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title: "Disney director discusses reasons for 'Treasure Planet' box office failure"
description: "Most outlets led with the revelation that Ron Clements, co-director of *Treasure Planet*, has explained the film’s box office underperformance. The coverage focused on the film’s 2002 release, its $140 million budget, and the $110 million it earned, which is described as a commercial failure. The framing was largely consistent, with both excerpts highlighting the director’s comments without elaborating on the specific reasons he cited."
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# Disney director discusses reasons for 'Treasure Planet' box office failure

updated 17 Oct 2026, 11:44 PM PKT · 17 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the revelation that Ron Clements, co-director of *Treasure Planet*, has explained the film’s box office underperformance. The coverage focused on the film’s 2002 release, its $140 million budget, and the $110 million it earned, which is described as a commercial failure. The framing was largely consistent, with both excerpts highlighting the director’s comments without elaborating on the specific reasons he cited.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Minute Mirror** — [Disney director reveals why treasure planet suffered](https://minutemirror.com.pk/disney-director-reveals-why-treasure-planet-suffered-646619/) · 17 Oct 2026, 11:44 PM PKT
  > Disney’s Treasure Planet director Ron Clements has opened up about the reasons behind the animated film’s disappointing box-office
- **The News International** — [Disney director explains why 'Treasure Planet' bombed at the box office](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1420301-disney-director-explains-why-treasure-planet-bombed-at-the-box-office) · 17 Oct 2026, 7:02 PM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Released in 2002, Treasure Planet had a $140 million budget and made $110 million.However, it flopped at the box office. Now, Ron Clements, who directed the film, along with Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, and Hercules, opened up...

2 articles from 2 outlets, 17 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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