Mon Nov 28, 2022 – 2:59 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — A new Disney movie with a pro-LGBT subplot has bombed at the box office, despite rolling out during the normally lucrative Thanksgiving weekend.
The Disney movie “Strange World” is a sci-fi movie that includes “a subplot where a homosexual 16-year-old boy named Ethan is ‘navigating’ a crush on another boy,” according to the Post Millennial. The character of Ethan is voiced by comedian Jaboukie Young-White.
The movie is expected to lose the company $100 million according to entertainment publication Variety.
The magazine reported:
The animated feature debuted dramatically behind expectations with $11.9 million from 4,174 North American theaters over the weekend and $18.6 million over the five-day holiday frame. Before projections were revised downward, the movie was expected to earn $30 million to $40 million between Wednesday and Sunday — and even those figures would have been unspectacular to start.
The movie comes months after Disney executives boasted about leaning into pro-LGBT content and engaged in a high-profile battle with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over his state’s anti-grooming law.
Cultural commentators were quick to point out that the flop could be linked to the movie’s woke agenda.
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