>>932681
I liked it, but it pretty clearly had problems.
Specifically in regards to it failing, the lack of advertising + it coming out at a time when the general public was abandoning 2D in favour of 3D didn't give it much of a chance to begin with. Then there's the fact Jim's a moody teenager with abandonment/daddy issues, which wouldn't appeal to many small children, the demograph traditionally associated with Disney films, and the teenagers wouldn't care for the enforced levity with the movie's overabundance of comic relief characters, if they'd even go see a "kiddie Disney movie" at all.
Treasure Planet is a very unusual Disney movie. A nontraditional antihero, no love interest, even the villain was a subversion with how he bonded with the protagonist. It was a nice experiment and I'm glad to see it's gained somewhat of a cult following over the years, but by the schizophrenic tone of the movie (again, lots of comic relief characters in what should otherwise be a more serious adventure story - see also The Hunchback of Notre Dame) it's clear not even Disney themselves knew what to make of it, let alone the audience, and this worked to its detriment.