History Trivia / TheGoodDinosaur

* AcclaimedFlop: Got decent enough reviews from critics and fans of Pixar. But being released on Thanksgiving 2015 did it no favors, opening at a low $39 million and barely managing to make back its main budget before the end of the year. Certainly it did not help that ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' was right around the corner a few weeks after its release and ended up obliterating what little chances it had of being a box-office success. It's set to become Pixar's lowest-grossing film since ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' and its first BoxOfficeBomb.

* AcclaimedFlop: Got decent enough reviews from critics and fans of Pixar. But being released on Thanksgiving 2015 did it no favors, opening at a low $39 million and barely managing to make back its main budget before the end of the year. Certainly it did not help that ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' was right around the corner a few weeks after its release and ended up obliterating what little chances it had of being a box-office success. It's set to become Pixar's lowest-grossing film since ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife''.
* DuelingMovies: With another Pixar classic, ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', which was released months earlier. Safe to say, the earlier film wins.

* AcclaimedFlop: Got decent enough reviews from critics and fans of Pixar. But being released on Thanksgiving 2015 did it no favors, opening 4th on launch and barely managing to make back it's money before the end of the year. Certainly not helped that the new ''Star Wars'' movie was right around the corner a few weeks after it's release.

* MeaningfulReleaseDate[=/=]MilestoneCelebration: The movie's final release date, 11/25/2015, is three days after the 20th anniversary of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''[='=]s (Pixar's first full-length film) original release on 11/22/1995.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Several changes occured after Peter Sohn took over the project following Bob Peterson departure from the project.

* AcclaimedFlop: Even with the film receiving rave reviews from critics and moviegoers, it ended up grossing below Pixar's expectations, making it the studio's first box office bomb throughout its history.
* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $200 million (not counting marketing costs), $350 million (counting them). Box office, $131,163,488. Not helped by analysts' predictions that it needed to gross at least $500 million to break even, this film is shaping up to be Pixar's first box office bomb in studio history.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $200 million (not counting marketing costs), $350 million (counting them). Box office, $131,163,488. Not helped by analysts prediction that it needed to gross $500 million to break even, the film is shaping up to be Pixar's first box office bomb in studio history.

* AcclaimedFlop: Even with the film receiving rave reviews from critics and moviegoers, it ended up grossing below Disney's expectations, making it the studio's first box office bomb throughout its history.

* ExecutiveMeddling: In August 2013, Bob Peterson was removed from the project due to story problems and left the film to pursue another project, being replaced by Peter Sohn.[[note]]Before then, Sohn was co-director.[[/note]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} This wasn't]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} the first time]] a director was replaced at Pixar.

* WorkingTitle: Parodied; the creators released an official and epic-looking logo for the film when it was still known only as ''The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs''.

* ExecutiveMeddling: In August 2013, Bob Peterson was removed from the project due to story problems and left the film to pursue another project, being replaced by Peter Sohn.[[note]]Before then, he was co-director.[[/note]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} This wasn't]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} the first time]] a director was replaced at Pixar.

* ExecutiveMeddling: In August 2013, Bob Peterson was removed from the project due to story problems and left the film to pursue another project, being replaced by Peter Sohn. [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} This wasn't]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} the first time]] a director was replaced at Pixar.

** Less than six months before its November 2015 release, Disney itself announced that [[http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2015/06/12/meet-the-new-cast-of-disneypixars-the-good-dinosaur/?cmp=SMC%7Cnone%7Cnatural%7Cblginsider%7CInsiderJune%7CTWT%7Cdinosaurcast-DisneyPixar%7CInHouse%7C2015-0612%7C%7C%7Cesocialmedia much of the originally-announced voice cast had been replaced ]] [[http://thedissolve.com/news/5957-disney-announces-all-new-voice-cast-for-the-good-d/ and some characters dropped altogether]].

* MeaningfulReleaseDate[=/=]MilestoneCelebration: The movie's final release date, 11/25/2015, is three days after the 20th anniversary of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''[='=]s original release on 11/22/1995.

* MeaningfulReleaseDate: The movie is released 3 days after the 20th anniversary of Pixar first movie WesternAnimation/ToyStory.

** Less than six months before its November 2015 release, Disney itself announced that [[http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2015/06/12/meet-the-new-cast-of-disneypixars-the-good-dinosaur/?cmp=SMC%7Cnone%7Cnatural%7Cblginsider%7CInsiderJune%7CTWT%7Cdinosaurcast-DisneyPixar%7CInHouse%7C2015-0612%7C%7C%7Cesocialmedia much of the originally-announced voice cast had been replaced and some characters dropped altogether]], [[http://thedissolve.com/news/5957-disney-announces-all-new-voice-cast-for-the-good-d/ once again drumming up talk of another Pixar dud]]. ([[TaintedByThePreview Oops.]])
* WorkingTitle: Parodied; the creators released an official and epic-looking logo for the film when it was still known only as ''The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs''.

** Less than six months before its November 2015 release, Disney itself announced that [[http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2015/06/12/meet-the-new-cast-of-disneypixars-the-good-dinosaur/?cmp=SMC%7Cnone%7Cnatural%7Cblginsider%7CInsiderJune%7CTWT%7Cdinosaurcast-DisneyPixar%7CInHouse%7C2015-0612%7C%7C%7Cesocialmedia much of the originally-announced voice cast had been replaced and some characters dropped altogether]], [[TaintedByThePreview once again drumming up talk of another Pixar dud]]. Oops.

* TroubledProduction: A few months short of its original 2014 release date, the filmmakers couldn't come up with a good enough ending. And this was coming off of [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} two]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} films]] that had sent Pixar's popularity into a steep decline, so John Lasseter panicked and postponed the release so as not to release yet another film they wouldn't be proud of.

* TroubledProduction: A few months short of its original 2014 release date, the filmmakers couldn't come up with a good enough ending. And this was coming off of [[WesternAnimation/Cars2 two]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} films]] that had sent Pixar's popularity into a steep decline, so John Lasseter panicked and postponed the release so as not to release yet another film they wouldn't be proud of.

* ReleaseDateChange: Original scheduled for Summer 2014, the film was bumped ahead by nearly 18 months due to the removal of Bob Peterson as director.
* TroubledProduction: A few months short of it's release date, the filmmakers couldn't come up with a good enough ending. And this was coming off of two films that had sent Pixar's popularity into a steep decline, so John Lasseter panicked and postponed the release so as not to release yet another film they wouldn't be proud of.
* WorkingTitle: Parodied; the creators released an official and epic-looking logo for the film when it was still known only as ''The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs''.

* ReleaseDateChange: Original scheduled for Summer 2014, the film was bumped ahead by nearly 18 months due to the removal of Bob Peterson as director.