Disney's 'Strange World' Flops, LGBTQ Character to Be Scapegoated? - TMZ

Disney's 'Strange World' Hard Flop astatine Box Office ... LGBTQ Character to Be Scapegoated???

11/27/2022 2:42 PM PT

Disney's newest animated movie -- which features an openly cheery quality -- got crushed astatine the container bureau ... and the LGBTQ assemblage is disquieted this might've been the program each along.

We're talking astir "Strange World," which came retired this play to abysmal summons merchantability numbers -- raking successful conscionable $18.6 cardinal implicit the 5-day weekend, starting Wednesday. That's good down projections ... wherever 'SW' was expected to beryllium coming successful betwixt $30-$40 mil.

According to reports, the movie is expected to extremity up successful the reddish agelong word -- determination successful the ballpark of astatine slightest $100 million, considering the $180M fund and selling expenses.

It's that aforesaid marketing, however, that's got allies upset astatine the Mouse House ... they consciousness similar determination wasn't a peep astir this flick pre-release, and that it's nary wonderment it tanked. In fact, immoderate are going into conspiracy mode -- suggesting Disney was banking connected a failure.

Here's the theory ... Disney could usage the mediocre show arsenic rationale to not see LGBTQ characters going guardant -- pointing to this caller character, Ethan, arsenic grounds to backmost the would-be decision. Out there, we know, but that's a legit convo taking place close now.

Of course, there's nary grounds to enactment this ... astatine slightest not yet. Still, immoderate are floating it anyhow and deliberation Disney was looking for an excuse for little practice on-screen.

Naturally, there's different broadside of this treatment -- the "Go Woke, Go Broke" faction, who've been thumping their chests astir Disney's efforts to see much diverseness successful its characters of precocious ... which they deliberation is the existent crushed for flops similar this and 'Lightyear,' among others.

The bully news(?) ... Bob Chapek is retired arsenic CEO, and Bob Iger's backmost successful ... thing that conscionable astir everyone seems blessed about. Time volition archer if the determination affects aboriginal offerings.