The Panda

I'm not saying movies with spectacle are necessarily bad. And there's more to a movie having depth than just having heavy themes and such. But I really think Marvel's the best example of this. They continually make the same movie but just twist it a little and call it different. They're entertaining to go and watch, but they're really devoid of artistry, and they're films you really have a hard time telling apart when you look back on them. This isn't really new, every decade has generic movies that are just trend and formula following. And the same idea applies to other art mediums. Anyways, it's just some thoughts.

I liked GOTG2 and it's an upper level Marvel movie for me, I just used it because it's recent and popular. Its not going to be a movie people 10-15 years from now really look back on.

A movie can be entertaining and not actually be a good movie. And I'm not saying I don't enjoy going to a few of them, but I'm not going to hail the film for being more than it is. Mindless, cookie cutter spectacle that follows the current trends of the day.

I took a Choral Literature class with my choir prof for funsies and he had a long discussion with us about "Empty sensationalism" being prevelant in music today. Directors and conductors choosing contemporary pieces that make audiences go "Wow! This is different!" and then forget about it after they leave because they're devoid of musical depth. I couldn't help but think the same thing is true with film. I'll leave something like Guardians of the Galaxy 2 thinking "Wow that was a fun time, cool visual sequences and set pieces!" and then have no interest in ever thinking about it again because it was a theme park ride, and there was nothing in it to challenge audiences. Throwing a lot of color and one liners on the screen doesn't make a good movie.

This is the worst first post in the history of first posts.

They're both brilliant animations. I do think there's more artistic merit in Kubo though, it's also more consistent. Zootopia has a few cheap moments but then it also has some really poignant ones. Kubo's biggest problem is the ending though, the moments feel too rushed.

Im hindsight Im beginning to like Kubo more than Zootopia.

I always go back and forth if I think Ghibli or Pixar is better. When I'm feeling more elitist I always go Ghibli.

1. Inside Out 2. Finding Nemo 3. Wall-E 4. Up 5. The Incredibles 6. Toy Story 7. Ratatouille 8. Toy Story 2 9. Toy Story 3 10. Finding Dory 11. Monsters Inc 12. A Bug's Life 13. Brave 14. Monsters University 15. The Good Dinosaur 16. Cars 17. Cars 2

Inside Out is the greatest animation ever made, with Spirited Away being second.

This is fake news.

I'll take the worst of Disney or Pixar before I sit through a minute of Trolls again. They aren't perfect but they also don't pander to the vomit inducing extreme.

I mean Inside Out was two years ago, and we don't know Coco's quality yet. I will say, I'm disappointed they're going all out sequels.

People Brainwashed by Warner Bros to hate Disney/Pixar: Baumer Telemachos

As much as I hate Pixar for making these dumb Cars movies, I'm completely okay with it as long as they keep making Inside Out's.

35m seems high for All Eyez on Me, it's a movie I'd expect to be frontloaded. But there's potential that it's countermarketing well.

Plus, they're not giving us the Friday numbers they're going off of. They arent terrible at projecting but I don't trust weekend projections to be accurate on Friday afternoon.

I wish DHD would give us actual Friday numbers and not random weekend projections off an unset Friday.

I was waiting for Mojo to update the China totals, but they haven't, so I'll just go ahead and update the rest. Summer 2017 Domestic Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 - 369.1m Wonder Woman - 227.8m Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 140.3m Alien: Covenant - 72m Baywatch - 53.2m Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie - 49.3m Snatched - 45.2m The Mummy - 40.5m King Arthur: Legend of the Sword - 38.4m Everything, Everything - 32.6m Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Hall - 19.7m It Comes at Night - 8m Lowriders - 6m Megan Leavey - 5.4m My Cousin Rachel - 1.3m 3 Idiotas - 1.1m Summer 2017 Opening Weekends Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 - 146.5m Wonder Woman - 103.3m Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 63m Alien: Covenant - 36.2m The Mummy - 31.7m Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie - 23.8m Snatched - 19.5m Baywatch - 18.5m King Arthur: Legend of the Sword - 15.4m Everything, Everything - 11.7m Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Hall - 7.1m It Comes at Night - 6m Megan Leavey - 3.8m Lowriders - 2.4m Summer 2017 World Wide Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 - 836.3m Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 605m Wonder Woman - 460m Alien: Covenant - 182.1m The Mummy - 181.3m King Arthur: Legend of the Sword - 135m Baywatch - 102.6m Snatched - 56.3m Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie - 52.3m Summer 2017 China (NOT UPDATED ON MOJO YET) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 144.3m Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 - 100.7m Wonder Woman - 38.7m King Arthur: Legend of the Sword - 8.4m

Remember to take into consideration with comps previews are trending relatively larger each year. I think All Eyez should be targeting 30m, but I won't be surprised if it falls short. Cars 3 should also be targeting around 60m but it could also fall short. Its advantage is there has been a relatively dead animated market. Rough Night looks like another comedy bomb.

I think people are mistaken if they think WW doing this well means JL will do better. I have had WW over JL for every prediction and still do. You didn't get the female crowd this excited when WW was in BvS and you won't for JL. I'm also more iffy on if JL is going to be all that good (which will effect legs). JL is also surrounded by harsher competition, and its demographics will likely be the more typical superhero one. Maybe a GOTG demo if Wonder Woman truly brings some audience over. JL should definitely have a larger OW, but I wouldn't expect it to for sure pass WW's domestic total.

So it must not be for you then?

A great Wednesday drop, but I do think part of it can be tied back to the weak Monday. Still think this weekend will have a sub-40% drop though.