From The Hollywood Reporter
'Princess' reigns at weekend boxoffice
Disney's animated film pulls in $25 million
By Carl DiOrio
Dec 13, 2009, 01:11 PM ET
Updated: Dec 13, 2009, 02:25 PM ET
Disney's animated feature "The Princess and the Frog" leaped into first place in the domestic boxoffice with an estimated $25 million weekend performance roughly in line with pre-release expectations.
I went to see The Princess & the Frog this weekend. I wasn't the only single person there, and I was thrilled to see so many little Black girls with their parents.
As for the movie, I really liked it.
The animation was terrific, and it was so good to see ANIMATION again. Nothing against PIXAR or any of those other companies, but there's something still soothing about watching beautiful animation. Tiana was a beautiful intelligent child that grew up to be a beautiful, intelligent woman. I loved that she had 2 loving parents that supported her dreams, and saw that her talent for good food WAS her gift.
Tiana was a terrific choice for a Princess. She was relatable because, well, she was a BLACK Princess, and I don't mean her skin color. Her story was something many of the adults could relate to in the audience. She was told by her parents that if she had a dream, she had to work hard for it, because it just wasn't going to come to her because she wished upon a shining star. So, Tiana became single-minded in her pursuit of what she believed was her goal - to own her own restaurant. It was what drove her; why she worked numerous jobs. How many Black women grew up having parents to tell them that they better ' get that education if you want to accomplish something for yourself'. Tiana didn't have a formal education, but you could see that she took the craft of cooking seriously, and did what she had to do in order to improve her skills.
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