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BOX OFFICE CROWN GOES TO THE DOGS Tuesday, February 21 2006 
Demonstrating
once
again
that
the
only
thing
that's
as
sure
a
thing
as
a
horror
movie
at
the
box
office
is
a
lovable
dog
movie,
Eight
Below,
which
features
eight
lovable
dogs,
performed
well
above
analysts'
predictions
to
win
the
President
Day
weekend
with
$25
million.
The
Disney
film
had
been
expected
to
take
in
around
$15
million.
The
studio
said
it
was
their
biggest
February
opening
ever.
In
second
place
was
Date
Movie,
a
(more)BAMBI II TURNS OUT TO BE A REAL THUMPER Friday, February 17 2006 
Bambi
unexpectedly
beat
the
Were-Rabbit
in
DVD
sales
last
week.
According
to
Nielsen
VideoScan's
First
Alert,
Bambi
II,
a
direct-to-video
sequel
of
the
1942
Disney
classic,
sold
2.5
million
copies
during
its
first
week
in
release.
(Disney
intends
to
pull
it
after
70
days.)
But
DreamWorks'
Wallace
&
Gromit:
The
Curse
of
the
Were-Rabbit,
which
had
been
favored
to
top
the
chart,
debuted
in
third
place,
behind
Universal's
Doom.
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The Walt Disney Co. is planning to revive traditional hand-drawn animation next year with its live-action/animated Enchanted, Disney watcher Jim Hill reported on his website today (Wednesday). A traditionally animated test sequence has already been created for the film by veteran Disney animator James Baxter, best known for his supervision of the character Belle in Beauty and the Beast, according to Hill. "And those who have seen this particular piece of rough animation say that it is 'simply stunning. A wonderful throwback to the sort of films that Disney used to make.'" Baxter, Hill said, has been secretly working on the sequence with a small crew at his own studio in Pasadena, and, he added, his work is likely to be displayed by Pixar's John Lasseter and Ed Catmull as they make their well-known case for reviving hand-drawn animation to Disney chief Robert Iger. Said Hill: "They're going to tell Iger: 'Doesn't that look terrific? People are really going to eat this picture up. They've been waiting for Disney to do a new film that features traditional animation. Which is why this movie is going to do HUGE box office next year.'"
