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Pixar's Elemental Fails to Heat up at the Box Office

Variety

Pixar's animated film Elemental opened to a record-low $29.5 million domestically in June 2023, the worst opening weekend in the studio's 28-year theatrical history. The result significantly underperformed pre-release projections of around $40 million and fell below the previous low-water mark set by The Good Dinosaur in 2015. Industry analysts pointed to several contributing factors: the film was not based on established intellectual property, and audiences had grown accustomed to Pixar films debuting on Disney+ after Soul, Luca, and Turning Red skipped theatrical releases during the pandemic. Despite the poor opening, Elemental earned a strong A CinemaScore from audiences who did see it, suggesting positive word-of-mouth had potential to improve its long-term performance.

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Combatting Food-waste-related Emissions in Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Local

Santa Cruz County has pursued an active approach to reducing food-waste-related greenhouse gas emissions, implementing mandatory organic waste collection programs driven in part by California's SB 1383 legislation, which took effect in January 2022 and requires all residents to separate food scraps from regular trash. Since the program's launch, the county's composting initiative has diverted tens of thousands of tons of organic material from the Buena Vista Landfill, sharply cutting methane released from decomposing food waste.

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