Beauty and the Beast at 30, Elio Projections, and the Live-Action Dragon’s Box Office (Ep. 311)

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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In this solo episode of Fine Tooning, Jim Hill covers the latest from the animation and box office world while Drew Taylor wraps up his trip to Annecy and Disneyland Paris. This week’s highlights include: Live-action How to Train Your Dragon opens to $197M globally, including a $83M domestic debut that surpasses every previous entry in the franchise. Disney’s Lilo & Stitch nears the billion-dollar mark, with over $858M earned just four weeks after release. Pixar’s Elio faces a soft box office forecast, but Jim urges caution against writing it off before opening weekend. Peter Sohn tapped to direct Incredibles 3, with a screenplay by Brad Bird and expectations riding high after Elemental's surprise turnaround. Jim interviews Matt West, director of the 30th Anniversary Tour of Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway Musical, and shares the story of how the animated film came together after a theme park pre-show opened doors for new talent. From billion-dollar contenders to Broadway anniversaries and surprise animation industry milestones, it’s a jam-packed episode filled with insight, stories, and a little history. Be Our Guest Vacations Planning your next Disney vacation? Be Our Guest Vacations is a Platinum-level Earmarked travel agency with concierge-level service to make every trip magical. Their team of expert agents plans vacations across the globe, from Disney and Universal to cruises and adventures, ensuring you have the best possible experience without the stress. Learn More Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.4	Welcome back to fine-tuning with Drew Taylor, your one-stop shop when it comes to animation news and commentary.
0:36.6	I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill and Mr.
0:39.3	Taylor, whose writings in the industry, you can regularly read over on the rep and whose musings
0:44.0	on the mission of possible movies you can listen to on Light the Fuse, the official Mission
0:49.9	of Possible podcast. Well, to be honest, I'm not sure where Drew is right now.
0:54.4	Mr. Taylor for the past week or so has been over in France covering this year's
0:59.0	NSC International Animation Film Festival and Market, which officially wrapped up this past
1:05.7	Saturday, June 14th.
1:08.7	And with the hope that Drew might check in at some point, I held off recording this
1:13.6	week's fine-tuning till Monday, June 16th. But, but then again, Mr. Taylor did tell me that before he
1:20.7	left L.A. to go to France, that he and his lovely bride, Katie, after Drew finished covering
1:26.7	N.S.E., we're going to make their first
1:28.8	ever trip to the Disneyland Paris Resort. So as far as I know, that's where Drew is right now.
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