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"The Good Dinosaur grossed $123.1 million in the United States and Canada and $209.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $332.2 million[6] against a production budget of $175–200 million,[4][5] which with added marketing costs of $350 million,[53] caused Walt Disney Studios to lose $85 million unadjusted for inflation, and the film to be considered Pixar's first box-office bomb.[54][55][56]"
It's not 350 million in marketing costs, as this reads. It's a total production and marketing budget of (approx) 350 million, as the links state. Thus with a 50% theater take losing Disney/Pixar around 200 million, not 85 million. It needs fixed and no, I'm not doing it.
Why is Bob Peterson still listed as the director of the film when it was confirmed months ago he was removed and is developing another project? Pixar's own website does not list his name for The Good Dinosaur, and confirms that Peter Sohn is still co-director. Christianster94 ( talk) 1:52, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
In the plot summary the pterosaurs in the film are referred to as "pterodactyls". There's no objective problem with that, but the more technically correct term is "pterosaur". The greater concern I have is that they are directly labelled as Pterodactylus in the credits when they are clearly Nyctosaurus. Because "pterodactyl" redirects to Pterodactylus, I have amended all hyperlinks to Nyctosaurus, and I have also amended all mentions of the pterosaurs in the text to "pterodactyl". I would like some consensus on what terms are going to be used to describe the pterosaurs: pterosaurs, pterodactyls, or Nyctosaurus? You are welcome to override my edits in favour of any of the other three listed above. Pterodactylus, however, will not suffice because it is clearly the wrong genus of pterosaur. Lythronaxargestes ( talk) 07:15, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
I have a question: Did Peter Sohn, or ANYONE in the production team for this movie, actually confirm in writing or verbally that Thunderclap is a Nyctosaurus, or is that just someone's wishful thinking? Because I gotta tell ya, I'm getting really tired of people adding their "species headcanons" to legitimate wiki pages. People did it on the Dinosaurs (1993 sitcom) page by assigning species, which hadn't even been discovered at the time it was made, to characters (Ethyl was listed as an Indosaurus, which hadn't even been discovered yet, and I'm even more skeptical of whoever changed that to "Edmontonia"/Robbie is listed as a "hypsolophodon," when the show's concept artist clearly state that the Sinclair kids are meant to by hybrids of their parents), with zero confirmation from the show's writers or directors. This is annoying, and worse yet, it's dishonest. Wikipedia is not a platform to theorize, people use it to gather information. If the showrunners or team behind the movie didn't explicitly say, in press coverage, interviews, or anything that was published, that "Thunderclap is a Nyctosaurus," it's not our job to do it for them. The merch for these characters lists them all as "PTERODACTYLS," and I know, it's like nails on chalkboard for me too, but chances are pretty bleak that anyone on Pixar's writing staff would know the difference between a rhamphorynchus and an Azhdarchid, and unless whoever started the Nyctosaurus thing can provide tangible proof if it, I think we should just accept "Pterodactyls" and thank our lucky stars they didn't give 'em bat wings. Please either confirm this or change it, because the Disney wiki page for The Good Dinosaur is following your lead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.237.126.109 ( talk) 20:57, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
I mean if we're gonna do that, why not arbitrarily assign various maniraptorians to the velociraptor pack? Maybe one of them is a deinonychus, maybe the one who "lost his favorite toof" is a utahraptor. Maybe one is a Dakotaraptor. Who cares if the last one wasn't described during production? Hell, Poppa Henry might be a mamenchisaurus. Butch is an oversized dilong, he just had a shave and plastic surgery. Spot is a hairless raccoon. I mean since they didn't go by the official word for the Pterosaur species, who says any of us need to?
See how stupid this is? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.233.159.240 ( talk) 13:23, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
Are we sure both Henry and Ida were apatosauruses? Ida certainly was, but Henry seemed to have more brachiosaurus features, especially his forelimbs being taller than his hindlimbs and the head shape. Arlo could very well be a hybrid apatosaurus-brachiosaurus as would his brother and sister. Ace( T• CON) 02:28, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Why is there a link to Yoshi's Island in the See Also section? I see no other reference to the game at any other point in the article, so why is it there? What relevance does it have to this movie? ModernTenshi04 ( talk) 14:25, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
I nominate that this article should get semi-protection (or higher), there have been way too many edits lately from newer (and unregistered) users who are making unsourced edits with POV speak and editorial comments. Please respond. Thanks. Wikicontributor12 ( talk) 01:23, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi @ Kelapstick:. So what's the verdict? Can this article's semi-protection be extended for a few weeks more? Wikicontributor12 ( talk) 08:27, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
Young Buck linked in article has no relation to the movie ProfessorF ( talk) 17:03, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
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I would like to remind everyone who may come across this talk page that the film's theatrical run is not over yet. The film is still playing in some US theaters, and still has some major markets to open in, such as Norway, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Japan. Therefore, the film's box office revenue is still in-coming. It would be wrong and premature to assume anything final about the film's box office performance. So as a reminder to some of the newer editors to this page, please exercise some restraint and control yourselves. Thank you. Wikicontributor12 ( talk) 05:23, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
I've got a question. Could the following box-office website be used to track the revenue for the film? http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Good-Dinosaur-The#tab=summary It appears to have more up-to-date information compared to box office mojo. Any thoughts? Wikicontributor12 ( talk) 19:52, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
User:Phin68 removed the note in the lead-in stating "The film fared better in terms of home video sales." I disagree with this. If this sentence (with sources) is notable enough to be in the box-office section, then why shouldn't it be in the lead-in as well? It is relevant information and provides info on the home media performance. (Similar to the home media performance being noted on other film article's lead-ins.) On a related note, in his edit summary he also stated that it is only notable for the lead-in that a Pixar film "bombed". The lead-in says nothing about the film being a "bomb", that is point of view interpretation. The only thing stated in the lead-in is that it is "Pixar's lowest-grossing film" (which is a proper, factual statement without point of view interpretation.) That is the only reason why the box-office performance is noted in the lead-in, not because it is a "bomb" but because the box-office performance is noted in pretty much every film article's lead-in. Are there are thoughts on this? (preferably multiple thoughts)? Thanks Wikicontributor12 ( talk) 03:01, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
Has a Chinese realse date be announced yet? Is there a reason? May be put in box office section as a reason for it folping? 82.38.157.176 ( talk) 23:02, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
I'm just wondering if it'd be alright to add that the film is based on an original concept and development by Bob Peterson.-- TVBuff90 ( talk) 22:19, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi! I noticed a sentence with a somewhat misleading phrase in the Plot section. This is the sentence:
The misleading phrase is:
I assumed that the phrase meant beings who farm Apatosauruses, just as chicken farmers would be beings who farm chickens. However, when I checked the Cast section, it seemed that the Apatosaurus farmers are Apatosauruses who are farmers.
Can the phrase be reworded to make this less confusing? I would reword it myself, but I can’t figure out how to do it properly.
Thanks!
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What's a dead link? Just curious since it's something I've never heard before SonicDinosaur57 ( talk) 02:07, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
Recently, this became an issue; [1]. The claim is made that the official website no longer exists. However, the url still works for me and the specific website for the film still exists. Does it work for anyone else? @ SummerPhDv2.0 @ User:Apokryltaros. Here it is; https://movies.disney.com/the-good-dinosaur. Wikicontributor12 ( talk) 14:30, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
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"The Good Dinosaur grossed $123.1 million in the United States and Canada and $209.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $332.2 million[6] against a production budget of $175–200 million,[4][5] which with added marketing costs of $350 million,[53] caused Walt Disney Studios to lose $85 million unadjusted for inflation, and the film to be considered Pixar's first box-office bomb.[54][55][56]"
It's not 350 million in marketing costs, as this reads. It's a total production and marketing budget of (approx) 350 million, as the links state. Thus with a 50% theater take losing Disney/Pixar around 200 million, not 85 million. It needs fixed and no, I'm not doing it.
Why is Bob Peterson still listed as the director of the film when it was confirmed months ago he was removed and is developing another project? Pixar's own website does not list his name for The Good Dinosaur, and confirms that Peter Sohn is still co-director. Christianster94 ( talk) 1:52, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
In the plot summary the pterosaurs in the film are referred to as "pterodactyls". There's no objective problem with that, but the more technically correct term is "pterosaur". The greater concern I have is that they are directly labelled as Pterodactylus in the credits when they are clearly Nyctosaurus. Because "pterodactyl" redirects to Pterodactylus, I have amended all hyperlinks to Nyctosaurus, and I have also amended all mentions of the pterosaurs in the text to "pterodactyl". I would like some consensus on what terms are going to be used to describe the pterosaurs: pterosaurs, pterodactyls, or Nyctosaurus? You are welcome to override my edits in favour of any of the other three listed above. Pterodactylus, however, will not suffice because it is clearly the wrong genus of pterosaur. Lythronaxargestes ( talk) 07:15, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
I have a question: Did Peter Sohn, or ANYONE in the production team for this movie, actually confirm in writing or verbally that Thunderclap is a Nyctosaurus, or is that just someone's wishful thinking? Because I gotta tell ya, I'm getting really tired of people adding their "species headcanons" to legitimate wiki pages. People did it on the Dinosaurs (1993 sitcom) page by assigning species, which hadn't even been discovered at the time it was made, to characters (Ethyl was listed as an Indosaurus, which hadn't even been discovered yet, and I'm even more skeptical of whoever changed that to "Edmontonia"/Robbie is listed as a "hypsolophodon," when the show's concept artist clearly state that the Sinclair kids are meant to by hybrids of their parents), with zero confirmation from the show's writers or directors. This is annoying, and worse yet, it's dishonest. Wikipedia is not a platform to theorize, people use it to gather information. If the showrunners or team behind the movie didn't explicitly say, in press coverage, interviews, or anything that was published, that "Thunderclap is a Nyctosaurus," it's not our job to do it for them. The merch for these characters lists them all as "PTERODACTYLS," and I know, it's like nails on chalkboard for me too, but chances are pretty bleak that anyone on Pixar's writing staff would know the difference between a rhamphorynchus and an Azhdarchid, and unless whoever started the Nyctosaurus thing can provide tangible proof if it, I think we should just accept "Pterodactyls" and thank our lucky stars they didn't give 'em bat wings. Please either confirm this or change it, because the Disney wiki page for The Good Dinosaur is following your lead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.237.126.109 ( talk) 20:57, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
I mean if we're gonna do that, why not arbitrarily assign various maniraptorians to the velociraptor pack? Maybe one of them is a deinonychus, maybe the one who "lost his favorite toof" is a utahraptor. Maybe one is a Dakotaraptor. Who cares if the last one wasn't described during production? Hell, Poppa Henry might be a mamenchisaurus. Butch is an oversized dilong, he just had a shave and plastic surgery. Spot is a hairless raccoon. I mean since they didn't go by the official word for the Pterosaur species, who says any of us need to?
See how stupid this is? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.233.159.240 ( talk) 13:23, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
Are we sure both Henry and Ida were apatosauruses? Ida certainly was, but Henry seemed to have more brachiosaurus features, especially his forelimbs being taller than his hindlimbs and the head shape. Arlo could very well be a hybrid apatosaurus-brachiosaurus as would his brother and sister. Ace( T• CON) 02:28, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Why is there a link to Yoshi's Island in the See Also section? I see no other reference to the game at any other point in the article, so why is it there? What relevance does it have to this movie? ModernTenshi04 ( talk) 14:25, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
I nominate that this article should get semi-protection (or higher), there have been way too many edits lately from newer (and unregistered) users who are making unsourced edits with POV speak and editorial comments. Please respond. Thanks. Wikicontributor12 ( talk) 01:23, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi @ Kelapstick:. So what's the verdict? Can this article's semi-protection be extended for a few weeks more? Wikicontributor12 ( talk) 08:27, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
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I would like to remind everyone who may come across this talk page that the film's theatrical run is not over yet. The film is still playing in some US theaters, and still has some major markets to open in, such as Norway, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Japan. Therefore, the film's box office revenue is still in-coming. It would be wrong and premature to assume anything final about the film's box office performance. So as a reminder to some of the newer editors to this page, please exercise some restraint and control yourselves. Thank you. Wikicontributor12 ( talk) 05:23, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
I've got a question. Could the following box-office website be used to track the revenue for the film? http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Good-Dinosaur-The#tab=summary It appears to have more up-to-date information compared to box office mojo. Any thoughts? Wikicontributor12 ( talk) 19:52, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
User:Phin68 removed the note in the lead-in stating "The film fared better in terms of home video sales." I disagree with this. If this sentence (with sources) is notable enough to be in the box-office section, then why shouldn't it be in the lead-in as well? It is relevant information and provides info on the home media performance. (Similar to the home media performance being noted on other film article's lead-ins.) On a related note, in his edit summary he also stated that it is only notable for the lead-in that a Pixar film "bombed". The lead-in says nothing about the film being a "bomb", that is point of view interpretation. The only thing stated in the lead-in is that it is "Pixar's lowest-grossing film" (which is a proper, factual statement without point of view interpretation.) That is the only reason why the box-office performance is noted in the lead-in, not because it is a "bomb" but because the box-office performance is noted in pretty much every film article's lead-in. Are there are thoughts on this? (preferably multiple thoughts)? Thanks Wikicontributor12 ( talk) 03:01, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
Has a Chinese realse date be announced yet? Is there a reason? May be put in box office section as a reason for it folping? 82.38.157.176 ( talk) 23:02, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
I'm just wondering if it'd be alright to add that the film is based on an original concept and development by Bob Peterson.-- TVBuff90 ( talk) 22:19, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
Hi! I noticed a sentence with a somewhat misleading phrase in the Plot section. This is the sentence:
The misleading phrase is:
I assumed that the phrase meant beings who farm Apatosauruses, just as chicken farmers would be beings who farm chickens. However, when I checked the Cast section, it seemed that the Apatosaurus farmers are Apatosauruses who are farmers.
Can the phrase be reworded to make this less confusing? I would reword it myself, but I can’t figure out how to do it properly.
Thanks!
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What's a dead link? Just curious since it's something I've never heard before SonicDinosaur57 ( talk) 02:07, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
Recently, this became an issue; [1]. The claim is made that the official website no longer exists. However, the url still works for me and the specific website for the film still exists. Does it work for anyone else? @ SummerPhDv2.0 @ User:Apokryltaros. Here it is; https://movies.disney.com/the-good-dinosaur. Wikicontributor12 ( talk) 14:30, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
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