I mean...no? 90.6M off an 18M budget, 5 times the cost to make it, is still a success and a good return on investment. Obviously not the same as the first movie, but nobody lost anything on this.
Probably nobody. These movies are inexpensive, the last film still did okay, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson still have pull as producers. It's not that big a mystery.
Got the trailer for this in front of Indiana Jones and I totally forgot there was a Greek Wedding 2. Came out the same day as Batman v Superman of all release dates.
Well, if you really want to deal with 5+ pages of endless back and forth, endless concern trolling, fanboy war battles, and everybody being miserable afterwards, I guess I can't stop you. But when you and others start complaining about how annoying the conversation is going, just know that this is what you wanted. And I hope you're happy with it.
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Not doing this “is Elemental a hit actually” stuff. Too early in the morning for this, and we all know it won’t lead to anything productive. If you really want to argue this, you can do it in the Elemental thread
Old white guys don’t go to the theaters anymore. Top Gun is the exception, not the rule. And those that are already spent their money on Indy and/or Sound of Freedom, or will spend it on Oppenheimer. And the box office is so terrible that it can’t support multiple hits.
This all spells bad news when a huge audience sector is watching these at home now.
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This is about tracking first and foremost. If you want to talk about Greta Gerwig and her career trajectory and whether she should get a DC movie or whatever, take it to somewhere more appropriate.
I mean I feel the laws of physics being broken is part of the whole charm for Fast and Furious and Mission Impossible? These are designed to be goofy action movies and have ridiculous, over-the-top shenanigans. And at least in M:I's case, they actually shoot these ridiculous stunts through as many practical effects as possible. I dunno. It's like saying Jurassic Park has too many dinosaurs or something.
Quorum Updates
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 2 T-0: 54.05% Awareness
Cobweb T-9: 15.02% Awareness
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem T-21: 43.78% Awareness
The Meg 2: The Trench T-23: 36.75% Awareness
Landscape with an Invisible Hand T-37: 12.3% Awareness
Bottoms T-51: 14.73% Awareness
Expend4bles T-72: 29.23% Awareness
Kraven the Hunter T-86: 21.16% Awareness
Underdoggs T-100: 21.47% Awareness
The Nun II T-58: 31.1% Awareness
T-60 Awareness: 94% chance of 10M, 70% chance of 20M, 47% chance of 30M, 23% chance of 40M
Horror Awareness: 100% chance of 100M, 75% chance of 20M, 50% chance of 30M
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We're done with this "are Indy 5/Mission Impossible 7 bombs actually" argument. I know it's going to end with us talking in circles and I don't want to wake up to a giant mess.
And as a reminder, if some of you don't like certain users or their posts, you can place them on your Ignore lists, so you never see their posts and aren't tempted to respond to them.
Just to clarify to people that, yes, the countdown is still coming. It's just taking longer than I expected to tabulate all the results, and my retail job means I'm far away from my computer for most of the day. However, I have four lists left and I have the day off tomorrow, so I should thankfully be near the end. The goal is to publish the thread sometime this weekend.
Rolled my eyes at these new hero announcements. Good to know these movies are just going to be endless set-up for other movies and characters. Guess I expected too much to just have a regular ol' Superman movie.