I've been pitching Elio to my 6-year-old son, and this week he vocalized exactly what you said. He can watch any Disney movie he wants at any time in our living room, and pause it to go to the bathroom. This... bummed me out.

But I agree that the animation style of the recent Pixar movies just isn't that engaging. I think it only works when there is some other "hook". Combining it with the magical realism landscape and musical numbers in Encanto, or the giant red pandas in Red, or the novelty and voice performances of the Inside Out movies.

I can't imagine that Zootopia 2 doesn't make Frozen money this fall though.