/box-offic ... 235696683/

‘Barbenheimer’ Powered U.K. Box Office to $132 Million in August
https://variety.com/2023/film/box-offic ... 235710739/

‘Barbenheimer’ Craze Leaves Little Box Office Room for ‘Haunted Mansion’
https://www.thewrap.com/barbenheimer-ha ... e-preview/

‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ Bury ‘Haunted Mansion’ With Combined $140 Million Box Office Weekend
https://www.thewrap.com/barbie-oppenhei ... ox-office/

‘Barbie’ Box Office Reign Continues With $93 Million Weekend
https://www.thewrap.com/barbie-oppenhei ... ox-office/

‘Barbie’ Reaches $1 Billion at Box Office After $53 Million Third Weekend
https://www.thewrap.com/barbie-mutant-m ... ox-office/

Box Office Bonanza: ‘Barbie’ to Blast Past $700M Globally by Sunday After Record Week
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 235546957/

Box Office: ‘Haunted Mansion’ Spooked, ‘Barbie’ Scores Record $93M Second Weekend in U.S.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 235547428/

Box Office: ‘Barbie’ Crosses $1B Globally, ‘Meg 2’ and ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Add to Moviegoing Boom
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 235551691/

Box Office: ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Lead (Again), ‘Last Voyage of the Demeter’ Capsizes With $6.5M
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 235562270/

Box Office: Warning Signs Amid Summer’s Big Highs
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 235581171/

Barbie tiptoes to the top of the box office for second week in a row, hitting $775M globally
https://ew.com/movies/barbie-tops-box-o ... -in-a-row/

Barbie's a billion dollar girl in a billion dollar world, as Greta Gerwig makes history
https://ew.com/movies/barbie-billion-do ... ox-office/

[Marce82]

Sotiris, I understand you may not be that familiar with the parks. But you were questioning why the film is set in New Orleans, and it is for the very reason I just gave you.
The outside may be somewhat based on that house you mentioned, but it definitely looks like a Louisiana plantation, and has some of the ironwork that is the signature look of the French Quarter of New Orleans.

[carolinakid]

Three reviews I loved...

A Disney Ride To Nowhere Fun

Disney’s Haunted Mansion: So Bad It’s Scary

Disney Ride Movie Franchise Is Cursed

[PatchofBlue]

Well ... that was certainly better than the Eddie Murphy movie. Beyond that, though ... I feel like I've already forgotten it.

I guess we'll all have to meet up again another twenty years from now and see whether the third time's the charm.

[UmbrellaFish]

Well ... that was certainly better than the Eddie Murphy movie. Beyond that, though ... I feel like I've already forgotten it.

I guess we'll all have to meet up again another twenty years from now and see whether the third time's the charm.

I can’t believe the Eddie Murphy one was 20 years ago! I saw it in theaters. The reviews for this movie are pretty bad, but I will check it out for the references to the ride. It’s a shame that only the POTC movies have been successful because there is a lot of rich and interesting lore to be explored through Disney ride IP.

[PatchofBlue]

Yeah, I feel like it's a better alternative to just making animated movies into live action movies (even with my ambivalence toward this movie, I actually would say that I liked it better than most of the remakes), there have just been so few promising returns to this game.

Anyways, this did get me thinking ... anyone else remember that short fan film about the Haunted Mansion from like ten years back? "Missing in the Mansion"? It has the same affinity for easter eggs that this film marketed itself on, but it told a much more interesting story with a better sense of tone. Like ... this is the movie that Disney fans want.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M-yetCGm-A

[Sotiris]

Sotiris, I understand you may not be that familiar with the parks. But you were questioning why the film is set in New Orleans, and it is for the very reason I just gave you. The outside may be somewhat based on that house you mentioned, but it definitely looks like a Louisiana plantation, and has some of the ironwork that is the signature look of the French Quarter of New Orleans.

I understand. But in relation to the director's comments, I think it's hypocritical that when the setting of an IP involves characters of color, Disney and Hollywood at large absolutely need to keep the same setting in every adaptation and be accurate to the racial demographics of the area, but when the setting of an IP involves white characters, they have no problem changing it entirely or if they keep it, be completely inaccurate to the racial makeup of said area or region.

[PatrickvD]

I really don’t understand what the point of this film was to be honest. They wanted to make a Haunted Mansion movie that was different from the Eddie Murphy version so they went ahead and made another comedic adaptation that was poorly received by critics and audiences.

So now we’re stuck with two flop comedy adaptations. Who are these movies for?

[Marce82]

Hey Sotiris. That is absolutely a fair point, and I agree with you. So...

I'm ok with the inclusion of black people in a film set in New Orleans. Not ok with black people in 17th century Germany hahahaha.

[Marce82]

Has anyone here actually seen the movie??? No one posted any comments. I saw it today... and I was very disappointed. It was pretty bad.

[PatchofBlue]

I saw it opening weekend.

I felt like there was very little about the movie that was actively bad, but it all just felt very market tested. Even plot elements that I should have been interested in, like LaKeith Stansfield's character being like a father surrogate to the kid (good heavens, I can't even remember the characters' names) didn't really hold my interest. I remembered being very bored the last twenty minutes of the film.

The cast all sounded super excited to be a part of the film, and that may have been genuine, but it didn't translate for a particularly enjoyable viewer experience.

[blackcauldron85]

I've been so busy I was going to just blind-buy it on Blu-ray. But hearing how blah it is, I might not even do that. It's interesting that Rotten Tomatoes (I know we can't always go by what reviewers say) shows 84% audience, 37% critics. Luke gave it 3.5 stars...I sadly agree with what he was getting at at the end of the review, that unfortunately a rare original Disney live-action film is doing poorly...so Disney might think we only want remakes, when maybe just this film was off. It's such a shame.