Hemsworth tried to be a dramatic lead actor without paying his dues. If he really wants to be taken seriously he needs to start small like Jeremy Renner did. Movies like the Huntsman are fine for him because they dont require much acting chops but if you want to lead an Oscar bait film there usually needs to be some type of quality resume. There is a reason why a Tom Hanks movie about Walt Disney or Denzel Washington movie about a drunk pilot makes millions. The premise doesn't sound that appealing but the audience trust level is high, people know they're usually going to get a good performance and thus will pay to see those men on screen 9 times out of 10.
Seems like an easy sequel to greenlight. Not too expensive and already has a built in audience so they dont have to spend much marketing the next one either.
Fantastic for Creed. Should be the highest grossing movie of the Rocky franchise. I'm thinking 130m right now, but with really great legs it could do way more than that.
The Good Dinosaur was soft, the movie probably drew in less adults that instead chose Hunger Games or Creed.
The Hunger Games held well, it looks headed for atleast 290m.
I want Max Landis to go on another twitter rant about Frankenstein.
12/4-12/6
Krampus-7m
12/11-12/13
In the Heart of the Sea-16m
12/18-12/20
Star Wars: The Force Awakens-220m
Alvin and the Chimpmunks: The Road Chip-19m
Sisters-11m
12/25-12/27
Joy-21m
Daddy's Home-18m
Concussion-15m
The Big Short-12m
Point Break-6m
Not a whale that stalks and kills people. People dont even want to see Free Willy anymore, Sea World is losing business at a rapid rate after Black Fish.
I think In the Heart of the Sea is going to get lost. Hemsworth just isn't that interesting outside of playing Thor, not to mention almost zero Oscar/awards buzz for the film is the death sentence. Why would they go see that when they can catch the new Will Smith or Jennifer Lawrence movie?
I dont see it taking general audiences:
Families probably go to Good Dinosaur, Daddy's Home or Alvin.
Adults have their pick of the litter: Concussion, Joy, Point Break, The Big Short, Sisters
Good numbers for Creed and Good Dinosaur.
Creed- probably 35-40m 5-day
Good Dinosaur-probably 55-60m 5-day
Mockingjay P2 might hold well after all. Still has to contend with the Christmas onslaught though.
The Blind Side did 7.9m on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving if Creed behaves like that film it could do 54m for the 5-day.
But those weekend increases were crazy, so im thinking probably closer to 40-45m 5-day unless it blows up tremendously.
They'll go back to the little leagues. It was nice while it lasted. I hope they fired whoever greenlite Gods of Egypt and The Last Witch Hunter--talk about throwing money down the drain.