Eric Prime

http://ew.com/movies/2018/01/11/daisy-ridley-naomi-watts-ophelia-first-look/ Queen's going from Star Wars to Oscar Wars. Sundance better give her some raves!

I think Peter Rabbit was supposed to come out in late March. Now that you mention it, I'm now extremely confused by the date change.

I don't know man. This looks like stiff competition:

Sorry, it's actually 2:04. I misread.

Next week's runtimes w/out credits/trailers: Phantom Thread: 2:04 (Attachments: 7 Days in Entebbe, Tully) Forever My Girl: 1:40 (Attachcments: The Miracle Season, I Can Only Imagine) Den of Thieves: 2:13 (Attachment: Gringo) 12 Strong: 2:03 (Attachments unknown. My predictions are 15:17 to Paris and Game Night)

But it was three years ago, when previews weren't as common or widespread as they are now.

http://deadline.com/2018/01/the-commuter-proud-mary-jumanji-paddington-2-mlk-weekend-box-office-1202241724/ Paddington 2: $325K Just under Ferdinand's $350K

...just wait a little bit.

BOP Long-Range Forecast: 12 Strong: 14/45 (+8%) Peter Rabbit: 19/78 (-24%) Black Panther: 120 (+33%)/335 (+22%) Gringo: 3/7.5 Strangers: Prey at Night: 4/8.5 A Wrinkle in Time: 52/154

DISAPPOINTMENT #2 CARS 3 "I decide when I'm done." Release Date: June 16 Director: Brian Fee Cast: Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Chris Cooper, Armie Hammer, Larry the Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, Nathan Fillion, Lea DeLaria, Kerry Washington B.O. Gross: $152.9M DOM, $383.7M WW I honestly feel bad for Cars 1 and 2. While most of the other Pixar films are celebrated, adored, and appreciated for their technical wizardry and beautiful storytelling, these films are often considered the black sheeps of the Pixar family. Cars had solid reception, but it wasn’t as acclaimed or as celebrated as films like Finding Nemo or The Incredibles, although it was still a solid hit. Cars 2 on the other hand became Pixar’s first film to garner negative reviews, and is still considered Pixar’s worst movie. The film also wasn’t that big of a hit at the box office, becoming the first Pixar film since A Bug’s Life to gross less than $200 million domestically. Once Cars 3 was announced, the Internet collectively groaned. Why is Pixar wasting their time on this movie? Who asked for another film in this series? While people more or less ignored its existence after its announcement, when the first official teaser came out, it was somewhat unique. It was darker, portrayed a serious crash towards Lightning McQueen, and seemed to take itself far more serious than the other two movies had. And with the film going back to its roots and focusing on Route 66 instead of the globe-trotting escapades of Cars 2, as well as a surprise lack of Mater and friends, maybe this can course correct and at least improve on Cars 2’s performance. In the end, that didn’t happen. Reception was right in between both movies, and was considered an improvement to Cars 2, but it opened to only $53.7 million, the lowest of the franchise, and one of the lowest in Pixar history. Word of mouth also wasn’t so hot, as the film dropped considerably with 55% and 60% in the following weekends, leading to a mediocre $152.9 million gross, making it the lowest-grossing Pixar film since The Good Dinosaur. OS was never really fond of the property to begin with, meaning the film only grossed around $383.8 million, the lowest-grossing of the Cars franchise. Similar to Pirates, Cars was a franchise that people just weren’t interested in anymore. In 2011, people couldn’t stand Cars 2, and it wasn’t like the first Cars was that beloved to begin with. And considering the film’s premise of an aging racer dealing with technology and the youth, there really wasn’t anything appealing towards kids, the demographic that made Cars popular in the first place. This resulted in a medicore gross for a mediocre movie. A Cars 4 is unlikely to come anytime soon, and following Incredibles 2 and Toy Story 4, Pixar is expected to scale back on their sequel craze with original pieces, so the chances for another outing with Lightning McQueen is looking dimmer and dimmer. So as the unofficial end, Cars 3 ended with a dud at the box office, but it was still better than Cars 2, so...I guess that’s something?

To remind people, the films in the "disappointment" category by all technicalities didn’t do horrible. In some cases, you can argue they were still financial successes. They broke even, made a lot of money, and still offered their studios a lot of profit. However, there’s still the argument that they underperformed to what was expected, whether it be with critics or at the box office. Essentially, the problem isn’t that they didn’t make money. They did. But they not only could have made more money, they should have made more money. Also, these will go by release date. DISAPPOINTMENT #1 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES "You'd have seen a lot more if you kept your cakehole shut." Release Date: May 26 Director: Joachim Ronning, Espen Sandberg Cast: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Kevin McNally, Geoffrey Rush B.O. Gross: $172.6M DOM, $794.8M When the first Pirates film, a feature that was expected to be one of Disney’s biggest bombs in history, became one of Disney’s biggest movies ever, with a boffo opening and stellar legs to boot, Michael Eisner saw dollar signs, and immediately demanded Gore Verbinski to produce two sequels at the exact same time. Dead Man’s Chest would of course become an even bigger phenomenon, and At World’s End didn’t do so shabby either. Naturally, Disney would greenlight a fourth film, On Stranger Tides. And while it was a massive success, grossing over $1 billion worldwide, there was a sense that the property was becoming a touch passe. Although OST grossed $1 billion, a good chunk of that came to the incredible exchange rates and overseas boost, going from around $600M from the last two films to nearly $800M to the 2011 flick. And in the case of domestic, it suffered a pretty substantial drop, with around $240 million, making it the lowest-grossing of the series in that region at the time, far from the $305 million Curse of the Black Pearl got nearly 8 years ago. But seeing as how the property was still very, very popular, Disney still thought they could squeeze one more film out of the waning property. And you can’t say Disney didn’t pull out all the stops, with a massive marketing campaign featuring several strong and appealing trailers, as well as a Super Bowl spot that garnered a lot of head turns from viewers. When the film first hit tracking, it was expected to gross over $115 million on its 4-day Memorial Day weekend. But when the days had gone by, those projections got lower and lower, going from $90-100 million, all the way to $80-85 million. And when the film finally did open, it couldn’t even make that threshold, as the 4-day weekend was only $78.5 million. It definitely did better than Disney’s other Memorial Day stinkers, like Alice Through the Looking Glass and Tomorrowland, but it was still a disappointment in that it couldn’t even reach the low-end of tracking. And following a disastrous second-weekend hold of more than 65%, the film essentially petered out, grossing only $172.6 million domestically, making it the lowest-grossing entry in the series in that region. Worldwide was a little bit rosier, because around $795 million isn’t anything to sneeze at, but it still became the second-lowest grossing film in the franchise, only behind the 2003 original. There were a lot of people wondering why something that should have been a slam dunk did below-average results, and while many pointed to the low Rotten Tomatoes rating, I think the main issue is that both Pirates and Johnny Depp are kinda yesterday’s news. It had been nearly six years since the last film, and by that point there were so many other new franchises Pirates had to deal with, and this one didn’t have nearly as strong of a hook as the previous films, nor as other flicks like Guardians 2 or Wonder Woman. And since Depp’s eccentric acting style was gaining more and more groans from audiences in between Stranger Tides and Dead Men Tell No Tales, why would they come back for something they’ve grown tired of? His recent domestic abuse allegations likely didn’t help either. As of now, a sixth film is in the works, as Dead Men ended on a post-credits cliffhanger, but with the diminishing returns and Disney having so many other, more bigger properties and franchises at the moment, I doubt it will come into fruition any time soon. And so, Pirates has ended with somewhat of a whimper that might have still made Disney oodles of money, but definitely nothing like what Dead Man’s Chest gave them nearly 12 years ago. (Man, it’s really been that long?)

Only needs 33 consecutive freshes to beat Toy Story 2.

Film was a mistake.

G.I. Joe Retaliation...well, at least B.O. wise.

That actually does sound like something Paddington Bear would say.

Han, are you ill?

If Bond can't get him, then I am all for a Mission: Impossible adventure with Idris Elba. Better yet, every movie should have Idris Elba.

If you want to know further breakdown, the tickets sold for each day for Paddington goes 5 (Thursday, only the 8:15 show had sold anything to my knowledge), 53 (Friday), 70 (Saturday), 25 (Sunday), 22 (Monday)

Cross-post from the I, Tonya thread http://www.slashfilm.com/moviepass-i-tonya/ Is winning ten more MoviePass subscriptions a tantalizing prospect for people who already have a subscription themselves? Will winners be able to cancel their own paid subscription and replace it with one of the free subscriptions they just won, or will they be penalized with a nine month suspension if they cancel their original paid plan? Oh well – at least they’re not asking people to jump through hoops to enter; if you see I, Tonya in theaters, you’re automatically in contention for the prizes. But considering how MoviePass has actually shown a proven track record when it comes to improving a film’s performance at the box office, it seems like Neon may get their money’s worth out of this deal.

http://www.slashfilm.com/moviepass-i-tonya/ Is winning ten more MoviePass subscriptions a tantalizing prospect for people who already have a subscription themselves? Will winners be able to cancel their own paid subscription and replace it with one of the free subscriptions they just won, or will they be penalized with a nine month suspension if they cancel their original paid plan? Oh well – at least they’re not asking people to jump through hoops to enter; if you see I, Tonya in theaters, you’re automatically in contention for the prizes. But considering how MoviePass has actually shown a proven track record when it comes to improving a film’s performance at the box office, it seems like Neon may get their money’s worth out of this deal. Well...that's certainly a giveaway.

Honestly, the whole "modern kid discovers Camelot" thing reminds me of this little Disney masterpiece: That's probably not a good sign.

At least you have Traffik, from the director of Meet the Blacks.