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Weekend Estimates: Lego Batman 55.6M, 50 Shades 46.7M, John Wick 2 30M
The Panda replied to YM!'s topic in Numbers and Data
You're about to trigger Blankments more than Meryl Streep triggers the president of the USA. -
Weekend Estimates: Lego Batman 55.6M, 50 Shades 46.7M, John Wick 2 30M
The Panda replied to YM!'s topic in Numbers and Data
This is hardly unprecedented nor is it a failure. Lol. -
Weekend Estimates: Lego Batman 55.6M, 50 Shades 46.7M, John Wick 2 30M
The Panda replied to YM!'s topic in Numbers and Data
You realize those are strong profit making grosses right? Hardly screwed. -
Weekend Estimates: Lego Batman 55.6M, 50 Shades 46.7M, John Wick 2 30M
The Panda replied to YM!'s topic in Numbers and Data
Not to mention, if your movie has a lower production budget, there isn't as much pressure to bring out all of the advertising guns for it, as the bar to clear is much lower. The LEGO Movie was niche but it worked, however the gimmick of it isn't as clever or eye-catching to audiences now. Add that to the fact this is a spin-off, and that Batman was already a major part and highly advertised part of the main film, there's really nothing LEGO Batman has over the original in appeal. It'd be like saying Minions should have increased from DM2 because Minions are large brand name characters with massive appeal. That's true, but that appeal was there whether they were the star characters of the movie or the side ones. Same for LEGO Batman. He was a popular side-character in the LEGO Movie, but it wasn't like the appeal of Batman being in the movie was missing from the LEGO Movie and suddenly present in LEGO Batman. A 50m/200m run being the floor for LEGO Batman is good, and nothing to be upset about. -
Weekend Estimates: Lego Batman 55.6M, 50 Shades 46.7M, John Wick 2 30M
The Panda replied to YM!'s topic in Numbers and Data
Youre talking to the guy who was about as nuts for the LEGO Movie as you were for Zootopia. -
Weekend Estimates: Lego Batman 55.6M, 50 Shades 46.7M, John Wick 2 30M
The Panda replied to YM!'s topic in Numbers and Data
Honestly though, just because we had a few smash animated hits last year doesn't mean 100m/300m was going to be the new standard for tentpole animations. Zootopia was a WoM wonder off a large OW, SLOP had a massive marketing campaign, a broadly appealing and original concept and limited competition to follow, and FD was a long-awaited sequel to Pixar's biggest hit. LEGO Batman is a spin-off from a solid animated hit and it's fixed to do solid numbers. Looks like my 60m/200m range predict from the beginning of the year wasn't underestimating it. -
Weekend Estimates: Lego Batman 55.6M, 50 Shades 46.7M, John Wick 2 30M
The Panda replied to YM!'s topic in Numbers and Data
I think that was the thought process, but it still doesn't make much sense. It's a LEGO Spin-Off and a spin-off matching/increasing from its hit predecessor alone is a major feat. Even Minions, a huge spin off, didn't really match DM2 (OW was only larger because it actually opened on a Friday). I was personally thinking anything above 50m was solid territory for OW. -
Weekend Estimates: Lego Batman 55.6M, 50 Shades 46.7M, John Wick 2 30M
The Panda replied to YM!'s topic in Numbers and Data
For some reason there were 100m OW predicts for this, doesn't make much sense. -
Weekend Estimates: Lego Batman 55.6M, 50 Shades 46.7M, John Wick 2 30M
The Panda replied to YM!'s topic in Numbers and Data
LEGO Batman was in the LEGO Movie. I honestly don't see why it's "meh" for a spin-off of a strong hit (but not a runaway smash or anything) to be matching or even exceeding its predecessor. I wasn't even going to be disappointment with a slight decline from LEGO. It's not going to behave like a live action Batman movie, at all. -
Yeah outside this forum, nobody really talked about Wilderpeople. It was really overlooked, even amoung the indies. We just had a few people who screamed loud enough at people on these forums to go watch it, which is probably what got it the BOFFY nom. It's a shame because it was the best indie film this year.