Walt Disney just moved Frozen 2 a few days early. Originally slated for Nov. 27, 2019, the surefire smash sequel will now open on Nov. 22, 2019. That’s not a huge difference, but five days upward puts it in the Harry Potter/Twilight/Hunger Games slot, perhaps attempting to position the film as part family-friendly animated juggernaut and part young adult fantasy adventure. Either way, it’s an interesting play that offers a few noteworthy variables. In short, here are three reasons why the move makes sense. Wonder Woman 1984 and James Bond 25 moving to 2020 leaves November noticeably less crowded. At the very least, Disney did this because they could. With Wonder Woman 1984 and James Bond 25 moving into the 2020 slate, the initially quite-crowded November slate is now a lot less crowded (and those IMAX screens won't be a problem). Presuming Terminator keeps its new Nov. 1 slot (alongside Charlie’s Angels), there will be a lot more breathing room between Sonic the Hedgehog (presuming that movie still gets made) on Nov. 8 and the Thanksgiving holiday. Yes, Paul Feig’s Last Christmas (from Universal on Nov. 15) and Fox’s Kingsman sequel (Nov. 15 from Fox) will make a few bucks, but this new date means that Frozen 2 will own both the pre-Thanksgiving slot and the Thanksgiving weekend, as well as everything up until the pre-Christmas blitz. Opening Frozen 2 early helps give Star Wars IX a little more breathing room. Barring a change, there won’t be anything “big” between Frozen 2 and Jumanji 3 (Dec. 13). Speaking of which, yes, this new date will give a few more days of breathing room between Disney’s big Thanksgiving animated flick and Disney’s big Christmas tentpole, namely Star Wars Episode IX. Thanks to the date change, Frozen 2 will get a month between itself and Star Wars 9. And, while Disney doesn’t care what Sony thinks about it, I’m sure Sony is happy that it’ll have a solid three-week gap between the Anna/Elsa sequel and their Jumanji sequel. Oh, and since Frozen 2 will now open on a Friday, it has a shot to notch a Fri-Sun record or two. Frozen 2 can now break a few opening weekend records. No, I’m not arguing that Frozen 2 will break the opening weekend record (currently Avengers: Infinity War with $258 million). But, unless it’s exceptionally bad or six years is too-long of a time between installments (likely not, but we’ll have to pay close attention to the six-years-later Ralph Wrecks the Internet in three weeks’ time), it’s almost certain to be a monstrous opening, especially without Wonder Woman 1984 out of the equation and Terminator playing the “kick-ass female hero” card a little earilier than presumed. The November Fri-Sun record (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’s $158m 2D launch in 2013) and the all-time animated record (Incredibles 2 with $184m this past summer) may be for the taking. 一篇关于迪士尼提档的分析