Talk:My Little Pony The Movie/@comment-33177727-20170924200422/@comment-10390252-20170924202408

It has several advantages that My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, the first G4 theatrical release, lacked. It was not a risky and offbeat spin-off parallel continuity (a bizarre choice for the first theatrical G4 feature). Because of that, it is more likely to command wholehearted support from the fandom. Additionally, the fandom has grown more self-confident and less self-conscious since EqG released bakc in 2013. The Bronies are more likely to flock to the theatres to support it. Finally, it has a far larger number of release venues (partly reflecting its less-risky content).

Overall, I expect that it will make a comfortable profit. The important question is whether it will earn sufficient artistic kudos from the critics to make Lionsgate (a notoriously arty distributor) willing to continue to support the IP to a FIM sequel.