'Prince Caspian' release date mistake

Robert Iger says bad timing hurt the 'Narnia' sequel

Disney CEO Robert Iger said Wednesday that "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" isn't performing as well as expected because its May 16 release date was too competitive.


It's an interesting thesis, considering Disney purposely moved the film to that date and, in doing so, turned the seemingly natural Christmas franchise -- the first installment featured a cameo from Santa Claus -- into a springtime experience.


Disney originally had "Caspian" set for the 2007 Christmas season but made the change in deference to "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep," a fantasy vying for the same audience.


Disney might also have been taking into account the feelings of Walden Media, its production partner on "Narnia" and the production company behind "Water Horse," which was distributed by Sony. That film earned $102.6 million worldwide at the boxoffice.


"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" scored $744.8 million worldwide as a Christmas release in 2006.


Iger, speaking at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference in New York, said "Prince Caspian" is a better movie than the first installment but because it was released between a couple of the year's biggest hits, audiences are overlooking it.


"Prince Caspian" was released May 16, less than two weeks after "Iron Man" and just six days before "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." It has grossed $151 million worldwide so far.


Iger lamented the "very delicate, very fragile marketplace" for movies in general, given that "there's just too much out there."


As of now, the next movie in the "Narnia" series is set for release May 7, 2010.

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Aubrey Haynie

   
Artist: Aubrey Haynie

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 Doin' My Time

   Year: 1997   
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Artist: Gino Vannelli

   Genre(s): 
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Tracks: 11


   
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   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 10


   
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   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 10


   
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   Year: 1987   
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Tracks: 10


   
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Tracks: 9

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Irwin family launch Australia Zoo dolls

Irwin family launch Australia Zoo dolls

Television system star Terri Irwin and her children Bindi and Henry M. Robert ingest launched a fresh range of their Commonwealth of Australia Zoological garden toys in Freshly House of York.
Terri Irwin, whose married man Steve was killed by a stingray spell cinematography an underwater documentary film, radius about her children's experience of snake bites during the set in motion.
Oral presentation just about her four-year-old logos Robert, she said: "He picked one of them up and it minute him on the finger, and he was so proud to have copped his first hit."
"He said, 'I hope it wasn't venomous,' so I assured Robert I wouldn't in reality permit him play with venomous snakes," she said.
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Vir Unis and Saul Stokes and Christopher Short

   
Artist: Vir Unis and Saul Stokes and Christopher Short

   Genre(s): 
Ambient
   

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Discography:


   
 The Yellow House

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 6

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