EMERYVILLE, CA -- Disney and Pixar's "Elio" is about a lonely kid whose dreams of adventures in outer space come true when he's beamed up to the "communiverse," a sort of United Nations for aliens.
Disney's original animated film "Elio" tallied just $21 million in ticket sales during its first three days in theaters, a record low for the Pixar animation studio. "Elio" isn't an outlier. Animation ...