Talk:The Bob's Burgers Movie

Distribution

I'll have you know I found out in this source that they're the names of WDSMP's production companies that are producing said respective films; "FSL" stands for Fox Searchlight, "DIS" stands for Walt Disney Pictures, and "FOX" stands for 20th Century Fox; therefore Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is behind distribution, and Fox Searchlight and 20th Century Fox are behind producing. --XSMan2016 (talk) 22:57, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

There is no evidence that those abbreviations are about the production companies solely rather than both production and distribution, as is clear that both Ford v. Ferrari and Spies in Disguise retain 20th Century Fox as their branded distribution. You even said at Talk:Stuber (film)#Distribution that it's your "guess." Enough edit warring about this. As has been pointed out to you multiple times, the RfC closed with a consensus to retain the credited distributor and not to change every current and upcoming Fox film's distributor to Disney. -- Wikipedical (talk) 19:00, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

References

Correcting The Record (courtesy of IMDB moderators)

This isn't something I can substantiate with like, a news article or something, so I'm not suggesting the info should be junked from the page or anything, but there is virtually no way Dale Baer or Tuck Tucker worked on this film. It is a classic case of WP:CIRCULAR. Here's what happened:

• In 2019, some random guy vandalized the hell out of the Bob's Burgers Movie page on IMDB, among other pages. He/she added a colossal list of animators to the project, most of whom had absolutely no affiliation with Fox or Bob's. Unfortunately the full page with his vandalism was never captured by archive.org, but you can see from the archive.org pages for Tuck Tucker and Dale Baer that they were both listed on the page at this time. (If it doesn't load automatically, their fake credits are in the Animation Department section)
• During the time this guy's vandalism was active, Tuck Tucker and Dale Baer both died. People writing obituaries naturally went to IMDB, saw Bob's was their latest credit, figured it was accurate, and decided to include it.
• In early 2021, the guy's long history of vandalism was discovered by IMDB moderators and his credits were removed from the Bob's page. As you can see, there's no longer any mention of Tucker or Baer there, so it's clear that was his doing and not someone unaffiliated with him. It isn't even plausible that they would've worked on the movie - Tuck Tucker lived in Virginia during his final years, which is pretty far away from Bento Box, and Dale Baer was a Disney animator who had ALS while the movie was being made; he doesn't exactly fit the profile of a Bob's Burgers staffer.

I hope you found this mildly amusing. Let it be known that IMDB can be a nuisance... Nohomersryan (talk) 04:29, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Animation365 (talk) 17:54, 9 March 2022 (UTC)This would be the first movie to have 20th Century Animation credited.

For example: "20th Century Studios, 20th Century Animation and 20th Century Family present" for this movie.

Budget

So according to The Filmik, The Bob's Burgers Movie's budget is between $60 and 70 million. DO you believe so? Pinging @SlySabre, Some Dude From North Carolina, Crboyer, and Iamnoahflores: ZX2006XZ (talk) 14:08, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

The Filmik has been releasing "exclusive" reports of a lot of film's budgets. I don't know why, but I just don't trust it as a reliable source. I'd wait for a better secondary source like Variety, Deadline, or The Hollywood Reporter. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 14:12, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Is The Filmik even a reliable source? I think it depends. If the site is mostly accurate, then sure, but if not, then probably not. SlySabre (talk) 14:12, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Here's the link: https://www.thefilmik.com/the-bobs-burgers-movie-budget-revealed/ ZX2006XZ (talk) 14:15, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

What do you mean if I believe so? Like you're wondering if I think it looks like $60-70 million movie. If the source seems good, use it. If not, we'll probably find another one. Iamnoahflores (talk) 22:57, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Another thing to point out is that apparently, (I know this is unrelated, but) DC League of Super-Pets's budget is $130 million. See here: https://www.thefilmik.com/dc-league-of-super-pets-budget-revealed/ ZX2006XZ (talk) 14:17, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, that was removed from the Wiki-article because the source might not be reliable. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 15:02, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

I would agree, this source does not seem reliable. The Filmik's About Us page does not inspire confidence in me. Not to mention, the idea of this movie's budget being 60-70 million is implausible in and of itself. Nohomersryan (talk) 16:12, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Has there been any estimate regarding what the movie's real budget might be? 68.71.166.188 (talk) 02:49, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

The Numbers do not list a budget figure.[1] Box office Mojo does not list a budget figure.[2] I was not able to find anything with searches of Deadline, the LA Times, or even CartoonBrew.com and budget figures would normally have shown up by now if they were available. So no, no estimates from any reliable sources. (There are educated guesses available from various forums but none of those are any use to this encyclopedia, and the ones I saw made low ball guesses based on other animated films made over a decade ago.) I don't think the figures suggested are all that implausible looking at how much Fox Animation has spent on other animated films[3] (and Disney budgets are even more excessive) and taking into account Covid 19 disruptions, but it makes sense to remain skeptical and not add anything to the article without reliable sources. -- 109.77.192.199 (talk) 20:18, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Most of the other 20th Century Fox animated movies we have budgets for were CGI movies made by Blue Sky Studios, and cannot be considered a meaningful comparison for this movie. Bob's Burgers is a 2D animated movie made by Fox's newly-established 20th Century Family division, and as such there is no clear precedent for a movie like it that could be used to estimate its budget. I've also seen comparisons made to The Simpsons Movie, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, and South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, but given how different the budgets of those three movies are, that doesn't tell us much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.71.166.188 (talk) 23:32, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

I saw those guesstimates too but those movies were from over a decade ago. I see this in the context of Disney consistently spending €150-200 million to make its films, and so I find it plausible that producers at Fox would consistently look to make films within a similar budget range (irrespective of Blue Sky or any other studio). But this is not a forum, and for the purposes of this Wikipedia film article we do not have any budget sources that are reliable enough to include. Even then we don't know how much was spent on marketing, so we cannot even begin to guess if they are anywhere close to breakeven. -- 109.76.194.186 (talk) 13:40, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

I know this isn't a forum, and I know we don't have any information worth putting in the article. However, I do seriously doubt the budget was anywhere near the $100 million mark. But that's just a gut feeling I got from watching the movie, so don't go quoting me on it. 75.190.211.44 (talk) 21:44, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Hollywood has many ways to inflate costs and spend excessive money and bloated budgets don't necessarily reflect the final product. Apologies if "not forum" seemed like a criticism, it was intended as self-criticism to preface my own speculation, I failed to find a reliable source, so there's not much to discuss. -- 109.77.199.246 (talk) 22:18, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Plot

Near the end of the plot category it mentions that tina grabs the fuse and saves the wharf when indeed it was Louise who grabbed the fuse and saved the wharf. Idk how to edit but someone prolly reads these 2601:300:4100:1F80:DD9C:189C:1751:CA26 (talk) 15:35, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Orphaned references in The Bob's Burgers Movie

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of The Bob's Burgers Movie's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "NUM":

• From List of films impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic: "Rogue (2020)". The Numbers. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
• From Raya and the Last Dragon: "Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
• From Dragon Ball Super: Broly: "Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2019)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
• From The Call of the Wild (2020 film): "The Call of the Wild (2020)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on March 8, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
• From Ron's Gone Wrong: "Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
• From Fat Albert (film): "Fat Albert (2004)". The Numbers. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
• From Toy Story 4: "Toy Story 4". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Archived from the original on November 3, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
• From Encanto (film): "Encanto". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
• From Industrial Light & Magic: "Mank (2020) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
• From Luca (2021 film): "Luca". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
• From Top Gun: Maverick: "Top Gun: Maverick (2022)". The Numbers. Retrieved June 10, 2022.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 20:13, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Is a tweet an acceptable source for budget?

So the 38 million figure down to a tweet from Bouchard. I suppose there's no reason to doubt it, although it seems still open to interpretation — the 20 million marketing figure isn't summed in (which incidentally would about equal to 60 million, a much disputed figure due to sketchy sources). It also doesn't acknowledge the situation of how 20th Century Studios has quietly stopped disclosing budgets (see Spies in Disguise, Ron's Gone Wrong) but maybe that's here nor there. Basically, it seems a bit too informal to be putting the 38 million figure front-and-centre in the infobox and lead, although it might at most be worth a sentence in the box office section, "Bouchard on twitter stated its production was 38 million...". And more to the point, I don't think we should be making the call that the film underperformed ("It received positive reviews from critics but has grossed under $34 million worldwide against a $38 million budget.") because existing sources give more nuanced views. JAYFAX (talk) 18:13, 14 July 2022 (UTC) JAYFAX (talk) 18:13, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

References

It is from a verified account so we know who said it and Bouchard would be considered someone who would know that information. Best we have so far, something better would be good. Most budget info is estimates, it is in the infobox to give some context to how the film is doing without making OR evaluations. We definitely shouldn't be making any unsourced calls about how the film performed. Absent a source, give the data we have and let the reader decide. Geraldo Perez (talk) 19:53, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Very well. Keeping the 38 million figure, but made appropriate edits + provided sourced description of its box office performance. JAYFAX (talk) 15:51, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Photos of voice actors

The photos of the voice actors are said to be labelled "clockwise starting at top left", but that is not the case. They're in some messy order. 213.55.221.187 (talk) 16:03, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Corrected. JAYFAX (talk) 17:02, 23 September 2022 (UTC)