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Because February and April were packed with major competition in both the romance genre and just movies in general? Big idea!!!!!! But as for your answer, in many ways, February and October have changed. February seems to be where animated movies made by smaller studios are released (Escape from Planet Earth, Lego Movie, Spongebob, Illumination's Pets project), along with romcoms and romdrams, with the occasional action movie here and there. October seems to be a lot of horror, a kids movie here and there, and plenty of adult dramas/Oscar bait. For the other months, April, and especially March, seem to be giving a bigger focus on summer blockbusters, while August could make studios put less movies in the June and July area, and January...will still be where the crap goes. With the Oscar season and limited movies rolling in nationwide, January will have the movies that the studios know are bad and won't turn a profit, but a slightly bigger push on MLK weekend. September will also be filled with movies not as bad as January, but ones that won't get a big push on the distributor's slate, with some exceptions. Now I'm fine with how the release calendar works for now, but any change is welcome!
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Gone Girl 3:25 October 5th Crowd: 40% full Trailers: The Best of Me The Theory of Everything The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 American Sniper Fury Exodus: Gods and Kings I was planning to look at reactions, but there was a pretty obnoxious group behind me that got under my skin, but all of the trailers sans Best of Me interested me. The movie itself was great, with great suspense and atmosphere and two leads with fantastic actors.
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People mainly hate him for his movies, enforcing stereotypes, shoving religion down people's throats, and not listening to critics. Or at least that's what I've been told. He seems like a nice guy, and I've heard he's good in Gone Girl, but I won't know until 20 minutes or so when I'm at the cinema. But frankly, I'm not a guy who focuses on ranting or complaining about stuff. I'd rather promote what I love than showcase what I hate. But hey, what do I know?
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Weekend Prediction thread 9/20-9/22 Play the Derby
Eric the Marxist replied to Impact's topic in Box Office Derby
The Equalizer: $33M The Boxtrolls: $14M -
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | In theaters
Eric the Marxist replied to Ash Skywalker's topic in Box Office Discussion
So I guess Death Cure will be in 2 parts and The Kill Order in 3. In seriousness, although I'm not all that interested in the movie, good for the fans. -
Y'know this just dawned on me, but does anyone think this weekend is familiar? A summer weekend with two sequels being released. One is a sequel to a R-rated comedy that was a sleeper hit in critics and audiences, and another a sequel to a critically acclaimed animated film, a Dreamworks film, with both being highly-anticipated, were the second iteration, and were released on a holiday weekend.
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Yes...but it is still a failure. For comparision's sake: Beautiful Creatures: $58.9M WW gross on an $85M budget (This includes P&A for all the films listed) Mortal Instruments: $82M WW gross on a $90M budget Legend of Oz: $8.3M WW gross on an $85M budget Free Birds: $101.9M WW gross on a $92M budget 21 and Over: $45.9M WW gross on a $35M budget AMWTDITW: $50.2M WW gross on a $75M budget Now I know what you're thinking: "But Free Birds and 21 and Over broke even!" It looks like that...however, studios and distributors only get half of the money earned in the box office. So, if you do the math: Money Lost for:Beatiful Creatures: $55.6M Mortal Instruments: $49M Legend of Oz: $80.9M Free Birds: $41M 21 and Over: $12.1M A Million Ways to Die in the West: $49.9M So, yeah, a lot of money can be lost for the studio, even if it isn't $180M budget.
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Yeah they always succeed. Except for Beautiful Creatures, Mortal Instruments, Legends of Oz, Free Birds, 21 and Over, A Million Ways to Die in the West, and countless others. All big hits.