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Nunya Biznez

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  1. 10 minutes ago, dashrendar44 said:

    No offense but Puerto Rico jokes right now feel inappropriate after what they faced and the inane mess of the US authorities response. Any local money should be aimed at Puerto Rico's reconstruction.

     

    No actual money from Puerto Rico will be taken by WB, just reported as revenue.

  2. 7 minutes ago, Harpospoke said:

    I don't get how it could open under WW.

     

    First....what person who went to see WW on OW would skip this one?   So it should at least get 103m.   That's just the WW fans from its OW.

     

    Now...didn't WW have great legs and great WoM?   Where are all those people?    Or was it just the same people going to see WW over and over?

     

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    Incorrect assumption to think nearly all WW fans would be interested in seeing JL. Yeah, same character, but different movies and different demographic draw.  After all it's called Justice League, not Wonder Woman 2.

  3. 7 minutes ago, Cochofles said:

     

    Remember when journalists would simply report the news?

    Oh, wait...it's Collider. 

    No journalism degree required.

     

     

    (Now someone will tell me "the writer of that line actually has a journalism degree," which makes it even worse...)

     

    A bit off topic, but the Internet changed "journalism" forever. There's no law or rule saying you can't mix opinion with reporting facts, and now that everyone and their dog can have their own blog (and Twitter account), there's no gatekeeper screening the quality of "journalists" who write articles and opinion pieces online through any channel.  

     

    But going further back, though, look up "yellow journalism" and you'll see that this isn't actually a new phenomena.  The 19th century saw opinionated sensationalism in print long before bloggers took over newspapers.  Moreover, such "journalism" from over a century ago contributed to actual wars: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/yellow-journalism

     

    OK. Back to bickering about La La Land.

  4. Strange complaint. You don't need a forum to find weekend numbers.  Plenty of sites post them with little to no commentary (e.g. BOM). 

     

    Besides, it's hard to dispassionately discuss box office numbers and predictions, since people are here to begin with because they love certain movies.  So you'll inevitably get conflicting and opinionated discussions, resulting in rants, GIFs and expletives that add character/entertainment value when kept in moderation.  

     

    Only downside with internet discussions is that they tend to devolve into personal attacks and extreme negativity (First Law of the Internet). But with Tele's effort to bring sunshine, joy and rainbows I think it's not too unbalanced.

     

    I was a long time lurker in the old BOM forums and I don't recall it with rose-tinted glasses like you do. It didn't have GIFs because websites and forums faced much lower limits on bandwidth, not because of strict rules and mods.  I recall plenty of rants and flame wars, though.

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  5. 17 minutes ago, Mockingjay Raphael said:

    Why America? Why you did this to me? We received The Godfather of our generation, one of the greatest trilogies of all time, and you guys choose to ignore it, karma is a bitch, you guys will never receive any quality franchise anymore. 

     

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    Look at how it's performing in Europe. I wouldn't put the blame squarely on Americans.

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  6. 5 minutes ago, a2knet said:

     

    Looks like WAR is showing big drops from DAWN

    14.8 vs 9.5 in UK

    9.8 vs 5 in Russia

    4.6 vs 3.4 in Spain

     

    DAWN did 500+ OS. Wonder if WAR is looking at 350-375. Add to that 150-155 dom, you get 500-530 WW.

     

    When looking at global figures compared to DAWN, keep in mind the dollar was at very different place in 2014 (Dawn) than 2017 in European exchange rates.  The British pound and Russian ruble both declined substantially (Brexit, oil prices).  Dollar is up 25% against euro since 2014.

     

    So the decline is probably not as dramatic if you take out currency effects.

  7. 19 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

     

    To be fair to Spidey...Apes vs Mummy is not a contest...WW had the much "weaker" competitor...and 3rd weekend, WW had Father's Day and even less competition from Cars 3 and crap...

     

    So, to compare the 2 for 2nd and 3rd weekends is unfair...again, Spidey will have the late legs against poorer movies chance while WW had the early ones...we'll see where they both are come Sept...I think Spidey won't have the chance to get close to WW, but it's not gonna be as much of a rout as people expect...

     

    Huh?  A disappointing 56m opening from Apes counts as brutal competition that killed SMH's legs?  Competition's effect is overrated.  Any movie with truly good WOM will have strong holds regardless.  Competition would be more like WW against SMH's 117m 1st weekend, when it also lost hundreds of theaters. Do you recall how that affected WW's legs? 

     

    I'ts not like SMH lost theaters.  Moreover, these two movies (Apes vs Spiderman) are the just about at opposite ends demographically--one skews very young and the other old.  So I really don't understand how you could explain SHM's drop as being caused by competition.

     

    And as for holidays' impact on legs, you know Father's Day and July 4th occur every year, right?  Where were all these CBM's in the last 15 summers with similar legs as WW?  Seems like some people are just throwing excuses out there because their favorites under-performed (relative to their sky-high expectations).

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  8. That WW drop against Spider-Man...Wasn't there some forum member who bet $1,000 against it getting to 400m? Dude better start saving. 

     

     

    8 minutes ago, Wonder89 said:

    Very good result for Iron Man 4

     

    More like Iron Man 8. :lol:  And Spider-Man 9 (give or take). Spectacular opening nevertheless.  There definitely doesn't seem to be CBM fatigue at the box office. 

  9. I still find it funny how parents can't take their kids to schools on snow days, but they can take them to go see the LEGO movie.

     

    It's about liability.  Schools close down simply because if any accident happened the school would take the blame (and lawsuits).  Parents taking their kids to movies on snow days are largely on their own for any mishap.

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