Serious Time #19 Animation and $$$

Animation has been an art form practiced for decades, but does it pay off? Shrek was one of the first animated films to win an award in its own category. Being one of the first ones recognized. Before animation would just be basically put in the "other" category. This is where money becomes a factor. Animation can cause something called box office magic, which means making a lot of money in the box office. To do box office magic you need a movie that appeals to all ages. A good recent example of this is Big Hero 6 which made 56.22 million at the box office in November. The animation industry is growing and it shows with the demand for more animators rising, which equals more money. Overall good news for the future of animation.

This was a great article, being very factual and short at the same time. I liked how it showed the box office and that Big Hero 6 made the most money that month. I was curious about how much my favorite animated movie this year made, How to Train Your Dragon 2, finding out that it made $176,983,845 that's a lot of money and that's only the domestic total making $618,890,011 worldwide. I never realized how well some animated movies do in terms of money. This is more relevant towards the animation side of Digital Media. Overall awesome article.