Yes. Grandparents who remember the radio and TV series think maybe they can take their grandchildren. Then they watch the trailer full of explosions, see a weird Tonto with a dead bird on his head, and look at the PG-13 rating. Game over.
Disney is being run by idiots. If Walt were alive, he would clean house.
The current movie makers are pushing the edge, when people want predictably safe, comfortable and fun films to see again and again.
When a movie makes the family unwilling to take the kids, it has to be geared to adults. They are making too many films that make parents look like idiots, bash the parents’ beliefs, trash cherished totems, insult everyone and expect adult-bashing and crude humor plus special effects to draw in the kids.
The alternate scenario is making violent or “edgy” films for adults, which aren’t making as much money as they used to because video games or online porn satisfy the targeted demographic better. Pay to see World War Z twice - or buy “The Last of Us” and play for several hundred hours ... the video game is cheaper per hour.