New pro-LGBT Disney movie flops big over Thanksgiving weekend, projected to lose $100 million
November 30, 2022 | Florida
A new Disney movie with a pro-LGBT subplot has bombed at the box office, despite rolling out during the normally lucrative Thanksgiving weekend.
The Disney movie “Strange World” is a sci-fi movie that includes “a subplot where a homosexual 16-year-old boy named Ethan is ‘navigating’ a crush on another boy,” according to the Post Millennial. The character of Ethan is voiced by comedian Jaboukie Young-White.
The movie is expected to lose the company $100 million according to entertainment publication Variety.
The magazine reported:
The animated feature debuted dramatically behind expectations with $11.9 million from 4,174 North American theaters over the weekend and $18.6 million over the five-day holiday frame. Before projections were revised downward, the movie was expected to earn $30 million to $40 million between Wednesday and Sunday — and even those figures would have been unspectacular to start.
The movie comes months after Disney executives boasted about leaning into pro-LGBT content and engaged in a high-profile battle with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over his state’s anti-grooming law.
Cultural commentators were quick to point out that the flop could be linked to the movie’s woke agenda.
“Disney’s new movie, #StrangeWorld is flopping at the box office, earning less than $24 million over 5 days against its $180 million budget,” Eric July commented. “Mainstream creatives don’t care about these projects being successful so long as they spite the audience and their ideological enemies.”… (Excerpt from Lifesitenews.com)
