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    Big Hero 6 | November 7, 2014 | Now available on home video

    in Box Office Discussion

    Posted

    Pixar?

     

     

    Although she's older, physically Aunt Cass is essentially a Disney princess type of character--more so than Honey Lemon, for comparison, who is more caricatured.

     

     

    The only thing that is supposedly girl-centric about Frozen is the fact that its two main characters happen to be female. I'm saying this as a 41-year-old guy who generally doesn't like girl-centric or girl-oriented movies, but loves Frozen.

    The same goes for Big Hero 6 supposedly being boy-centric.

     

     

    What is he doing with Elsa? :o

     

     

    The Lego Movie had a very good OW and decent but not great legs, so even if Big Hero 6 opens lower, it could still end up grossing more in the end (DOM, with WW being easier). It's less likely, but I don't think I'd say unlikely at this point.

     

    Big Hero 6 is really a Disney animated feature from WDAS. It's not a Marvel movie like the ones from Marvel Studios or even the ones produced by Sony and Fox in association with Marvel. This is why it does not bear the Marvel intro and logo. It may have been loosely inspired by a Marvel comic, but hardly anybody knew that this comic existed anyway, and the movie is very, very different.

     

    Yeah, I'm aware of that… was kind of being facetious with my statements :) 

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    Wknd Estimates: Nolan = 50M | BH6 = 56M+(pg 72) (who cares, our forum lives!)

    in Numbers and Data

    Posted · Edited by WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

    I still wish I could get my buck fifty back for Trans4mers. That movie was fresh vomit… sorry Baumer ;)

     

    MALEFICENT took me by total surprise b/c I had zero expectations and yet fell in love with it despite the reviews here and on RT. I loved GODZILLA too. I'm so glad MALEFICENT did amazingly well WW and over performed domestically. 

     

    #HAILANGIE

     

    #HAILANGIESCHEEKBONES

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    Big Hero 6 | November 7, 2014 | Now available on home video

    in Box Office Discussion

    Posted

    The Feast made me want to go back home and give dog a big hug. Talk about pulling emotional strings.

    And yeah there were those heart pulling moments throughout BH6.

    That scene

    when Baymax uses the rocket punch to save Hiro and Callaghan's daughter and says: Are you with your care?

    :(

    That definitely got some people crying in the audience.

     

    Yes, definitely that part, I was a mess.

     

    What got to me, and I'm actually surprised my son could handle it was

    creepy Kabuki dude and Hiro reprogramming Baymax to destroy him after the reveal

    that allowed the story to handle Hiro's mental state over

    losing his brother

    .

     

    That was really, really well done. I agree with the critics who thought the movie was a good superhero origin story, but an even better one about

    loss of a loved one, especially for an adolescent.

     

    And Tadaschi…  :wub:   Actually, I just have all the hearts for all the characters. They were wonderfully developed. 

    I guess that's 3/3 Marvel. 

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    Big Hero 6 | November 7, 2014 | Now available on home video

    in Box Office Discussion

    Posted

    Ugly…. cried. 

     

    Started during FEAST, and pretty much throughout BIG HERO 6. That was an awesome experience. My son's new favorite thing is Baymax; I've never seen him light up as much as when he was on screen.

     

    And my kid wasn't the loudest child in the audience today  :ph34r:

     

    Our theater looked about 75-80% full. All families with kids. Lots of laughs, screaming and clapping and cheering. 

     

    I adored the movie. Think I liked it even more than LEGO. I'm going to have to get all the Baymax merch for my kid though.  :rolleyes:

     

    The biggest thing I really liked was that none of the footage really spoiled Hiro for me; I loved that he

    was kind of a con artist at the beginning of the movie and that his brother (

    :wub:  ) wanted to keep him out of trouble.

    . Loved how each character got a chance to shine too. But Baymax and Hiro stole our hearts, totally. My husband even loved it… though a lot of that was how much our son loved the movie. 

     

    I walked out of the theater thinking it had the cleverness of WRECK-IT RALPH and the heart of FROZEN (actually, probably even more heart as I cried buckets during the second half.

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    Big Hero 6 | November 7, 2014 | Now available on home video

    in Box Office Discussion

    Posted

    So I watched it last night.  I'm loving the animation.  Talk about bringing a city to life.  I only wish SF actually had such a skyline.   Hiro and Baymax are definitely the emotional core of the movie but I thought the supporting characters were a bit underdeveloped.  And I was close to balling on several scenes.  This is gonna make so much money in the BO and merchandising.

     

    And The Feast....what a short.   Head and shoulders about Get a Horse but just short of Paperman.

     

    Very very good movie.  Liked it more than Frozen but that's probably due to my CBM bias ;)

    WOM is going to be very good and expecting some strong legs.  

     

    Based on Friday numbers its probably heading to 56-58.  But I wouldn't be surprised by a stronger than expected bump on Saturday.  I think 60 is still within range.

    The really positive reactions on here from y'all are great reads. I'm really excited about seeing SF rendered in this movie. I kind of love that SF's become the backdrop for more movies; seems like that's increased ever since I moved here.

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    Wknd Estimates: Nolan = 50M | BH6 = 56M+(pg 72) (who cares, our forum lives!)

    in Numbers and Data

    Posted

    I'll repeat this one more time, even though it will get lost in the next 77 pages of how bad Interstellar opened.

     

    Inception is an anomaly, not the rule for original films.

    IS opened right in line with Gravity and Prometheus, two other films set in space dealing with the human condition...and here's the kicker....both of those had 3D.  So IS actually opened better.  

    I'm not a revisionist, but I never expected IS to gross 75 mill OW or make 300 or make a billion.  Did I think it would open at 50?  Nope.....I honestly didn't know where it would open, but I would have guessed around 60.  

    This is a good opening and with the holidays approaching, the decent WOM and IMAX until Hobbit comes out, the chances of this making 150 mill look really good.

    You sound way too sensible. Box Office Loonie.

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