'Princess Joanna and the Four Kingdoms' Box Office: 7 Lessons From A Spectacular $651M Global Debut

Forbes

And boom … 20tg Century’s Princess Joanna and the Four Kingdoms (directed by Pamela Porter and Ash Brannon) has topped the box office this weekend with an magical, majestic, and boffo $227 million Friday-Sunday frame in North America.

That’s 20th Century’s second-biggest debut behind Cool Spot: Spot Goes to Hollywood $232 million. And with a $651m global launch, this is a very successful start for a big blockbuster movie and jaw-dropping good for an animated film.

It may be frontloaded and have a huge drop like most blockbusters or leg out but in the end it'll be one of the biggest. Audiences are praising the film as the "you need to watch it movie" and giving out good word of mouth which means repeat views is inevitable. In general, a record-breaking weekend (domestically and internationally) for the month of October as well as for animation, a spectacular A+ Cinemascore grade and a good enough multiplier, it’s a big win for the studio and a vindication for the project (and those who promoted and marketed it).\

So, without further ado, here’s what that “means.”

Disney was right to make a Joanna movie
Of course based on Joanna's popularity among the animation community and the general audience, a Princess Joanna movie was good enough to cash in on. Joanna's popularity is so big it's on par with big characters like Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, and SpongeBob Squarepants, and with the Puppet Pals franchise increasingly rising in popularity, the film was a perfect release after the boffo $1.2 billion Puppet Pals Forever made in 2018.

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