Dumbo

Disney's live-action remake of Dumbo made it out of the circus tent this weekend with a far from spectacular $45 million launch. Coming 78 years after the classic cartoon feature's 1941 release, Tim Burton's version is perhaps even more kid-friendly than the original, doing without thing's like the young elephant's psychedelic drinking experience and the not so subtly racist jive speaking Jim Crow crows.

 Every two years, since 2009, the Disney empire pounds the drums, sounds the clarions and gathers the tribes of fans and franchisees for one massive get-together: D23 Expo, two and half days in late July/early August dedicated to all things Disney. The event – named after the year the studio was founded, 1923- takes over the entirety of the massive Anaheim Convention Center – conveniently placed one mile away from the resort that included the Disneyland and California Adventure parks – and serves a variety of key purposes for the Disney multi-verse.