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It is intesting that the Disney label it 20th Century, not 20th Century Fox. I guess they just do not want to be idenifed with the Fox company..and who can blame them?

Paramount probably curses the day Disney bought Marvel....I

I doubt that. Probaly will be repackaged with another streaming channel.

I think Paramount most valuble asset overall is probably Star Trek.

I think sadly, it is a case of either Paramount finds a buyer/merger or Paramount goes bankrupt. Our another major studio either case.

It all depends on whether restraint of trade is involved. That is what triggers justice department action. Sad to see it happen to one of the oldest studios in Hollywood. I think only Universal is older.

Let's face it, the Rock has let his ego get out of control. That is never good.

Some go to the other extreme so it balances out.

Probme it looks like fun, but not enough fun to justify 12 bucks for a ticket for many people. I know I am harping on this, but a lot of people don't get that budgets are a lot tighter for many people nowdays. Movies they might have gone to see a couple of years ago they now pass up. Let's put it this way: For the price of a movie ticket, you can subscribe to most streaming services and get a lot more for your money if simple fun is all you are after. Movies have got to have something extra to get people into theaters nowdays; Part of an establsihed franchise, some hook, really, really good WOM etc.

It could just be "we paid for it, we have to have something to fill the slot on Max so why not show it" type of thing.

The film will do well no matter what, but i think it will have to be a good film, with something new to the table not just a retread of the original film, for it to make the kind of numbers some here are talking about.

I meant world wide.

A lot happened in the last five years. The X men was a very sucessful franchise, problem was that the last few films sucked. I still lsay it is a shame they did not end the seires with 'Logan".

True, but even with the drop the last JW movie made a lot of money for the studio.

130..if the early box office projection hold..is still too much.

I don't get the logic of that at all. Maybe that makes sense in Fanboy world but not in the real world.

So it is a perfect "I will wait and catch it on streaming " movie. That is the problem; It looks like fun, but not Twelve bucks worth to a great many people. And of course a lot more then 12 bucks if you have a family. That is what a lot of people don;t get. You have a couple of kids, a movie outing will cost around 50 bucks. And, nowdays hiring a sitter for the kids will cost you as much as tickets for the kids....

Once again, how good it is will have a major impact. Oh, it will hav e a huge opening, but if it not very good, then it will have a big drop.

I know it won't happen, but still it has a certain logic if WDAS just mskes it film into imitations of PIxar films, like a certain poster proposed...

I am skeptical about one of thos films, but both will destory Kraven. What else does SOny have on tap for the Holiday season? If Kraven is it, that is pretty pathetic.

If WDAS movies are going to be just like Pixar films, just merge the two studios and save money on the overhead.

And Johnson is not the main party to blame for this fiasco. The Writers and the director are the real culprits.

And after last year they need a big hit...fast.

In terms of box office, the don't need good writers. ALl the need is Dinos chaisng people.

We have a problem ion htis site is the vast majority of posters are probably in the 16 to 25 SINGLE age group and don't get how expensive an outing to the movies can be for a family. And it the last couple of years Inflation has cut deeply into a lot of people's entertaiment budget. Streaming has changed the whole dynamics of the film industry in a way not seen since the advent of Television in the l late 40's and early 50's , where it cut movie attendence by 40%, As for this specific movie, I think how it is received will be important. If it comes off like a weak sequel.prequel to a classic, it will not do nearly as well as some people there think.