The uptick in quality is presumably thanks to director Thurop Van Orman, the Cartoon Network mainstay who worked on The Powerpuff Girls, Adventure Time, and The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, among others. In theaters, Angry Birds 2 also suffered from a relatively rare affliction: It’s a sequel that’s much better than its predecessor, yet it wasn’t seen nearly as widely because of its predecessor. (As someone who took his daughter to see Angry Birds 2 unsolicited, because it was hot out and our friends were going, I certainly empathize with both watching for the hell of it, and also not wanting to pay much for the privilege.) Image: Sony Pictures It’s certainly a more attractive prospect as part of a $12-a-month subscription than as the centerpiece of a $100 family-of-four movie outing. Any number of families (or adult animation fans) might have tolerated the first Angry Birds in the theater, ignored the sequel or forgot it, then shrugged and given it a stream in the comfort of home.
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Some of the reasons for Angry Birds 2’s Netflix success are the same reasons that led to an Angry Birds film series in the first place: brand recognition and laziness. Which means it’s been watched more than Netflix’s expensive Oscar-courting Martin Scorsese film The Irishman, more watched than the eagerly anticipated To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before sequel, and more watched than any of those popular Adam Sandler originals. Angry Birds 2 was recently charting as the most-watched movie on Netflix, and it’s been on the list near-constantly since the list was launched.
Angry Birds 2 has an updated version of that post-release glory: It’s been one of the most popular attractions on Netflix, according to the company’s relatively new “top 10” feature, an ongoing, Netflix-only equivalent of the box-office or video-rental charts. In the past, movies that underperformed at the box office might hope for a healthy afterlife on DVD. Regardless of Angry Birds 2’s relatively economical production cost, the downward trajectory felt like a referendum on the previous film. Sure enough, the follow-up saw a $200 million dip in worldwide box office. Given that surprising success, Sony seemed like it might be pushing its luck by commissioning a sequel. That seemed like a win for a poorly reviewed cash-in technically, it was one of the biggest-grossing video game adaptations ever. The first Angry Birds movie, whether by dint of its videogame brand name, a plum release date, or the bizarre whims of children everywhere, did well at the worldwide box office, grossing more than $350 million, and crossing the $100 million mark in North America. Last summer, it seemed pretty clear that The Angry Birds Movie 2 was looking a gift horse in the mouth.
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