On the surface it sounds like a dumb idea. We are talking about a live-action movie
featuring Dora the Explorer, the star of the long-running Nickelodeon animated
series for kids.
Director James Bobin’s Dora and
the Lost City of Gold defied expectations and turned
out to be a real audience pleaser, the success of which was largely propelled
by word of mouth during its theatrical run.
Paramount Home Media announced this past week that
on Nov. 19 consumers will be able to purchase either DVD or Blu-ray/DVD Combo
Pack editions of this fun-filled action adventure.
The ARR for that date works out to 102 days and
domestic turnstiles clicked to the tune of $59.4 in box office receipts.
The key to Dora and
the Lost City of Gold’s success was threefold. First, the selection of a teenage Dora in
the form of Isabela Moner (Instant Family, Sicario: Day of the
Soldado, Transformers: The Last Knight,
etc.) was inspired. She gives Dora both
a three-dimensional personality and a sense of fun, and yet still maintains the
same look and feel of the perpetually young animated character (a six-year old
version is played in early scenes by newcomer Madelyn Miranda).
Second, the script is fun, filled adventure and
packed with “Dora” touches — Boots (voiced by Danny Trejo), Packback (Sasha
Toro), Map (Marc Weiner) and Diego is a properly off-putting teenage (played by
Jeff Wahlberg) who eventually comes around.
And third, Dora and
the Lost City of Gold was presented in a style that
would not be offensive to any parent wandering in with the little ones thinking
that it would be Dora as her traditional “animated” explorer self.
Bonus goodies included a blooper reel, deleted and
extended scenes and four featurettes — “All About Dora,” “Can You Say Pelicula?,”
“Dora In Flower Vision” and “Dora's Jungle House.”
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