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Eric Lasagna
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9 minutes ago, SpiderByte said:
The singing is fine but God the regular acting (which is most of the trailer) is very bad.
Though I am happy this trailer isn't actively trying to hide that it's a musical. Such a dumb trend.
She wasn’t even good on Victorious tbh. Like the rest of the cast acted circles around her. If she didn’t have the voice of an angel, she would be doing CW schlock like everybody else in the cast.
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5 minutes ago, Mojoguy said:
It's a musical so as long as the singing is great the acting doesn't matter?
Musical nerd here. And uh…no.
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I love Ariana, homewreckerness aside. Her music has made my life so much better and gotten me through tough times. But like…why has she not graduated from Nickelodeon acting yet? Like this is James Corden levels of awful for musical casting holy fucking shit.
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4 minutes ago, Firepower said:
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Creep?Yes.
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8 hours ago, emoviefan said:
Where is Deadline getting this 40 million opening stuff from? Nothing in the presales seems to indicate that.
They probably think it’s actually a Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends and are assuming the powah of nostalgia will carry it through (not wrong tbh)
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I mean I don't know about you, but non-consensual kissing, even if it's on the cheek and "isn't sexual", is really fucking gross and Coppola shouldn't do that shit. And if that's somehow ageist to not do something creepy, then I guess I'm cool being ageist then.
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Moderation
@dudalb has been threadbanned for 24 hours for not listening to the staff and trolling Snyder fans. Next time, please listen to a moderator when they give out warnings.
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25 minutes ago, AniNate said:
Have heard rumblings about it being "too dark" and "too boring" which brings Where the Wild Things Are to mind.
Very curious how a movie that features a farting gummy bear is "too dark" lmao
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1 hour ago, DAJK said:
Why is Tarot holding so well lol. Everyone I know who’s seen it (which is one person) hated it, and she doesn’t have high standards for horror.
Same reason Night Swim held so well. Horror fans have literally nothing to watch.
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Not the Zack Snyder thread.
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Quorum Updates
Bad Boys: Ride or Die T-25: 56.77% Awareness, 60.35% Interest
Longlegs T-60: 12.11% Awareness, 43.82% Interest
The Crow T-102: 32.44% Awareness, 43.64% Interest
Moana 2 T-198: 44.1% Awareness, 53.01% Interest
Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim T-214: 16.06% Awareness, 42.38% Interest
Back to Black T-4: 35% Awareness, 40.86% Interest
Final Awareness: 41% chance of 10M, 7% chance of 20M
Low Awareness: 28% chance of 10M, 7% chance of 20M
Final Interest: 49% chance of 10M, 17% chance of 20M
Low Interest: 35% chance of 10M, 2% chance of 20M
IF T-4: 56.3% Awareness, 52.09% Interest
Final Awareness: 92% chance of 20M, 72% chance of 30M, 36% chance of 40M, 24% chance of 50M, 16% chance of 60M
Animation/Family Awareness: 100% chance of 20M, 33% chance of 30M
Final Interest: 78% chance of 20M, 59% chance of 30M, 46% chance of 40M, 32% chance of 50M, 24% chance of 60M
Animation/Family Interest: 100% chance of 50M, 60% chance of 90M, 40% chance of 100M
The Strangers: Chapter 1 T-4: 32.86% Awareness, 48.81% Interest
Final Awareness: 41% chance of 10M, 7% chance of 20M
Horror Awareness: 43% chance of 10M, 7% chance of 20M
Final Interest: 49% chance of 10M, 17% chance of 20M
Horror Interest: 42% chance of 10M, 10% chance of 20M
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga T-11: 39.21% Awareness, 40.77% Interest
Final Awareness: 41% chance of 10M, 7% chance of 20M
Tentpole Awareness: 100% chance of 10M
Final Interest: 49% chance of 10M, 17% chance of 20M, 10% chance of 30M
Tentpole Interest: 100% chance of 30M
The Garfield Movie T-11: 52.94% Awareness, 48.95% Interest
Final Awareness: 92% chance of 20M, 72% chance of 30M, 36% chance of 40M, 24% chance of 50M, 16% chance of 60M
Animation/Family Awareness: 100% chance of 20M, 33% chance of 30M
Final Interest: 49% chance of 10M, 17% chance of 20M, 10% chance of 30M, 4% chance of 70M
Animation/Family Interest: 80% chance of 10M, 50% chance of 20M, 20% chance of 20M, 10% chance of 70M
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Will say though I never bought the more pessimistic sub-100 predictions people had over this. Like even if the last movie underperformed, it was still well-liked and the franchise is more popular than ever. There's even a bit of a nostalgia cycle going on with the Caesar trilogy that certainly helped this movie out. Like even if the film had like 45% or something on Rotten Tomatoes, it would have still opened to 40M+ on the brand popularity alone IMO.
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This really followed Rise of the Beasts last year lock and step. A soft reboot that opens well above BOT expectations and overperforms to ~60M. Probably going for a similar total. All told, good stuff all around for it.
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I mean, nobody talks about Sugarland Express, so the Spielberg comparison is still appropriate.
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Possum Trot sounds like a TikTok dance some redneck invented to become viral.
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25 minutes ago, TheFlatLannister said:
What was true Friday for Apes? And can someone confirm what Thursday without EA was? Need it for comps
15.6M for True Friday. Thursday minus EA is 5M.
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https://deadline.com/2024/05/box-office-kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-1235911118/
QuoteOverall weekend stands at $93.8M, which is 27% ahead of last weekend, but 7% off from the same frame in May a year ago when the second weekend of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 delivered $62M.
1.) Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th/Dis) 4,075 theaters, Fri $22.2M, 3-day $52M-$55M/Wk 1
2.) Fall Guy (Uni) 4,008 (+6) theaters, Fri $3.55M (-66%), 3-day $14.4M (-48%), Total $50.3M/Wk 2
3.) Challengers (AMZ MGM) 2,609 theaters, Fri $1.6M (-36%), 3-day $5M (-34%)/Total $38.3M/ Wk 3
4.) Tarot (Sony) 3,104 theaters,Fri $1M (-60%) 3-day $3.2M (-51%)/Total $11.7M Wk 2
5.) Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Leg/WB) 2,531 (-353) theaters, Fri $600K (-43%) 3-day $2.6M (-43%)/Total $191.8M/ Wk 7
6.) Unsung Hero (LG) 2,272 (-560) theaters,Fri $530K (-39%), 3-day $2.2M (-26%), Total $16.7M/Wk 3
7.) Kung Fu Panda 4 (Uni) 2,111 (-269) theaters, Fri $400K (-22%), 3-day $2M (-20%), Total $191.1M/Wk 10
8.) Civil War (A24) 2,204 (-485) theaters, Fri $511K (-47%) 3-day $1.9M (-46%), Total $65.3M/Wk 5
9.) Star Wars The Phantom Menace (20th) 2,700 theaters, Fri $436K, 3-day $1.6M (-82%), Total lifetime $486.6M/Wk 2 re-release
10.) Abigail (Uni) 1,641 (-997) theatres, Fri $330K (-52%), 3-day $1.1M (-53%)/Total $24.7M/Wk 4
Mother's Day helps of course, but definitely some much better holds compared to last week. Fall Guy's also a tad better compared to Lost City, so that's a nice feather in its cap. It's good thing for all these movies too, since I'm sure next week will probably be similar to last week with three new wide releases taking over things.
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50 minutes ago, grim22 said:
Since we are talking about 2001 summer, looked up the running time for the movies that summer and they are
Mummy Returns - 126min
Planet of the Apes - 119min
Rush Hour 2 - 90min
Jurassic Park 3 - 92min
The Fast and The Furious - 102min
Pearl Harbor - 182min
Maybe we do need movies to start losing some bloat again.
The mean those movies stink, but I do agree we need to cut the fat. I marathoned the Fast and Furious, Indiana Jones, and Mission: Impossible movies last year. And while not all of them are perfect, the earlier ones felt pretty breezy and well-paced at 130 minutes or less. With stuff like Dial of Destiny and Fast X, you can really feel how padded out they are. How you could cut out one or two set pieces here and there and not change a thing. I’m not sure why every blockbuster is 2.5 hours nowadays, but we might need to really determine if we are really getting our bang for our buck here with these runtimes.
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https://deadline.com/2024/05/box-office-kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-1235911118/
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SATURDAY AM: For those hooked on a theory last weekend that star power no longer works in opening films, their concerns are further underscored this weekend as a bunch of no-name apes are driving 20th Century Studios/Disney’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes to what might be the biggest B.O. opening this May of $52M-$55M. This is all fueled by PLFs and Imax screens which are delivering 44% of the weekend’s till.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes posted a very good Friday of $22.2M, which isn’t that far from the first Friday results of Tim Burton’s 2001 version ($24.6M), and ahead of Rise of the Planet of the Apes ($19.5M) and pennies lighter than War for the Planet of the Apes ($22.1M). However, the Wes Ball directed version of the 56-year old franchise gets a B Cinemascore and 3 1/2 stars/77% on Screen Engine/Comscore’s PostTrak, so hopefully these apes don’t lose their muscle. That’s one of the lowest grades for an Apes movie in the millennium down there with Burton’s which got a B-. Rotten Tomatoes’ audience score has eased to 79%. Still, good on Disney for getting this movie opened, their first try with the franchise post 20th Century Fox. Despite the audience exits, there’s confidence at Disney for the sequel to arrive at the higher end of its projections due to its better-than-expected Friday.Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes saw 64% men turnout with 18-34 year olds repping 57% of the audience with the 25-34 year old segment being the biggest demo at close to a third. Solid diversity demos in 35% Caucasian, 27% Latino and Hispanic, 22% Black, and 9% Asian. Those moviegoers going bananas for this sequel were in the South, South Central and West. AMC Burbank is currently the highest grossing theater in the nation with $67K.
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It’s funny, because the Burton version’s ending is more accurate to the book. But it all comes so fast and out of nowhere that it just makes you lost and confused once it’s all over. The 1968 film’s ending is also kind of out of nowhere, but it really does hit you like a truck and works so much better thematically. Really shows what good direction and pacing does to a script.
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1 hour ago, grim22 said:
2001 was a hell of a summer movie season. Mummy Returns, Pearl Harbor, Jurassic Park 3, Planet of the Apes, Rush Hour 2 all opened above 50M and 3 of them had the second biggest weekend of all time when they opened. Rush Hour 2 came close to breaking the OW record as well.
2001 was a wild year for the box office…and you know, only the box office.
So many movies had some of the best openings in history at that point in some shape or form. Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter also signified the beginning of the IP invasion, where movies were sold on their brand rather than stars. You look at the top 5 of 2000 and all the star-driven tentpoles (even Grinch and M:I 2 were sold more on their actors than IP) to the top 5 of 2001 and especially 2002, and its night and day.
2001 was the stepping stone to the NTC insanity we are in today. Probably should have stopped all this before it was too late.
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1 minute ago, CoolioD1 said:
I didn't think there was much appeal to the advertising other than "we made another one" so this series might just have a higher floor than I expected because I thought it was really gonna flop bad. The Mark Wahlberg one did have the second biggest opening weekend of all-time back when it dropped.
Very curious about the alternate reality where the Burton movie was actually good. It was on the same level of openings as Star Wars and Jurassic Park at that time, so would that lead to similar 200M style openings for the franchise? Maybe not that huge, but it’s still fascinating.
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21 hours ago, Plain Old Tele said:
This is such a silly poster.
You're a silly poster.
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Wicked: Part 1 | Thanksgiving 2024 | Jon M Chu to direct | Ariana Grande is Galinda. Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba
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Elizabeth Gillies deserved the career Ariana got. No cap.