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    Star Trek Beyond | 7.22.2016 | Not an Oscar winner.

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    Paramount’s Star Trek Beyond began charting on the tracking boards yesterday with various sources putting the threequel’s opening range between $48M-$60M when it debuts on July 22.

     

    While that’s not a July record by any means, Star Trek Beyond is bound to be one of the more notable openings out of the 12 live-action wide entries on this month’s schedule, potentially besting Ghostbusters‘ three-day when that Paul Feig title hits marquees on July 16.

    Should Star Trek Beyond open within its current range, it will be the third-best in the Star Trek feature canon. Since rebooting Star Trek for the big screen in 2009, Bad Robot/Skydance propelled the franchise’s debuts and grosses to an upper B.O. stratosphere with Star Trek  ($75.2M opening, domestic $257.7M, global $385.7M) and 2013’s Star Trek Into Darkness ($70.2M, domestic $228.8M, global $467.4M).

    Again, these are early forecasts for Star Trek Beyond, and a number of factors and ad spots could spike the threequel’s B.O. power in the weeks ahead. First, that mid-July release date for Star Trek Beyond has historically been a rich period for launching fanboy properties such as the Dark Knight sequels ($158M-$161M FSS), Captain America: The First Avenger ($65M), Ant-Man ($57.2M), and The Wolverine ($53M). So, Paramount has that working in its favor.

    On social, Star Trek Beyond boasts the largest social media universe  (across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube) out of the July live-action tentpoles with 166.6M, followed by Ghostbusters (142.5M) and Jason Bourne (67.8M) per RelishMix.

    http://deadline.com/2016/07/star-trek-beyond-box-office-projection-ghostbusters-secret-life-of-pets-1201782223/

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    Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party | July 22, 2016 | Dinesh D'Souza documentary

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    15 minutes ago, The Pandaren said:

    Oh dear... Not this guy again...

     

    He's the worst documentary director working right now.  And yet this will probably make decent box office.

     

    I gave his last two movies Z's if that says anything.  I didn't watch any of his before that.

    Well to be fair, you and your family live in China, so I doubt his movies were meant for you in the first place.

    July 1-4 Weekend Estimates | Dory 50.2m, Tarzan 45.6m, Purge 34.8m, BFG 22.2m, IDR 20.2m

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    Weekend projections from matinees are in and as we expected, out of the new crop Universal/Blumhouse/Platinum Dunes’  Purge: Election Year is killing it with a No. 2 estimated weekend take of $27.5M over three days and $31.5M over four days at 2,796 runs. Today alone, Purge: Election Year will gross $12M inclusive of its $3.64M Thursday night money.

    Disney/Pixar’s Finding Dory is ruling No. 1 with an estimated $42M three-day and $52M four-day at 4,305. The sequel is set to bank $13M today, easily putting it pastMinions ($336M) and by Monday, Dory, will have hands down beat Despicable Me 2’s stateside take of $368M.  

    Disney/Walden Media’s Steven Spielberg movie The BFG and Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s The Legend of Tarzan are wrestling for third.  BFG at 3,357 theaters is looking at an estimated $8M today, Friday-Sunday take of $23M and a four-day of $28M. Tarzan at 3,561 is on track to make $8.5M today, $23M over Friday-Sunday and $27.5M by Monday.

    As we mentioned heading into the weekend, The BFG and Tarzan are cancelling each other out audience wise because their primary targets are families. And that certainly doesn’t help coming in the wake of Finding Dory.

     

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    CoolEric's Cool 25: My Most Meaningful Films

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    Harry Potter

    Directed by Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, and David Yates

    "There won't be a child in our world who doesn't know his name."

    hp-posters.jpg

    Box Office: $2.39B Domestic, $7.723B Worldwide

    Why it's So Meaningful to Me: At a young age, everyone experiences their first attachment to a film franchise. The one where every subsequent film released fills them with great anticipation. For me, that would have to go to The Boy Who Lived. Admittedly, I didn't get super into the franchise until the movie version of Goblet of Fire rolled around, but from 2005 to 2011, Harry Potter was pretty much my life, similar to other kids my age growing up. I read the books cover to cover, I saw the first five movies on DVD multiple times, and the following three on TV multiple times, and each time I'm transported back to being a kid again, experiencing these well-written stories and interesting characters, watching as the films progress in their darkness and themes.

     

    Of course what makes this even more special was the appeal this series had towards my entire family. There are very few movies that everyone in my family gets equal enjoyment out of, but the Harry Potter series is definitely one of them. The films have been rewatched multiple times over the years in the household, and the excitement between all of us when the last two movies were coming was through the roof. We all pretty much caught Pottermania, and it still sticks with us, as pretty much any time one of the movies is passed by during a channel surf, at least one of us will sit down and watch it all the way through.

     

    But what's arguably the most important part of it all is that it kickstarted my love for fantasy and worldbuilding. The ideas of mythical creatures and unique sorcery were so fascinating and fun, which has helped me later fall in love with Lord of the Rings, Narnia, and How to Train Your Dragon, and it helps that the Wizarding World was so multi-layered and strongly developed. The ways of transportation, the structure of Hogwarts, the different blood purities, the political systems found in the Ministry of Magic, the creatures, the Quidditch matches, the towns; fucking everything! Rowling's unique universe is so well-developed, especially for a young adult series, as it takes the idea of fantasy, witchcraft, and wizardry to its full effect, all the while creating a fun, dramatic, and interesting story around it.

     

    So due to it being my first fanboy franchise, a wonderful thing for the family to bond over, and the reason why fantasy and worldbuilding kick so much ass for me, the Harry Potter franchise holds a special place in my movie-loving heart.

     

    And if you're wondering, yes, the whole family's beyond excited to see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

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    Tuesday #s: (Gitesh) Dory $14.7M

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    23 minutes ago, kitik said:

    reminder: there's a little over a day left to vote in this week's Most Anticipated Movies thread

    http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/topic/667-box-office-theorys-most-anticipated-films-rogue-one-1/?do=findComment&comment=2585591

     

    Not many folks have been voting over the last few weeks, so that means that relatively, your vote counts for more.

     

    All you have to do is post your top 10 movies coming out in the next 12 months.

    Just put in mine. :)

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