Happy Feet 2 flop cripples production company
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You knew it was going to be a flop, we knew it was going to be a flop, but for some reason it seems that Warner Bros had no clue that Happy Feet 2 was going to do so atrociously at the box office. Banking on it as a holiday hit, they were utterly unprepared for it to fall with such a resounding thud. Especially after it went over-budget to the tune of $50 million.
The worst part is that, according to IF Magazine, Dr D Studios, the Australian digital production company behind the film, is laying off 600 staff members come December. Happy Christmas!
It is a real shame, but what we can’t figure out is how nobody foresaw that no-one would go to see it. It’s almost as if the concept of animated penguins dancing and singing isn’t a concept that could be stretched over two films.
Man you must have some sort of amazing magic 8 ball to have seen this coming. Happy Feet won an Oscar for best animated film and grossed $200 million in the U.S. It was thought to be a beloved film, and certainly had more going for it then just singing penguins (it remains one of the most written about and dissected animated films of the decade). With animation being as consistent at the box office as it is and 3-D sals to boot nobody predicted it would flop this hard. Except for you I guess.