The Panda

But every big blockbuster is practically a B+ or A-. Why not Flixter, IMDb, or Metacritic user if you want to see what audience members thought? Cinemascore is a really flawed scoring method. More than usual

Why do people still even mention CinemaScore? For the hundredth time?

Being a franchise horror movie and getting any kind of fresh score is an achievement of itself.

Marketing is important, but Id also agree that if your movie wasn't remembered after it left theaters why would anyone want to see the sequel? Plus, some of the movies getting sequels are ones the audiences were interested in the premise or something of the first movie (it was something new and a non-sequel) but didn't really care about seeing a repeat of it. Theres a variety of factors on why sequels are bombing this year left and right, but I also think there's a root problem where the GA is getting sequelitis. Everything is either a franchise now or trying to start one, so the GA is just either picking things that look fresh and new (or well-reviewed/good WoM like TJB) or some of the core franchises they do care about. For example, me and some of my friends like to go see Seth Rogen movies. While we still saw Neighbors 2, it was one we almost passed on because so many sequels feel like more of the same. I think we're getting to a point where slapping a 2 on something is getting less and less effective. The studios need to market their sequels as something unique, and having something new to offer that the last one didn't.

I can understand why somebody wouldn't like Forrest Gump.

We can only hope

Maybe studios will start learning that audiences don't want sequels to every movie that was a hit or broke even in the past few years?

A Deadpool The Nice Guys Zootopia B 10 Cloverfield Lane Captain America: Civil War Hail, Caesar The Jungle Book Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising C The Angry Birds Movie Miracles From Heaven Hardcore Henry Risen X-Men: Apocalypse D The 5th Wave Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Dirty Grandpa The Divergent Series: Allegiant God's Not Dead 2 Jane Got a Gun London Has Fallen F The Choice The Darkness Norm of the North Ratchet and Klank Z 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Bengazi

I loved it, one of the most entertaining film I've seen this year (right next to Deadpool and Zootopia). I can forgive a few a flaws because the film kept me engaged the whole way through. It's hilarious and hits the right beats. I did feel as if it could have used a bit more to wrap up, but that's forgivable because it never stopped being fun to watch. It's sharp, well-made, and a hell of a lot of fun. A-

2017 doesn't look like a great year for Pixar. Cars 3 isn't promising at all, and even with acclaim Coco has too much competition as it is. I don't think Coco can perform well against Grinch and Justice League, and its late legs will die to Star Wars.

Id disagree, if only because it's one of the three good/decent movies of the series.

This is going to be a big hit. Probably even bigger than the first. Gets really great trailer reactions too. Heck, just the trailer alone scared me and was a great tension builder.

So I reckon Citizen Kane made it, correct?

It could be a funny idea to have Deadpool spend the whole movie saving his one allowed F-Bomb only to be beaten to the punch. That's the only positive thing that could come out of Deadpool in a regular X-Men movie.

They could move it earlier, the Summer is weak on animation minus Despicable Me. They could also put it in October as im sure it could out-appeal Ninjago and My Little Pony. It it could also countermarket Fast 8 in an empty April. But otherwise it's going to suffer Alvin's fate and be there as a movie people go see when Star Wars sells out.

Coco should be moved to the Summer, maybe late July/Early August. Being sandwiched between Justice League, Star Wars, and the Grinch is going to kill it. May needs more appealing options to go between Guardians and Pirates. April could use a few more films. I think Ragnorak should be moved to October. I think it'd fair better to have no competition and no holiday legs rather than face an onslaught of big budget movies. If the Dark Tower is any good, I think a later release would serve better for it. I'm just not sure where. Kingsman could use another movie to be paired with it. It's not going to be that huge. The Croods is going to bomb where it is right now. The summer could use more strong animation so it could fit well there, or even April. But Star Wars and November holdovers will eat it up.

This is hard to predict this far out because the slate is bound to change and re-arrange. But my early predicts 1.Star Wars: Episode 8 - 225m / 765m 2.Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 - 145m / 370m 3.Beauty and the Beast - 115m / 360m 4.How the Grinch Stole Christmas - 85m / 315m 5.Despicable Me 3 - 100m / 300m 6.Justice League Part 1 - 135m / 290m 7.Wonder Woman - 120m / 280m 8.Spider-Man: Homecoming - 115m / 277m 9.Fast 8 - 125m / 275m 10.The LEGO Batman Movie - 70m / 215m 11.Dunkirk - 55m / 209m 12.Pirates 5 - 85m / 205m 13.Thor: Ragnorak - 82m / 201m 14.War of the Planet of the Apes - 75m / 200m 15.Coco - 50m / 185m Trans5mers - 70m / 155m Ninjago - 41m / 152m Creed 2 - 50m / 150m The Dark Tower - 35m / 150m Kingsman 2 - 55m / 146m Wolverine 3 - 60m / 144m Pitch Perfect 3 - 45m / 140m Baywatch - 40m / 125m Kong: Skull Island - 45m / 115m Fist Fight - 30m / 110m Alien: Covenant - 45m / 108m The Story of Ferdinand - 34m / 106m Barbie - 35m / 105m World War Z 2 - 40m / 105m The House - 30m / 103m My Little Pony - 32m / 102m Power Rangers - 40m / 100m The Mummy - 37m / 100m Fifty Shades Darker - 50m / 95m Ghost in the Shell - 30m / 95m Let It Snow - 27m / 93m Captain Underpants - 30m / 90m God Particle - 27.5m / 90m Friday the 13th - 45m / 87.75m The Croods 2 - 27m / 86.4m Jumanji - 37m / 85m It - 35m / 84m Uncharted - 27m / 75m The Boss Baby - 25m / 70m

I can't see Passengers, it'll be a good sized hit but right after Rogue One and with a Christmas release (with Christmas Eve being on a Saturday) and releasing on a Wednesday, I don't think 40m OW can feasibly happen. Im also not sure on CI, that seems more like a leggy comedy hit, but its possible. And I'm skeptical about Bourne for the pure fact that sequels seem to be having a hard time this summer, and Bourne has been on its way out on pop culturally relevant. I think 24 could happen, but there needs to be a quite a few surprise breakouts.

Thats incredibly confusing. I was basing my time off what New York was currently running off of, as when I think of EST/EDT I think of that. We use daylight savings time so it makes no sense why we were ignoring it?

Which is why I'm confused. Unless I got the wrong time I was posting EST not EDT.

Why do I only have 25% on Finding Dory, I put in my percentage at the exact time you asked for?

My new predicts based on how things have gone this year

I think never-ending sequels might be turn-offs to audiences. Sure, some franchises still have lots of holding power and so do sequels that audiences care about, but look at what has thrived earlier this year. Deadpool, although a comic book film, looked like a unique and original comedy. Zootopia had glowing reviews and a unique and original premise. The Jungle Book looked like a fresh take on the classic story. Even Civil War and BvS were unique compared to past superhero films. Im thinking so many of these sequels are looking bland to audiences, because they aren't standing out (plus an overload of them). The only two im banking on to be major successes are Finding Dory and Conjuring.

Factor in merchandise and such and Potter isn't close

No. Nearly Everyone saw Alice 2 flopping at some level or another. I only just barely put it in my summer game because I thought my under 100m predict would be pushing it to far. The stock drop is not from Alice 2. Disney is having an ESPN and Shanghai problem.