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Will Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny help Disney break out of some recent box office woes? Probably not.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, released on May 5, 2023, rocked it. It was an excellent movie that did well at the box office – pulling in $831.7 million on a production budget of $250 million and reportedly $100 million to promote. However, when you consider that Disney probably took in about $400 million of that total revenue (given the theater take) – and therefore, earned a box office profit of roughly $50 million – it’s another powerful reminder of how out of control costs are in Hollywood.
And then matters get ugly with The Little Mermaid (released on May 26), as DisneyBizJournal reported. As we pointed out, “That means that Disney’s losses on The Little Mermaid, at this point, are in the range of $170 million to nearly $300 million. That’s staggering, and it’s not the first Disney big-budget flop over the past year or so.”
Amazingly, things have managed to worsen with Elemental. The animated film opened on June 14, and its global box office, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com, currently stands at $124.3 million. That doesn’t seem too bad but for the fact that the production budget reportedly came in at a rather staggering $200 million. Add at least $100 million for marketing/promotion, and the losses mount. Plus, the box office, again, gets divvied up with theaters, so Disney’s take of $124.3 million turns out to be about $63 million. The losses on this film, once more, promise to be breathtaking.
So, we turn to Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and wonder if Indy can help Disney break out of this, to be generous, box office rut. But consider the whopping $295 million reported production budget for this latest Indy installment, and then add on a substantial marketing/promotion budget. So, it wouldn’t be surprising if we’re talking a total budget of $550 billion. If we assume a 50-50 breakdown in box office revenues between domestic and international – such as what we saw with Top Gun: Maverick – then Dial of Destiny would have to make almost $1.2 billion at the box office to essentially break even.
And as much as I want to love this film, the mixed reviews and projected box office numbers point to Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as no savior for Disney’s recent box office woes. Instead, it’s more likely to extend the company’s losing streak.
Ray Keating is the editor, publisher and economist for DisneyBizJournal.com; and author of the Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries, and the Alliance of Saint Michael novels; and assorted nonfiction books. Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com.
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Like a book, a film deserves to be reviewed on its own. But that, of course, gets more difficult when a book or a movie is part of a series. When it comes to the fifth movie in the Indiana Jones series – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – landing this week, the challenge is particularly daunting.
After all, James Mangold is stepping in to direct the fifth Indiana Jones movie, with the first four films helmed by one of Hollywood’s greatest directors, Steven Spielberg. Oh, yeah, and Indiana Jones ranks as one of the most iconic characters in movie history. For good measure, Dial of Destiny is Harrison Ford’s final bow as Indy.
Given this give-and-take between individual movies as parts of a series, I decided that part of my Indy adventure was to re-watch and write new quick reviews of the first four movies, that is, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).
So, Sunday was Indiana Jones day in the Keating household. First, we enjoyed various Indiana Jones-related food and drinks. How about the Blood of Kali Ma Cocktail, which features white rum, blood orange soda, lime juice and mint leaves? And then there’s the Nasty Mummy, a mix of tequila, passion fruit juice, fresh lime juice, fresh orange juice, simple syrup, and cayenne pepper. However, we shied away from delicacies like snake surprise, chilled monkey brains, and bad dates. Although, we did have stuffed dates, which were quite tasty.
Comfortable seats were chosen. Blu-rays were loaded, and the cinematic adventure began…
Raiders of the Lost Ark
★★★★★
Is there anything to not like about Raiders of the Lost Ark? Upon another re-watch, I failed to find any real faults.
From the iconic opening in South America in 1936 – including Indiana Jones running from a giant, rolling, booby-trap ball – to the ending when the Nazis open the Ark of the Covenant with frightening, face-melting results, moviegoers in 1981 and today are thrown into a film featuring breathtaking adventure, unrelenting suspense and danger, humor, snappy dialogue, twists and turns, puzzles, mysteries, fisticuffs, and more.
And the audience even gets to take a breather on occasion to meet engaging characters.
At the top of the list, of course, is being introduced to one of the great characters in movie history. Harrison Ford is simply perfect as Indiana Jones – university professor, adventurer and acquirer of rare antiquities. Ford captures Indy’s intelligence, wit, charm, bravado, over-confidence, myriad skills and abilities, occasional bumbling, vulnerabilities (including snakes) and swashbuckling nature. And Indiana Jones’ tools of the trade, if you will, are quickly established, including the fedora, the whip, the jacket, and the gun.
Also, Karen Allen is ideal as Marion Ravenwood, the tough, beautiful, hard-drinking, wise-cracking, past and current love interest and partner for Indy.
Toss in John Rhys-Davies as Sallah, and Denholm Elliott as Marcus Brody, to round out Indy’s friends, and Belloq (Paul Freeman), Toht (Ronald Lacey), and Dietrich (Wolf Kahler) to play the Nazi or Nazi-related heavies, and the supporting cast excels.
Oh, yes, and from the perspective of 2023, it has to be said that Spielberg, and the film’s writers – Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, and Philip Kaufman – managed to tell a story that made sense, entertained and provided plenty of blockbuster thrills. At least today, that can’t be taken for granted.
And finally, regarding Spielberg, even this early in his career, his brilliance as a director are on full display, including in terms of pacing, lighting, shadows, and getting the best from his actors.
Raiders of the Lost Ark set the bar very high for telling a great adventure story on film, and few have come close to reaching Spielberg’s excellence as set out in this movie. But, again to the credit of Spielberg, Lucas and the other writers, and Ford, the following three Indiana Jones movies either matched or came close to what was achieved in Raiders.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
★★★★1/2
Indiana Jones returned three years after Raiders in a prequel – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – and it shows an ability on the part of director Steven Spielberg to make a bit darker Indy movie, but still without losing assorted humor and charms.
In this prequel, set in 1935 and starting in Shanghai, Harrison Ford works with a different set of supporting characters.
I’ve long loved the opening to Temple of Doom. It begins by featuring a ‘30s-style musical number set in a nightclub with Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) singing “Anything Goes” in a mix of Chinese and English. Capshaw shines as the wildly funny, gold-digging, out-of-place Scott, who amidst peril is annoyed by dirt, breaking nails, getting wet, and just being outside. At the same time, she has a streak of fierceness.
And we are introduced to Ke Huy Quan as Short Round. To the great credit of Quan, Spielberg, and the writers (Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz and George Lucas), Short Round is funny and endearing, as opposed to being a drag on the movie as too often happens when children are introduced into a film in which they might not necessarily be expected. Short Round is to be enjoyed and appreciated as essential to the story, rather than merely being tolerated.
This time around, Ford again ably portrays Indiana Jones, including over-confidence in a comical way, charm, waggishness, compassion, determination, courage, and improvisation – all with fedora and whip at the ready.
Complaints that Temple of Doom is too dark are overblown. This is an Indy tale that, with a dark, brutal cult as his opponents, serves up plenty of adventure (at times, journeying into camp), jeopardy, fights, daredevil escapades, gross bugs, romantic flirtations, and smart banter.
While Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom does not reach the adventure highs of Raiders, it comes darn close.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
★★★★★
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade not only reaches the heights of Raiders of the Lost Ark, it just may reach slightly beyond. A bold take? Maybe, but the case can be made.
After all, there’s so much to love about this movie set in 1938, with the early Indy opening occurring in 1912. During that opening, we learn how Henry Jones Jr. became Indiana Jones, including from where his fedora, whip and fear of snakes came.
And throughout the movie, we get treated to classic Indiana Jones action via horseback, cars, boats, a train, planes, and motorcycles, along with a tank and camels.
There are evil traitors and Nazis – as Indy proclaims, “Nazis, I hate these guys” – as well as reminders that valuable archaeological finds belong in a museum.
And Marcus Brody and Sallah return to Indy fans’ delight.
But it’s the fact that Sean Connery portrays Indy’s father – Professor Henry Jones – that makes this a sublime action-adventure film, with more heart and a bit more depth than the two previous films in the series.
Connery, as a brilliant, older, kind of bumbling, spectacled professor of Medieval Literature, is revelatory. The moviegoer has no thoughts based on his performance that this guy played James Bond. Rather, we are pulled in by his humor, touch of intellectual arrogance, wisdom and insights. And revelations about the father-son relationship amidst conflict and danger are powerful and heartfelt.
One my favorite lines in these films is when father and son are talking about what Indy’s childhood was like, and Henry Sr. proclaims, “You left just when you were becoming interesting.”
And being that the story is focused on the Holy Grail, director Steven Spielberg and the writers (Jeffrey Boam, George Lucas, and Menno Meyjes) make Henry Sr. a devout Christian who has pursued the Grail over most of his life. This combination adds some depth regarding matters of faith. Indeed, there are a few analogies to aspects of Christianity, including Holy Communion. That last point hadn’t fully clicked during the many times I’ve watched this film previously. And along these lines, when Indiana is trying to figure out which cup or chalice is the Holy Grail, he points to one, and says, “That’s the cup of a carpenter.” I love that line.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade delivers on everything one would expect from an Indiana Jones movie – such as action, adventure, humor and a great, well-thought-out story – with some added emotional punch and deeper reflection.
Finally, I will ask the same question that I’ve been asking since I first saw this film in 1989: How the heck did Sean Connery not win a best supporting actor Academy Award for this marvelous portrayal of Professor Henry Jones?
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
★★★★1/2
Stop the hate, and embrace Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for the excellent movie that it is. Should we be surprised given that Steven Spielberg once more was in the director’s chair?
Since I first saw this film on its release date in 2008, I’ve always enjoyed it. But even coming out of the theater with friends that first night, the attacks were under way. The main beef? What was the deal with the aliens? After all we saw Indiana Jones deal with in the three previous films – from Nazis being wiped from the earth by spirits emerging from the Ark of the Covenant; to voodoo and an evil cult leader ripping a beating heart from a candidate for human sacrifice, leaving the victim still alive; to the horrific results when water was drunk from a cup mistaken to be the Holy Grail, and the miraculous healing power that came via the actual Grail – audiences somehow decided that interdimensional aliens were just too far. Why – especially since both Steven Spielberg and George Lucas said that the film would be inspired by 1950s sci-fi movies? I have no idea.
Others complained about Indiana Jones resorting to hiding in a lead-lined refrigerator as an atomic bomb was going off. The term “nuking the fridge” came into being to describe moments in movies that simply go too far in terms of camp. Hmmm, did these critics forget about jumping out of a crashing plane in Temple of Doom in an inflatable raft and Indy and Company living to tell the story? Or, when a plane crashes into a tunnel in The Last Crusade, and the wingless burning plane comes along side Indiana Jones and his father in a car, and they exchange goofy glances with the pilot? The point is that over-the-top, varying-degree-of-campy action has a robust history in Indy films.
It’s actually hard to figure out why Kingdom of the Crystal Skull failed to receive the critical love that the previous three movies did, other than that perhaps critics forget what was in the earlier films, especially if they saw those at a much younger age.
There’s so much to like here. The film takes place in 1957, and the opening offers teenagers racing along in a hot rod, while they are urging the lead car in an apparent military caravan to drag race. It’s very George Lucas!
It turns out that the military personnel are Soviet agents in America, and they get into Area 51. And who is their prisoner? Indiana Jones.
The film proceeds to offer some great Indy-like action, with some amusing checks given that he is nearly 20 years older since we last saw him, and he has experiences of fighting and spying during World War II, and afterwards. That action includes a fun motorcycle chase, a race and fight through the jungle (including the appearance of some massive, man-eating ants), some sword fighting, and assorted narrow, harrowing escapes.
The mysteries, puzzles and searches related to the crystal skull possess typical Indiana Jones interest.
For a long time, I did think that the third act needed some tighter editing, but upon this re-watch, I’ve changed my mind. No such need exists.
For all of this, we have some real heart added to this movie as well, with the reappearance of Marion (Karen Allen) and her son, Mutt Williams (Shia LeBeouf), who turns out to be Indy’s son – to the surprise of Indiana Jones.
LeBeouf actually ably portrays Mutt, with Spielberg and the writers (David Koepp, George Lucas, and Jeff Nathanson) doing a nice job of some Indy-Mutt parallels to actions between Indiana Jones and his father in The Last Crusade. Indeed, the only moment or scene that I would criticize in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is when Mutt is swinging through the jungle with monkeys. Weird.
As for the ending, I’ve read criticisms on this as well, and quite frankly, that is completely bewildering. The ending to this movie is ideal. It brings the entire four films around so nicely, with Marion and Indy finally getting married. As people are leaving the church, Mutt goes to put on Indy’s fedora, but just before he does, Indiana Jones comes along, reclaims the hat, smiles, and they all leave the church. That’s near perfect. So, give Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull the love it deserves.
That brings us to looking ahead later this week to Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. I hope and pray for another wonderful adventure. But make no mistake, if this film falls short – the reviews have been widely mixed (now leaning slightly positive based on the Rottentomatoes.com measure) – the following question will be reinforced in my mind at least: After that fitting ending in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, why come back to do another? But, again, I hope that I’m not asking that question, and instead, I’m proclaiming: Wow, what a great send-off for Indiana Jones.
Ray Keating is the editor, publisher and economist for DisneyBizJournal.com; and author of the Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries, and the Alliance of Saint Michael novels; and assorted nonfiction books. Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com.
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In response to guests’ requests that the Disney Genie and Genie+ programs be made easier to use, Disney this spring promised future updates to the system to make the program more user-friendly for guests. While Genie+ has already seen a number of changes along the way since its 2021 introduction, including price variability, guests are hoping to be given a way to plan for Genie+ before they get to Orlando for their vacations. Disney has said that revisions to Genie+ will be coming in 2024.
In the meantime, while we wait to see what those revisions will be, it appears that a “new” development will be arriving for the Disney World program this week. You’ll now be choosing Genie+ based on the specific park you’ll be visiting, rather than as a general purchase. If you are visiting one of the less populated parks for the day, you could be paying a lower rate.
Disney advises, “Beginning June 27, Guests at Walt Disney World Resort will now purchase Disney Genie+ service based on how they want to visit. Guests will be able to select either a single-park option or a multiple-parks option, subject to availability. With this update, prices may now be lower at some Walt Disney World theme parks compared to others.”
Guests using the Genie+ system will now choose a specific park to link their Genie+ purchase to, and will be able to buy single or multi-park options based on whether they’ll be park-hopping or staying put in one park. (Park hopping rules remain in effect.) Guests will see varying prices for the service, depending on which park they choose and park demand for the day, and whether they purchase the single park or multi-park options. As is currently the case, the daily pricing will vary with park demand from day-to-day, and will appear on the My Disney Experience app. You can purchase Genie+ after midnight on the day you plan to visit a park in the My Disney Experience app. Then, after 7 a.m., you can begin selecting the attractions that you’d like to use to “skip the line,” one attraction at a time.
For those not yet familiar with the Genie+ program, it comes in several parts. The Genie program is the free planning tool that lets guests check wait times, and make choices to personalize their itinerary for the day. Genie+ is the upgraded form of the program, where guests can pay to bypass the standby lines on certain rides. Then there’s also the pay-per-ride Individual Lightning Lane – (ILL) option, but you don’t need Genie to purchase the a la carte ILL.
Scott Gustin on Twitter provided the first day example of what the new pricing structure might look like (bearing in mind that pricing changes from day to day with demand pricing). He explained:
As an example, on June 27 prices will be:
Multiple Parks: $27/person
Magic Kingdom: $27/person
Hollywood Studios: $24/person
EPCOT: $18/person
Animal Kingdom: $16/person
Disney offers some tutorial videos on how to get the most out of your Genie and Genie+ programs on their website.
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Beth Keating is a theme parks, restaurant and entertainment reporter for DisneyBizJournal.
Oh, you lucky West Coasters! You will be able to assemble for the premiere of “Rogers: The Musical” at the Hyperion Theater in Disney California Adventure Park in about a week!
Courtesy of Disney Parks Blog
As part of the Disney100 celebration at Disneyland Resort, a limited-time run of the one-act show will kick-off June 30, and play through August 31, 2023. “Rogers: The Musical” is scheduled for Tuesdays through Saturdays, several times each day (Check park guides or the Disneyland app for show times on the day of your visit. On opening day, the show times happen to be 12:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.)
This event promises to be extremely popular, so Disney is recommending joining the virtual queue that will be set up for the show, though it isn’t strictly required (but grab it if you can!). Special viewing areas for “Rogers: The Musical” will be accessible through the virtual queue system via the Disneyland app. Disney advises, “Distribution for the complimentary virtual queue will begin at 10:30 a.m. PT for the first two show times of the day and 2 p.m. PT for the remaining show times of the day.” Once the virtual queue reaches capacity, any remaining walk-up viewing options will be available by checking in at the Hyperion Theater.
If you absolutely have to make sure you get a seat for the show, you can also purchase a special “‘Rogers: The Musical’ Premium Viewing Experience”package. Available in limited quantities, the $29.00 package at the Studio Catering Co. in Hollywood Land includes a ‘Rogers: The Musical’ popcorn bucket with kettle corn and choice of bottled beverage, plus access to lounge seating before the show, priority choice of seating in the theater, a souvenir lanyard and access to a unique photo opportunity.”
For those who aren’t in-the-know, this somewhat tongue-in-cheek Broadway-style extravaganza is a retelling of the story of Captain America, supported by a super-sized cast of singers and dancers including appearances by Peggy Carter, Nick Fury and select members of the Avengers.
If you watched the Disney+ series Hawkeye, you caught a glimpse of the show in episode 1 of the series, where a somewhat embarrassed Hawkeye takes his kids to see the fictional Broadway musical featuring singing and dancing versions of his fellow Avengers. The 2022 D23 convention also treated audiences to a full-on blast of the show, and now California Adventure guests can get in on the action.
The new musical includes original choreography, and five all-new songs with music by Grammy-winning composer Christopher Lennertz and lyrics by Jordan Peterson, Christopher Lennertz and Alex Karukas. Not to worry, “Save The City” from the Hawkeye version of the musical (written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman), and “Star Spangled Man” from the Captain America: The First Avenger film (written by Alan Menken and David Zippel) will be there as well.
Courtesy of Disney Parks Blog
And because any new Disney venture requires snacks and merch, there will be limited time food and beverage offerings, including the “Patriotic Punch,” a Sprite and white cranberry juice with blue raspberry and cherry syrups topped with whipped cream; or the “Red, White and Blue Shake,” a vanilla shake with wild cherry and blue raspberry slushes at select locations across Disney California Adventure Park. The “Cap'n Everything Dog” is a hot link wrapped in pizza dough, topped with everything bagel seasoning; and the “Apple Pizza Pie” is a cinnamon-sugar fried pizza crust, topped with apple and cranberry filling, streusel, and cream cheese frosting. Oh, and if your fandom leans toward Ironman, you might be interested in the “Shawarm-izza” at Shawarma Palace, an Italian sausage, pepperoni, mozzarella, and pepperoncini concoction in a garlic-parmesan wrap with marinara dipping sauce.
Courtesy of Disney Parks Blog
Popcorn bucket collectors take note: There will be a special “Rogers: The Musical” popcorn bucket available for sale outside the Hyperion Theater, and it comes with red, white and blue kettle corn.
The Super Store Featuring Avengers Campus shop in Hollywood Land will be your headquarters for Avengers merch and apparel, but t-shirts, magnets and ornaments for musical merch will be available near the Hyperion Theater.
And to further help you remember this moment for eons to come, PhotoPass photographers will be around to help you commemorate your visit to the show - two Magic Shots will be available for a limited time. You’ll even be able to pose with Captain America’s shield in front of the Hyperion Theater marquee.
If a visit to the West Coast is in your summer plans, you can check for future show times on Disneyland.com or the Disneyland app. (And just a reminder, you will need park tickets/admission and park reservations to enter the park and get to the Hyperion Theater.)
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Beth Keating is a theme parks, restaurant and entertainment reporter for DisneyBizJournal.
The fifth movie in the Indiana Jones series – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – fast approaches, and therefore, I continue on my own Indiana Jones adventure.
The first entry in “My Indy Adventure” was a visit to Den of Destiny pop-up bar in Hollywood Studios to sample some Indiana Jones libations. And in the second entry, I ventured into the world of Indiana Jones Hawaiian-style shirts.
Now, I stay on the wardrobe track. Let’s call this “Indiana Jones and the Search for the Comfy T.”
Why does this adventure matter? I not only have had a home office since 1991 (wow!), but I recently moved to Central Florida – not far from Walt Disney World. That combination of working from home and year-round summer weather means that the t-shirt ranks as an integral part of my wardrobe options. Long ago, except when traveling for work, I tossed aside the shirt-and-tie in favor of more casual shirts and, of course, shorts.
And since I’m a big Indy fan, the search for new and comfortable t-shirts seemed inevitable, like someone dialed up my destiny (see what I did there – even though I don’t know if it makes any sense without seeing the new film?).
Interestingly, I found four t-shirts at Amazon.com that tied directly into the new movie, and one that was a general Indy shirt.
Naturally, the Dial of Destiny-related shirts will be fully assessed once I see the movie, but for now, I love these T’s.
One, of course, offers the title of the film in classic Indiana Jones style.
Two others rate as great mixes. There’s a weathered-looking shirt with a classic Indiana Jones figure, whip in action, the “It ain’t the years, it’s the mileage” saying, and the years spanned from the first movie to this last one. And another presents the iconic Indy hat and whip, with the year this last film mainly takes place in (I think), and the places across the map that are visited. There’s something about that shirt that particularly grabs me – perhaps the gray-white-and-black combination.
And then there is an Indy shirt with a plane-centered logo that wonderfully captures all of the films. I chose the light blue option on this, and it looks great.
Finally, over at Homage.com, a fun shirt offers a version of Indy’s hat, and the saying “It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage.”
Homage makes incredibly soft, comfortable shirts. So, that was expected with the Indy Homage t-shirt. But the shirts purchased at Amazon.com also are quite comfortable, roomy, and a high quality that should hold up to many washings.
Indeed, my search for the comfy Indiana Jones t-shirt has been successful.
Ray Keating is the editor, publisher and economist for DisneyBizJournal.com; and author of the Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries, and the Alliance of Saint Michael novels; and assorted nonfiction books. Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com.
The views expressed here are his own – after all, no one else should be held responsible for this stuff, right?
• Order The Weekly Economist II: 52 More Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Kindle editions and paperbacks via Amazon here and signed books here. And don’t forget the first book in this growing series, i.e., The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed paperbacks at RayKeatingOnline.com or paperbacks, hardcovers and Kindle editions at Amazon.com.
• Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel. Signed paperbacks and/or paperbacks, hardcovers and the Kindle edition at Amazon.
• The Lutheran Planner: The TO DO List Solution combines a simple, powerful system for getting things done with encouragement, inspiration and consolation from the Christian faith.
